Art Quote by Rebecca West

All art is fundamentally subversive, because it upsets people's perceptions, their notions about society. Therefore, art is dangerous, but good art is always making…

— John Boorman

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

— Quentin Bell

A work of art is one through which the consciousness of the artist is able to give its emotions to anyone who is prepared…

— Muriel Rukeyser

When you are 'bad' in the art world they are very very scared! They want to control you... and they can't! Individuality and uniqueness…

— Laurence Gartel

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

— Randall Jarrell

I do not know what evil is when it comes to art. I only know what is good art and what is bad art.

— Chaim Potok

Art is one of the means whereby man seeks to redeem a life which is experienced as chaotic, senseless, and largely evil.

— Aldous Huxley

“Bad art is always basically creepy; that is its first and most obvious identifying sign”

— John Gardner

In the end, I feel that one has to have a bit of neurosis to go on being an artist. A balanced human seldom…

— Beverly Pepper

Art is one of the few ways we have of dealing with things that frighten or anger us.

— Eric Drooker

Art is dangerous. It is one of the attractions: when it ceases to be dangerous, you don't want it.

— Duke Ellington

“The truth is, anyone who puts so much of herself and her life into art as you do must naturally fear any failure in…

— Arthur Phillips