Art Quotes
“Artistic qualities that once seemed undeniable don't seem so now. Sometimes these fluctuations are only fickleness of taste, momentary glitches in an artist's work, or an artist getting ahead of his audience (it took me ten years to catch up to Albert Oehlen). Other times, however, these problems mean there's something wrong with the art.”
“The web, then, or the pattern, a web at once sensuous and logical, an elegant and pregnant texture: that is style, that is the foundation of the art of literature.”
-- Robert Louis Stevenson
“I owe much to mother. She had an expert's understanding, but also approached art emotionally.”
-- David Rockefeller
“It is a mistake for a sculptor or a painter to speak or write very often about his job. It releases tension needed for his work.”
-- Henry Moore
“The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science.”
-- Albert Einstein
“I often find myself privately stewing about much British art, thinking that except for their tremendous gardens, that the English are not primarily visual artists, and are, in nearly unsurpassable ways, literary.”
-- Jerry Saltz