Art Quote by Peter Schjeldahl

Artists are always searching for beauty - and when they find it and fashion it in their own unique way - it does not…

— John Kurtz

“Of course it's almost ludicrously difficult to talk about art. And about beauty. Beauty is a perversion--how can you retain your self-respect when you…

— Torgny Lindgren

“Art is not just a display of beauty. Art also reflects what is ugly, and it celebrates the grotesque. An artist frequently creates what…

— Kilroy J. Oldster

Perhaps the mission of an artist is to interpret beauty to people - the beauty within themselves.

— Langston Hughes

I've come to believe that beauty can be a very powerful conveyor of difficult ideas.

— Richard Misrach

“Beauty could be defined simply as 'that which pleases.' But there is another aspect to art, and that... is the sublime. Like the mushroom…

— Jen Wang

Describing beauty is almost impossible because we perceive it, rather than describe it. If you look at a Rembrandt painting and start to try…

— John Lennox

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Not the critic.

— Anonymous

What is important, then, is not that the critic should possess a correct abstract definition of beauty for the intellect, but a certain kind…

— Walter Pater

It’s like saying beauty is in the eye of the beholder: what appears to be beautiful today may not be judged beautiful in a…

— Peter M. Brant

“Outward looks are not enough, Beauty is not common stuff- Of merriment it is compact, Playful grace in every act, Witty laughter, laughing wit:…

— Petronius

“People looking at art but missing the beauty in people.”

— Reuben Berger