Thomas Hoving Quotes

• Art happens when anyone in the world takes any kind of material and fashions it into a deliberate statement.

  Thomas Hoving

  Fashion, Art, World

  Thomas Hoving (2011). “Art For Dummies”, p.38, John Wiley & Sons

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• The definition of art has changed almost every day since the first artist created the first work at least fifty thousand years ago.

  Thomas Hoving

  Art, Years, Fifty

  Thomas Hoving (2011). “Art For Dummies”, p.37, John Wiley & Sons

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• To appreciate a work of art, is it okay to like what you like, and the heck with the art critics and experts? Absolutely.

  Thomas Hoving

  Art, Appreciate, Experts

  Thomas Hoving (2011). “Art For Dummies”, p.42, John Wiley & Sons

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• Art is sexy! Art is money-sexy! Art is money-sexy-social-climbing-fantastic!

  Thomas Hoving

  Sexy, Art, Climbing

  "Art struck", www.theguardian.com. March 18, 2000.

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• The only enemy of art is taste.

  Thomas Hoving

  Art, Enemy, Taste

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• With each change of definition in art, something considered non-art or bad art by a previous generation is suddenly acceptable.

  Thomas Hoving

  Change, Art, Definitions

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• There have been countless changes in the long history of art. The most significant have been brought about by the genius of a single artist.

  Thomas Hoving

  Art, Long, Genius

  Thomas Hoving (2011). “Art For Dummies”, p.39, John Wiley & Sons

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• Even if virtually anything can be art, there are levels of quality.

  Thomas Hoving

  Art, Quality, Levels

  Thomas Hoving (2011). “Art For Dummies”, p.39, John Wiley & Sons

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• The definition of art has to shift whenever an innovator appears.

  Thomas Hoving

  Art, Innovation, Definitions

  Thomas Hoving (2011). “Art For Dummies”, p.37, John Wiley & Sons

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