Art Quote by Randall Jarrell

“when art is good it is because it touched upon the inexpressive, the worst art is expressive, that art which trangresses the piece of…

— Clarice Lispector

“Art is bad when ‘you see the intent and get put off.’ (Goethe) In Tolstoy one is unaware of the intent, and sees only…

— Joel Carmichael

The damnable thing about bad art is that the insincerity which lies at its roots is not perceived by the artist himself.

— Quentin Bell

“It is well known that great art, great music and great literature can emerge out of great pain. This does not lessen the reality…

— Christopher J.H. Wright

Most works of art are, necessarily, bad...; one suffers through the many for the few.

— Randall Jarrell

The worst evil which can befall the artist is that his work should appear good in his own eyes.

— Leonardo da Vinci

“All great art has madness, and quite a lot of bad art has it, too.”

— William Saroyan

“Nothing really at any period of my life was ever of the smallest importance to me compared with Art. But in the case of…

— Oscar Wilde

The worst sin that can be committed against the artist is to take him at his word, to see in his work a fulfillment…

— Henry Miller

“Nothing touches a work of art so little as words of criticism: they always result in more or less fortunate misunderstandings. Things aren't all…

— Rainer Maria Rilke

Nothing has a more sinister effect on art than the artist's desire to prove that he's good. The terrible temptation of idealism!

— Philip Roth

“To my mind the most interesting thing in art is the personality of the artist; and if that is singular, I am willing to…

— W. Somerset Maugham