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The Venus de Milo is a good example of what happens to somebody who won't stop biting her fingernails.

(1879 – 1935) humorist & social commentator

Art is anything you can get away with.

(1928 – 1987) painter, printmaker & filmmaker

There is no more somber enemy of good art than the pram in the hall.

(1903 – 1974) English intellectual, literary critic & writer

Good art is in the wallet of the beholder.

(1958 – ) Australian author

No great artist ever sees things as they really are; if he did, he would cease to be an artist.

(1854 – 1900) Irish dramatist, novelist & poet

If an artist has talent, he needs no other critic.

American writer

I don’t paint things; I only paint the difference between things.

(1869 – 1954) French artist

Art, like morality, consists in drawing a line somewhere.

(1874 – 1936) English author & mystery novelist

Man: Mr. Melon, your wife was just showing us her Klimt [an Austrian painter].

Thornton Melon: You too, huh? She’s shown it to everybody.

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

Painting: The art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather and exposing them to the critic.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist

There are only two styles of portrait painting; the serious and the smirk.

(1812 – 1870) English novelist

Why should I paint dead fish, onions and beer glasses; girls are so much prettier. 

(1883 – 1956) French painter & printmaker

Who among us has not gazed thoughtfully and patiently at a painting of Jackson Pollock and thought… "What a piece of crap?"

American television producer, screenwriter, executive producer & author

Many are willing to suffer for their art.. few are willing to learn to draw.

(1967 – ) English comedian

The world today doesn't make sense, so why should I paint pictures that do? 

(1881 – 1973) Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker & stage designer

The only proof of taste Beckford has shown with his collection is getting rid of it.

(1778 – 1830) English writer, essayist, critic, grammarian & philosopher

A first rate soup is better than a second rate painting.

(1908 – 1970) American professor of psychology

If you have a burning, restless urge to write or paint, simply eat something sweet and the feeling will pass.

(1950 – ) writer & humorist

Art is a jealous mistress and if a man has a genius for painting, poetry, music, architecture or philosophy, he makes a bad husband and an ill provider.

(1803 – 1882) essayist, poet, & philosopher

The world today doesn't make sense, so why should I paint pictures that do? 

(1881 – 1973) Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker & stage designer

What garlic is to salad, insanity is to art.

(1848 – 1907) Irish-born American sculptor