Art Quote by Stephen Sondheim

I think that an obsession with art history gave rise to the work.

— Kehinde Wiley

Cezanne had an enormous influence on everyone in that period; there was a change in attitudes to art. People found him disturbing because they…

— Henry Moore

Shouldn't it give us pause that the oldest works of art are as impressive today in their beauty and spontaneity as they were many…

— Kazimir Malevich

It is not possible to overstate the influence of Paul Cezanne on twentieth-century art. He's the modern Giotto, someone who shattered one kind of…

— Jerry Saltz

“An artist must be a reactionary. He has to stand out against the tenor of the age and not go flopping along; he must…

— Evelyn Waugh

Art is supposed to change and grow and accord with the times. It seems perfect to me that we have a period drama with…

— Claudia Jessie

It seems to me that the arts are rather flourishing. There's an awful lot of bad art about because of this, but that's true…

— Louis Auchincloss

I know that some of the great painters and some of the great artists didn't even start to 'peak', as you say, till they…

— Joe Perry

In retrospect, the pace of change in the arts and industry in the nineteenth century seems pretty glacial. Painting, music, the novel, architecture were…

— Amor Towles

I'm fascinated by Comte's clear-eyed analysis of what was wrong with modern society, which is that you've got industrial capitalism on one side and…

— Alain de Botton

The year 2006, when I came to Christie's, was a very euphoric time to be part of the art world.

— David Linley

It's easy to say "This year in art sucked." After all, about 85 percent of all shows of contemporary art are bad. But 85…

— David Edelstein