“In my opinion painting should be considered excellent in proportion as it approaches the effect of relief, while relief should be considered bad in proportion as it approaches the effect of painting.” ShouldOpinionEffectsPaintingApproachStandardsExcellentProportionRelief Author:Michelangelo
“Surely when a man is painting a picture he ought not refuse to hear any man's opinion... Since men are able to form a true judgement as to the works of nature, how much more does it behoove us to admit that they are able to judge our faults.” MenDoeAbleFormOpinionPaintingJudgingListeningOughtFaultsRefuseJudgementPainting A Picture Author:Leonardo da Vinci
“Painting is a faith, and it imposes the duty to disregard public opinion.” ArtFaithOpinionPaintingDutyPublic OpinionDisregardDisregarded Author:Vincent Van Gogh
“A painting in a museum hears more ridiculous opinions than anything else in the world.” WorldArtOpinionPaintingRidiculousMuseumsBritish Museum Author:Edmond de Goncourt
“Seurat and Signac mixed paintings with the dry and abstract laws of science. This approach, in my opinion, usually strays from the purpose of art in general. Because it means that one cannot expect from an artifact, that is created with mathematical laws, to establish an improbable and irrational relationship between the work and the viewer.” MeanArtLawPurposeOpinionPaintingApproachMathematicalAbstractDryIrrationalViewersImprobableArtifactsPurpose Of Art Author:Guity Novin
“Pure painting or the art of drawing whose point of departure is based on purely formal criteria is,in my opinion,passé. I do not reject it if other artists make attempts,but as far as I am concerned,this is what I believe. if I do not place a text next to my drawings,I consider the work on such programmes to be futile.” IfsBelieveArtArtistNextI BelieveOpinionPaintingPureConcernedDrawingRejectsFormalCriteriaDepartureProgrammes Author:Gunter Brus
“Sculpture and painting are very justly called liberal arts; a lively and strong imagination, together with a just observation, being absolutely necessary to excel in either; which, in my opinion, is by no means the case of music, though called a liberal art, and now in Italy placed even above the other two--a proof of the decline of that country.” MeanArtTwoCountryTogetherArtistStrongImaginationMusicOpinionCasesPaintingMusicianProofObservationDeclineSculptureLivelyLiberal Arts Author:Lord Chesterfield
“I don't have a very high opinion, actually, of the world of criticism - or the practice of criticism. I think I admire art criticism, criticism of painting and sculpture, far more than I do that of say films and books, literary or film criticism. But I don't much like the practice. I think there are an awful lot of bad people in it.” PeopleThinkingWorldArtBookFilmOpinionPracticePaintingCriticismAdmireAwfulSculptureBad PeopleFilm Criticism Author:Tom Robbins
“I go into a gallery or museum, and I realize that I don't have to formulate any opinions if I don't want to. I don't have to think this thing through and write about it at any great length. I can think about it if I want to; if not, I can just walk out. So I can enjoy painting really a lot more than I could when I had that sort of pressure.” IfsThinkingWantWritingI CanEnjoyRealizingWalksOpinionPaintingPressureLengthMuseumsGallery Author:Tom Robbins
“I like when people have opinions - especially about art. You can hate my art. I made my art to be hated. That's why I made the name paintings.” PeopleArtMadeHateNamesOpinionPaintingHated Author:Josh Smith