Franz Grillparzer Quotes

A good critic is the man who describes his adventures among masterpieces.

To appreciate a work of art, is it okay to like what you like, and the heck with the art critics and experts? Absolutely.

Art experts are unfailingly opposed to Art for the simple reason that they are interested in Art - but Art is not interested in Art. Art is interested in life.

What I look for when I see a piece of art for the first time is some kind of emotional, intellectual experience, that's a combination of both of those things and is informed by my knowledge and something new that I see the artist doing.

When I see a new artist I give myself a lot of time to reflect and decide whether it's art or not.

Treat a work of art like a prince. Let it speak to you first.

An expert is someone who tells you why you can't do something.

The value of writing about art is its effect on the imagination. Paintings allow us to inhabit another culture, place, and time period, and address the issues of those time periods that resonate with our own time.

I see 30 to 40 gallery shows a week, and no matter what kind of mood I'm in, no matter how bad the art is, I almost always feel better afterward. I can learn as much from bad art as from good.

Hey, I've been doing what I do for a long time, my friend.

You don't buy a Picasso because you love the frame.

The moment you think you understand a great work of art, it's dead for you.

Once people write criticism about something - and even in 1967 I was far from alone - they're assuming it's art, and art is supposed to last.

I wouldn't expect anybody to look for superawesome crisp technique out of me.

Wine gets better with time. So does art.

Good music will always be recognized in the end.

Art about art and backstory has taken over visual pleasure.

The industry doesn't usually say nice things about my work. My films take a while till they are accepted as good and I think 'Yennai Arindhaal' too will go through that phase.

Tony Harrison is not on my level.

I'm an artist, and I like art that gets people talking, good or bad. Criticism is good, too.

It takes me about 10 years to appreciate what it is I've done.

The public wants to understand and learn in a single day, a single minute, what the artist has spent years learning.

Everybody's an art critic.

One of the most valuable things one of my art teachers said to me was, ‘Don’t get upset by criticism. Value the fact that at least someone noticed what you did.

Taste for things of the past evolves, doesn't it? What was a masterpiece a hundred years ago is no longer so today.