Top 9 Quotes by Thomas Hoving

Art happens when anyone in the world takes any kind of material and fashions it into a deliberate statement.

Fashion, Art, World

Thomas Hoving (2011). “Art For Dummies”, p.38, John Wiley & Sons

The definition of art has changed almost every day since the first artist created the first work at least fifty thousand years ago.

Art, Years, Fifty

Thomas Hoving (2011). “Art For Dummies”, p.37, John Wiley & Sons

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, Appreciate, Experts

Thomas Hoving (2011). “Art For Dummies”, p.42, John Wiley & Sons

Art is sexy! Art is money-sexy! Art is money-sexy-social-climbing-fantastic!

Sexy, Art, Climbing

"Art struck", www.theguardian.com. March 18, 2000.

The only enemy of art is taste.

Art, Enemy, Taste

With each change of definition in art, something considered non-art or bad art by a previous generation is suddenly acceptable.

Change, Art, Definitions

There have been countless changes in the long history of art. The most significant have been brought about by the genius of a single artist.

Art, Long, Genius

Thomas Hoving (2011). “Art For Dummies”, p.39, John Wiley & Sons

Even if virtually anything can be art, there are levels of quality.

Art, Quality, Levels

Thomas Hoving (2011). “Art For Dummies”, p.39, John Wiley & Sons

The definition of art has to shift whenever an innovator appears.

Art, Innovation, Definitions

Thomas Hoving (2011). “Art For Dummies”, p.37, John Wiley & Sons

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