Art Quotes
“The greater the decrease in the social significance of an art form, the sharper the distinction between criticism and enjoyment by the public. The conventional is uncritically enjoyed, and the truly new is criticized with aversion.”
“Building art is a synthesis of life in materialised form. We should try to bring in under the same hat not a splintered way of thinking, but all in harmony together.”
-- Alvar Aalto
“How can anybody learn anything from an artwork when the piece of art only reflects the vanity of the artist and not reality?”
-- Lou Reed
“O, thou art fairer than the evening air clad in the beauty of a thousand stars.”
-- Christopher Marlowe
“I do not want art for a few any more than education for a few, or freedom for a few.”
-- William Morris
“Gossip is the art of saying nothing in a way that leaves practically nothing unsaid.”
-- Walter Winchell