Great Art – Quotes

Artists are the antennae

Artists are the antennae of the race, but the bullet-headed many will never learn to trust the great artists. Ezra Pound

All great art is

All great art is born of the metropolis. Ezra Pound

grievance does not make

grievance does not make for great art. Eva Figes

All great art is by its very essence in conflict with the society with which it exists. It expresses the truth about the existence regardless of whether this truth serves or hinders the survival purpose of a given society. All great art is revolutionary because it touches upon the reality of man and questions the … Read more

All great art is

All great art is revolutionary because it touches upon the reality of man and questions the reality of the various transitory forms of human society. Eric Hoffer

The great piano virtuoso

The great piano virtuoso Paderewski was once playing before an audience of the rich and the royal. After a brilliant performance, an elegant lady waxed ecstatic over the great artist. She said, Ah Maestro, you are a genius! Paderewski tartly replied, Ah yes, madam, but before I was a genius I was a clod! What … Read more

I\\’m lucky enough and

I’m lucky enough and wealthy enough to be able to buy photographs and buy art that inspires me from day to day. I don’t want a Picasso on my wall; it’s great art, but it’s dead art to me. I’d rather have a photograph by someone I’ve never heard of that really inspires me. Elton … Read more

Artists are the antennae

All great art is

grievance does not make

All great art is

All great art is

The great piano virtuoso

I\\’m lucky enough and

I have never felt

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