Art Quote by Sidney Lanier

Criticism? An artist wants praise. Praise.

— Virginia Woolf

“the artist descends within himself, and in that lonely region of stress and strife, if he be deserving and fortunate, he finds the terms…

— Joseph Conrad

We must grant the artist his subject, his idea, his donn´e: our criticism is applied only to what he makes of it.

— Henry James

“A true artist removes his heart willingly, allows constructive criticism to stomp it, then puts it back—bruised and aching—as he continues to strive for…

— Anonymous

“The artist is the creator of beautiful things. To reveal art and conceal the artist is art's aim. The critic is he who can…

— Oscar Wilde

When critics disagree the artist is in accord with himself.

— Oscar Wilde

“No true artist is possible without sorrow and suffering and renunciation.”

— Jessie Fothergill

A true artist is expected to be all that is noble-minded, and this is not altogether a mistake; on the other hand, however, in…

— Ludwig van Beethoven

“No genuine artist views himself as superior in essence to others.”

— Laurence G. Boldt

“Read as little as possible in the way of aesthetics and criticism - it will either be partisan views, fossilized and made meaningless in…

— Rainer Maria Rilke

“No artist is pleased. There is no satisfaction whatever at any time. There is only a queer, divine dissastifaction; a blessed unrest that keeps…

— Martha Graham

In the mind of every artist there is a masterpiece

— Kai Greene