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Great Art Quotes

Time is not a great artist but weakens all he touches.

William Hogarth (2013). “Engravings by Hogarth”, Courier Corporation

Great art stretches the taste, it doesn't follow tastes.

"Portrait of the Artist Behind Apple" by Manohla Dargis, www.nytimes.com. August 15, 2013.

Heaven's great artillery.

Richard Crashaw, George Gilfillan, Francis Quarles (1857). “Poetical Works: And, Quarles' Emblems”, p.170

All great art contains at its center contemplation, a dynamic contemplation.

Susan Sontag (2012). “As Consciousness Is Harnessed to Flesh: Journals and Notebooks, 1964-1980”, p.50, Macmillan

I consider my work great, as I am a great artist.

"Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

France, famed in all great arts, in none supreme.

'To a Republican Friend, 1848. Continued'

Great art must be a living thing, or it is not art at all.

Bill Reid (2012). “Solitary Raven: The Selected Writings of Bill Reid”, p.111, D & M Publishers

To be great, art has to point somewhere.

Anne Lamott (2007). “Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life”, p.205, Anchor