Art Quote by T. S. Eliot

Therefore, the quality of one's art is determined most by the interpretation of the art, rather than the thought of the artist himself, for…

— SangFroid Stalker

Art is anything people do with distinction.

— Louis Dudek

Unless you are a born connoisseur of art, you will not be able to judge by yourself why certain art is superior to other…

— David Elliott

A clear idea about the nature of quality in art will always result in inferior art tailored to it.

— Walter Darby Bannard

The true work of art is always on the human scale. It is essentially the one that says, 'less.

— Albert Camus

One of the distinguishing characteristics of the true work of art is that it is able to both contain and express different meanings -…

— Edward Lucie-Smith

True works of art contain their own theory and give us the measurement according to which we should judge them.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

The entire vitality of art depends upon its being either full of truth, or full of use; and that, however pleasant, wonderful, or impressive…

— John Ruskin

A work of art must carry in itself its complete significance and impose it upon the beholder even before he can identify the subject-matter...

— Henri Matisse

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

What the work of art looks like isn't too important.

— Sol LeWitt

Art is a matter strictly of experience, not of principles and what counts first and last in art is quality, all other things are…

— Clement Greenberg