American Quote by Renzo Piano

American art ought to be monumental, in keeping with American life.

— Gutzon Borglum

American art, like America, must wait and live a while longer.

— Raoul Dufy

Art in America should be American, drawn from American sources, memorializing American achievement.

— Gutzon Borglum

American art in general... takes to surreal exaggerations and metaphors; but its Puritan work ethic has little use for the playful self-indulgence behind Parisian…

— John Updike

Art in America has always been regarded as a luxury.

— Hallie Flanagan

Let those flatter who fear; it is not an American art .

— Thomas Jefferson

There is only one reason for art in America, and that is that the people of America learn the means of expressing themselves in…

— Robert Henri

For much of America, the all-American values depicted in Norman Rockwell's classic illustrations are idealistic. For those of us from Vermont, they're realistic. That's…

— Bernie Sanders

Being American is, I think, a very difficult thing in art, because all the elements are European.

— Kingsley Amis

Art in the United States is a kind of visual entertainment focusing on expected narratives.

— Massimiliano Gioni

Making art in America is about saving one's soul.

— Charles Simic

Making art in America is sort of a political statement in and of itself. It's not the best environment for that sometimes.

— Steve Earle