Art Quote by Victor Hugo

That your own interpretation of a work of art is flagrantly subjective seems to be regarded as an arrogant attitude. But the truer view…

— Tyrone Guthrie

“No genuine artist views himself as superior in essence to others.”

— Laurence G. Boldt

To express himself well, the artist should be hidden. The trouble is that if an artist knows he has genius, he's done for. The…

— Pierre-Auguste Renoir

The greatest art comes out of warmth and conviction and deep feeling, but then, very few people, even geniuses, have all that.

— Katherine Anne Porter

There is sometimes a greater judgement shewn in deviating from the rules of art, than in adhering to them; and?there ismore beauty inthe works…

— Joseph Addison

No artist produces great art by a deliberate attempt to express his own personality.

— T. S. Eliot

He that seeks popularity in art closes the door on his own genius: as he must needs paint for other minds, and not for…

— Anna Brownell Jameson

“The true artist has no pride. He sees unfortunately that art has no limits; he has a vague awareness of how far he is…

— Ludwig van Beethoven

The true artist is quite rational as well as imaginative and knows what he is doing; if he does not, his art suffers.

— Isaac Asimov

The real artist has no pride. Unfortunately he sees that his art has no limits. He feels obscurely how far he is from the…

— Ludwig van Beethoven

The particulars of life do not matter to the artist; they merely provide him with the opportunity to lay bare his genius.

— Marcel Proust

“No artist produces great art by a deliberate attempt to express his personality. He expresses his personality indirectly through concentrating upon a task which…

— T.S. Eliot