What I look for when I see a piece of art for the first time is some kind of emotional, intellectual experience, that’s a combination of both of those things and is informed by my knowledge and something new that I see the artist doing. 875
Now will I rehearse before you a very ancient Breton Lay. As the tale was told to me, so, in turn, will I tell it over again, to the best of my art and knowledge. Hearken now to my story, its why and its reason. 710
One can decide that the principal role of knowledge is as an indispensable element in the functioning of society, and act in accordance with that decision, only if one has already decided that society is a giant machine. 783
It has been common knowledge to informed collectors that many times the finest and rarest art glass is found unsigned. 686
Books minister to our knowledge, to our guidance, and to our delight, by their truth, their uprightness, and their art. 690
The understanding of art depends finally upon one’s willingness to extend one’s humanity and one’s knowledge of human life. 820
We foresee no limit to scientific advancement in the future, and in scientific truth there is nothing dead; science is always a living and growing body of knowledge; but art on the contrary has many times run its course to an end, and exhausted its vital power. 797
The trouble with movies as a business is that it’s an art, and the trouble with movies as art is that it’s a business. 731
Of course art world ethics are important. But museums are no purer than any other institution or business. Academics aren’t necessarily more high-minded than gallerists. 631
Politics is the art of preventing people from busying themselves with what is their own business. 687
