“A work of art is not a matter of thinking beautiful thoughts or experiencing tender emotions , but of intelligence, skill, taste, proportion, knowledge, discipline and industry; especially discipline.” ThinkingArtMatterBeautifulEmotionIndustryDisciplineTasteSkillsArt IsProportionWorks Of ArtBeautiful Thoughts Book:The Essays, Articles and Reviews of Evelyn Waugh Source: The Essays, Articles and Reviews of Evelyn Waugh
“When someone between twenty and forty says, apropos of a work of art, 'I know what I like,' he is really saying 'I have no taste of my own but accept the taste of my cultural milieu.” KnowsArtMy OwnAcceptingTasteTwentiesFortyWorks Of ArtMilieu Author:W. H. Auden
“Every work of art should give utterance, or indicate, the awful blind strength and the cruelty of the creative impulse, that is why they must all have what are called errors, both of taste and style.” GivingShouldArtCreativeStyleStrengthTasteBlindErrorsCrueltyAwfulImpulseWorks Of ArtUtterance Book:A Web of Friendship: Selected Letters, 1928-1973 Source: A Web of Friendship: Selected Letters, 1928-1973
“Beautiful buildings are more than scientific. They are true organisms, spiritually conceived; works of art, using the best technology by inspiration rather than the idiosyncrasies of mere taste or any averaging by the committee mind.” MindArtInspirationBeautifulTechnologyBuildingTasteMereWorks Of ArtOrganismsCommitteesIdiosyncrasiesBest Technology Book:1949-1959 Source: 1949-1959