Art Quote by Paul Auster

The public has always, and in every age, been badly brought up. They are continually asking Art to be popular, to please their want…

— Oscar Wilde

“Today, no one is scandalized; society has found ways to nullify the provocative potential of a work of art, adopting before it an attitude…

— André Breton

Art is a liaison between some sort of deranged mentality and others who are not going through it.

— John Chamberlain

“The problem is, of course, that art typically requires an audience, which loops us right back to the problem of observing actions and losing…

— Maggie Nelson

Not every work of art connects with the audience.

— Sanjay Leela Bhansali

Art is a mediator of the unspeakable.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

An artist cannot be responsible for what people make of their art. An audience loathe giving up preconceived images of an artist

— Stephen Stills

“The work of art always requires us to adapt to it—and in this manner can be distinguished from escapism or shallow entertainment, which instead…

— Ted Gioia

“Art requires contemplation that focuses attention on the viewer developing a relationship with the work of art, not merely passively receiving a message.”

— Daniel A. Siedell

Since the beginning of the 20th century, the public's relationship to art has been weakened by a profound institutional reluctance to address the question…

— Alain de Botton

There's an audience for all kinds of great art.

— Robin Thicke

The making of art is a profoundly social activity, even if it’s one-on-one with some sort of ideal reader who doesn’t exist.

— August Kleinzahler