Art Quote by Virginia Woolf

“In my opinion, it is not the writer’s job to solve such problems as the existence of God, pessimism, etc. The job of the…

— Anton Chekhov

The artist must scorn all judgment that is not based on an intelligent observation of character. He must beware of the literary spirit which…

— Paul Cezanne

And yet the artist will go on with his work without knowing in some way if any of his representations are sound or unsound.…

— Plato

I think as much as possible, an artist, if he has any kind of social or political concern, has to…expose as much as possible…

— Keith Haring

“And yet the point of view from which his ideas on art had sprung was a simple one: for him, literary schools did not…

— Joris-Karl Huysmans

Literature is strewn with the wreckage of men who have minded beyond reason the opinions of others.

— Virginia Woolf

Literary critics, however, frequently suffer from a curious belief that every author longs to extend the boundaries of literary art, wants to explore new…

— Robertson Davies

If any artist abuses his audience as a means to any end, noble or ignoble, he better have a damn good reason for it.

— Walter Becker

“the artist descends within himself, and in that lonely region of stress and strife, if he be deserving and fortunate, he finds the terms…

— Joseph Conrad

“This highest kind of truth is never something the artist takes as given. It's not his point of departure but his goal. Though the…

— John Gardner

“We are not being true to the artist as a man if we consider his work "junk", simply because we differ with his outlook…

— Francis A. Schaeffer

“He believed that any work an artist puts forth which contains the truth as he or she sees it is worthy of consideration,”

— Tiffanie DeBartolo