Memorable Quotes On Why Art Is Not Worth It

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"Art is either a complaint or do something else. It is not the latter; it is only a complaint."
Jasper Johns
"The artist is not a special kind of man, but every man is a special kind of artist."
Abbott Handerson Thayer
"The function of art is to disturb. If it doesn’t disturb you, it’s not art."
Ferdinand Kittler
"Art is an escape from the manacles of the real world."
Anita Desai
"Art is what you can get away with."
Andy Warhol
"I think the world is made up of people trying to make a living at something that isn't worth it."
Chuck Klosterman
"Art is a shadow of what a person is thinking."
Marty Rubin
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"There is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept."
Ansel Adams
"Art is a way of recognizing yourself."
S. M. H. E. P. Arados
"Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures."
Henry Ward Beecher
"Art for art's sake is a phrase that speaks to the ideal of beauty without the practicality of value."
T. J. Clark
"Every artist is a thief, holding up the mirror to society but often reflecting nothing of true worth."
Ludwig von Mises
"The pursuit of art is often the pursuit of a mirage."
Jim Sterba
"Art is never finished, only abandoned."
Leonardo da Vinci
"Art is not freedom from discipline, but disciplined freedom."
John F. Kennedy
"Art is a means of survival but also a means of losing oneself in the act of creation."
Kurt Vonnegut
"The artist is the creator of beautiful things. The critic is one who can contemplate with the artist the beautiful things."
Oscar Wilde
"It is only through the act of creating art that we realize how fleeting its value can be."
Barbara Kingsolver
"Art must be an integral part of civilization or it will simply wither away to nothing."
John Ruskin
"The urge to create is a primal one, yet clashes with society's need for practicality."
Bill Watterson
"We are all artists, but art is not always the answer to our existence."
Victor Hugo
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"Art is the most beautiful of all lies."
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
"Art can be a dangerous path, leading one to a destination that holds little reward."
Rainer Maria Rilke
"While art can elevate us, it can also distract us from the ugliness of reality."
Henry Miller
"The greater the artist, the greater the doubt; perfect confidence is granted to the less talented as a consolation prize."
Robert Hughes
"To be an artist is to be floating in a pool of uncertainty, never knowing the real worth of what you create."
Joseph Campbell
"Art is a dangerous distraction from real life and its responsibilities."
Philip K. Dick

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