Art Quote by Siri Hustvedt

“The problem is, of course, that art typically requires an audience, which loops us right back to the problem of observing actions and losing…

— Maggie Nelson

“Art is in the eye of the beholder, and everyone will have their own interpretation.”

— Anonymous

“Art is neither good nor bad, but a clairvoyant vision of the nature of both, and any attempt to align it with morality, otherwise…

— Northrop Frye

“Good art shows us how difficult it is to be objective by showing us how differently the world looks to an objective vision.”

— Iris Murdoch

We know great art by its effect on us. If we are prepared to look without preconceptions, without defenses, without haste, then art will…

— Wendy Beckett

“Art requires contemplation that focuses attention on the viewer developing a relationship with the work of art, not merely passively receiving a message.”

— Daniel A. Siedell

“All great art commences with a vision, and perhaps it may be that the vision is closer to God than that which is ultimately…

— John Connolly

When you look at art made by other people, you see what you need to see in it.

— Alberto Giacometti

“There is no perception without memory. But good art surprise us. Good art reorients our expectations, forces us to break the pattern, to see…

— Siri Hustvedt

Everything that we see in our daily lives is more or less distorted by acquired habits and this is perhaps more evident in an…

— Henri Matisse

By means of the iconic, artists express their view of reality and show their understanding of the structure of reality. They see what they…

— Hans Rookmaaker

“Art is a concretization of metaphysics. Art brings man’s concepts to the perceptual level of his consciousness and allows him to grasp them directly,…

— Ayn Rand, The Romatic Manifesto