You can calculate the worth of a man by the number of his enemies, and the importance of a work of art by the harm that is spoken of it.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The worth of a civilization or a culture is not valued in the terms of its material wealth or military power, but by the quality and achievements of its representative individuals - its philosophers, its poets and its artists.
Art is the symbol of the two noblest human efforts: to construct and to refrain from destruction.
Real art is one of the most powerful forces in the rise of mankind, and he who renders it accessible to as many people as possible is a benefactor of humanity.
Does any art have a practical value? People love to talk about how expensive a painting is. That's the only way we can talk about paintings in this century.
That is why I believe that art is so much more significant than either economics or philosophy. It is the direct measure of man's spiritual vision.
Art is often valuable precisely because it isn't a sensible way to make money.
What an artist learns matters little. What he himself discovers has a real worth for him, and gives him the necessary incitement to work.
The value and rank of every art is in proportion to the mental labor employed in it, or the mental pleasure in producing it.
Money is something that can be measured; art is not. It's all subjective.
By giving the leadership to the private sector in a capitalistic society, we're going to measure the value of art by how many products we can sell.