Art Quote by Theodor Adorno

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

To contradict, even in little matters, is the supreme necessity of art today.

— Witold Gombrowicz

When comparing works of art, it is important that the art itself, and not the artists, be considered.

— T. S. Eliot

Art does not reflect what is seen, rather it makes the hidden visible.

— Paul Klee

Art on the contrary sought this harmony in practice [of art itself]. More and more in its creations it has given inwardness to that…

— Piet Mondrian

Extreme complication is contrary to art.

— Claude Debussy

Art-making is not about telling the truth but making the truth felt

— Christian Boltanski

“Interpretation, based on the highly dubious theory that a work of art is composed of items of content, violates art.”

— Susan Sontag

The principles of true art is not to portray, but to evoke.

— Jerzy Kosinski

What distinguishes modern art from the art of other ages is criticism.

— Octavio Paz

Art is not truth; art is the lie which makes us see the truth.

— Pablo Picasso

The idea of content in art is today merely a hindrance, a nuisance, a subtle or not so subtle philistinism.

— Susan Sontag