Funny Art Critic Quotes & Sayings

Quite simply, my diet has and will always be everything in moderation. People look at Olympic athletes and think they must cut out all those things everyone else indulges in, and speaking for myself, I never did. — Summer Sanders

But so strong is our desire for meaning, an innate desire, that we construct meanings where there are none. — David Cronenberg

A lifetime of mediocrity is a high price to pay for safety. — Todd Henry

You could transfer Congress over to run Standard Oil or General Motors, and they would have both things bankrupt in two years. — Will Rogers

North Korea has certainly, in the past, used detainees to initiate diplomatic exchanges with the United States. — Elise Hu

It's a very slow process - two steps forward, one step back - but I'm inching in the right direction. — Rob Reiner

Life becomes a spectacle and, if you happen to be an artist, you record the passing show. — Henry Miller

The practice of democracy means that I, one person, one humble person, nevertheless feel some responsibility if the officials for whose election I was responsible go too far out of line. — Clyde Kluckhohn

I've never broken a piano. However, I've been banned from particular clubs for breaking piano strings. — Eric Lewis

Is it reasonable to suppose that we can apply a broad-spectrum insecticide to kill the burrowing larval stages of a crop-destroying insect ... without also killing the 'good' insects whose function may be the essential one of breaking down organic matter and maintaining healthy soil? — Rachel Carson

Instead of speaking of justice and injustice, freedom and oppression, classless society and class society, they talked in terms of God and the Devil. — Mario Vargas-Llosa

I did a lot of choral music in high school, and that was kind of my primary, stable outlet for music because I didn't feel comfortable being a soloist. It was a cool, safe space for me musically. — Autre Ne Veut

Never place your punch at the beginning of a column nor at the end. Sneak it in where it's least expected. Fill a whole column with drivel, just to get in that one important line. — Ayn Rand

Genius is a bend in the creek where bright water has gathered, and which mirrors the trees, the sky and the banks. It just does that because it is there and the scenery is there. Talent is a fine mirror with a silver frame, with the name of the owner engraved on the back. — Edgar Lee Masters