“A painting in a museum hears more ridiculous opinions than anything else in the world.” WorldArtOpinionPaintingRidiculousMuseumsBritish Museum Author:Edmond de Goncourt
“Abstraction in photography is ridiculous, and is only an imitation of painting. We stopped imitating painters a hundred years ago, so to imitate them in this day and age is laughable.” YearsAgePaintingPhotographyHundredYears AgoPhotographerRidiculousPainterThis DayImitationAbstractionImitatingLaughable Author:Berenice Abbott
“I feel no shame about having paintings be as grandiose and ridiculous as possible.” FeelsPaintingShameRidiculousGrandiose Author:Laura Owens
“Every milieu has something ridiculous about it - film-making, the music world, painting - because people who take themselves seriously become funny pretty quickly.” PeopleWorldFilmPaintingRidiculousMilieu Author:Rebecca Miller
“I was envious of [Vincent] Van Gogh because I could never make a painting that beautiful! (Ridiculous, I know.) That was when the character of Ivy [Wilkes] began to take shape for me.” KnowsCharacterBeautifulPaintingShapesRidiculousVansEnviousIvy Author:Liza Campbell