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Art History Quotes

I grew up in Rome, in actually what I would say was a liberal, open-minded family. My father was an architect and my mother was a teacher of art history, so it was sort of intellectual, and maybe a bit much for me when I was a child Picture Quote #1

The term ‘Pre-Raphaelite’ is in danger of becoming one of the most misused tags in art history Picture Quote #1

I taught a lot of art history, especially Chinese, Japanese, and Indian. But the painting classes came back. The nudes came back. Not so much the still lifes. So now our department is the worst department, partly because it has the worst facilities Picture Quote #1

This is an hour of history that troubles our minds and hurts our hearts Picture Quote #1

I didn’t go to art school. So, I never had this moment of taking time to actually learn how to make things and learn about art history and learn about people that came before me Picture Quote #1

When I turned 30, due to my father’s heart history and my family genetics, I vowed to start seeing a cardiologist every year and just really be proactive and take my own heart health into my own hands Picture Quote #1

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I became a pedant of the form. I did my graduate work in art history and particularly in the history of French satirical cartooning. And that made me aware of what a rich and resilient tradition this seemingly scabrous sacrilegious magazine still represented in French life Picture Quote #1

I love art, my mother is a painter, I majored in art history at Wellesley, and as I was having my second child I was thinking, what am I going to do, I have to do something to keep myself sane, and I began to ask myself, what are the most horrific circumstances under which art can be created? Picture Quote #1

Art needs to be socialised, and you need a lot of context to understand that, and that doesn’t mean having read a few art history books Picture Quote #1

There was once a time when art history and film were basically the same medium, but art history is frozen in late-19th-century technology that has survived into the early 21st century Picture Quote #1

PICARD: There is no greater challenge than the study of philosophy. WESLEY: But William James won’t be in my Starfleet exams. PICARD: The important things never will be. Anyone can be trained in the mechanics of piloting a starship. WESLEY: But Starfleet Academy PICARD: It takes more. Open your mind to the past. Art, history, philosophy. And all this may mean something Picture Quote #1

Because I’m an art historian, I have some experience of writing that comes out of close attention. That’s what really art history is. You’re looking at something very closely, and you try to write in a meticulous way about it Picture Quote #1

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We can look at history and see that [political turmoil is] fertile ground for art Picture Quote #1

I studied anthropology and art history, as I have always been captivated by living traditions Picture Quote #1

Archaeology is not only the hand maid of history, it is also the conservator of art Picture Quote #1

No, my degree was history, not the practice of art! I can’t draw to save my life you know Picture Quote #1

History must always be taken with a grain of salt. It is, after all, not a science but an art Picture Quote #1

Where in the wide history of the world do we find art created by the excessively wealthy, powerful, or educated? Picture Quote #1

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I was an art history major, but never specifically contemporary. I would say where I really stopped were the abstract expressionists in the New York school Picture Quote #1

$The visual is sorely undervalued in modern scholarship. Art history has attained only a fraction of the conceptual sophistication of literary criticism. Drunk with self-love, criticism has hugely overestimated the centrality of language to western culture. It has failed to see the electrifying sign language of images Picture Quote #1$

Reps once took chances on art, History’s most treasured musicians were believed in and cultivated to reach their potential. Today, it would be difficult for those musicians to get deals Picture Quote #1

If I can’t find a project that I’m really interested in, I’ll just go back to college where I’ve been studying art history and French. I’m also going to study English and philosophy - the whole curriculum! Picture Quote #1

I always enjoyed art history because, growing up in California, my exposure was limited, and it was a new experience. To learn the history of art opened up certain things to me, made me see. It intrigued me Picture Quote #1

Maybe philosophy - I love talking about ideas. Or maybe art history. I was thinking about psychology, then I got really afraid because everybody says it’s terribly boring Picture Quote #1

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An artist should know art history. Shock value only lasts so long Picture Quote #1

I'd love to go off to college to study photography, art history, humanities Picture Quote #1

Megacollectors suppose they can enter art history by spending astronomical amounts Picture Quote #1

I set my sights upon becoming the kind of artist who would make a contribution to art history Picture Quote #1

Nothing in a graduate degree in art history prepares you for the eloquence of the eraser Picture Quote #1

A Conservative is a fellow who is standing athwart history yelling ‘Stop! Picture Quote #1

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I grew up in Rome, in actually what I would say was a liberal, open-minded family. My father was an architect and my mother was a teacher of art history, so it was sort of intellectual, and maybe a bit much for me when I was a child (Art History Quotes) The term ‘Pre-Raphaelite’ is in danger of becoming one of the most misused tags in art history (Art History Quotes) I taught a lot of art history, especially Chinese, Japanese, and Indian. But the painting classes came back. The nudes came back. Not so much the still lifes. So now our department is the worst department, partly because it has the worst facilities. (Art History Quotes) This is an hour of history that troubles our minds and hurts our hearts (Art History Quotes) I didn’t go to art school. So, I never had this moment of taking time to actually learn how to make things and learn about art history and learn about people that came before me. (Art History Quotes) When I turned 30, due to my father’s heart history and my family genetics, I vowed to start seeing a cardiologist every year and just really be proactive and take my own heart health into my own hands. (Art History Quotes) I became a pedant of the form. I did my graduate work in art history and particularly in the history of French satirical cartooning. And that made me aware of what a rich and resilient tradition this seemingly scabrous sacrilegious magazine still represented in French life. (Art History Quotes) I love art, my mother is a painter, I majored in art history at Wellesley, and as I was having my second child I was thinking, what am I going to do, I have to do something to keep myself sane, and I began to ask myself, what are the most horrific circumstances under which art can be created? (Art History Quotes) Art needs to be socialised, and you need a lot of context to understand that, and that doesn’t mean having read a few art history books. (Art History Quotes) There was once a time when art history and film were basically the same medium, but art history is frozen in late-19th-century technology that has survived into the early 21st century. (Art History Quotes) PICARD: There is no greater challenge than the study of philosophy. WESLEY: But William James won’t be in my Starfleet exams. PICARD: The important things never will be. Anyone can be trained in the mechanics of piloting a starship. WESLEY: But Starfleet Academy PICARD: It takes more. Open your mind to the past. Art, history, philosophy. And all this may mean something (Art History Quotes) Because I’m an art historian, I have some experience of writing that comes out of close attention. That’s what really art history is. You’re looking at something very closely, and you try to write in a meticulous way about it. (Art History Quotes) We can look at history and see that [political turmoil is] fertile ground for art (Art History Quotes) I studied anthropology and art history, as I have always been captivated by living traditions (Art History Quotes) Archaeology is not only the hand maid of history, it is also the conservator of art (Art History Quotes) No, my degree was history, not the practice of art! I can’t draw to save my life you know. (Art History Quotes) History must always be taken with a grain of salt. It is, after all, not a science but an art ... (Art History Quotes) Where in the wide history of the world do we find art created by the excessively wealthy, powerful, or educated? (Art History Quotes) I was an art history major, but never specifically contemporary. I would say where I really stopped were the abstract expressionists in the New York school (Art History Quotes) The visual is sorely undervalued in modern scholarship. Art history has attained only a fraction of the conceptual sophistication of literary criticism. Drunk with self-love, criticism has hugely overestimated the centrality of language to western culture. It has failed to see the electrifying sign language of images (Art History Quotes) Reps once took chances on art, History’s most treasured musicians were believed in and cultivated to reach their potential. Today, it would be difficult for those musicians to get deals (Art History Quotes) If I can’t find a project that I’m really interested in, I’ll just go back to college where I’ve been studying art history and French. I’m also going to study English and philosophy - the whole curriculum! (Art History Quotes) I always enjoyed art history because, growing up in California, my exposure was limited, and it was a new experience. To learn the history of art opened up certain things to me, made me see. It intrigued me (Art History Quotes) Maybe philosophy - I love talking about ideas. Or maybe art history. I was thinking about psychology, then I got really afraid because everybody says it’s terribly boring (Art History Quotes) An artist should know art history. Shock value only lasts so long (Art History Quotes) I'd love to go off to college to study photography, art history, humanities (Art History Quotes) Megacollectors suppose they can enter art history by spending astronomical amounts (Art History Quotes) I set my sights upon becoming the kind of artist who would make a contribution to art history (Art History Quotes) Nothing in a graduate degree in art history prepares you for the eloquence of the eraser (Art History Quotes) A Conservative is a fellow who is standing athwart history yelling ‘Stop! (Art History Quotes)

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