Albatross Quote by Stephen Stills

The only albatross is the hurt you divine from what people say about your art

— Stephen Stills

Popularity is the crown of laurel which the world puts on bad art. Whatever is popular is wrong.

— Oscar Wilde

Believe in the importance of your art.

— Theodora Goss

“The art stream is filled with snags and has no volume so it has no support. If you finally choose art, no amount of…

— Theresa Sjoquist

If you leave your art, the world will beat you back to it. The world has not an ambition worth sharing, or a prize…

— George Bernard Shaw

Art is not a luxury, but a necessity.

— Rebecca West

Art is a luxury but also a necessity.

— Edwidge Danticat

It wasn't that I amassed it with aims of selling it and becoming a rich man. My personality demanded that I be surrounded by…

— Hermann Goring

There's art that I would readily buy if I could afford it, and enjoy, but would never write about because it doesn't seem significant.

— Peter Schjeldahl

Art is the expression of an enormous preference.

— Wyndham Lewis

Our time and attention is scarce. Art is not that important to us, no matter what we might like to believe.

— Tyler Cowen

Art matters not merely because it is the most magnificent ornament and the most nearly unfailing occupation of our lives, but because it is…

— Randall Jarrell