Art Quotes
“In my world, history comes down to language and art. No one cares much about what battles were fought, who won them and who lost them - unless there is a painting, a play, a song or a poem that speaks of the event.”
“All married couples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art of making love. Good battle is objective and honest - never vicious or cruel. Good battle is healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principles of equal partnership.”
-- Ann Landers
“Art ought never to be considered except in its relations with its ideal beauty.”
-- Alfred de Vigny
“It is only an auctioneer who can equally and impartially admire all schools of art.”
-- Oscar Wilde
“Oh literature, oh the glorious Art, how it preys upon the marrow in our bones. It scoops the stuffing out of us, and chucks us aside. Alas!”
-- David Herbert Lawrence
“After its hothouse incubation in the seventies, appropriation breathed important new life into art. This life flowered spectacularly over the decades - even if it's now close to aesthetic kudzu.”
-- Jerry Saltz