Your medium has to be alive to you, no matter what you do.

Art is always subject to change in a moment by somebody who's strong enough to shed new light on it.

There's art that I would readily buy if I could afford it, and enjoy, but would never write about because it doesn't seem significant.

Beauty is not a concept. It is the animal joy of the mind.

Artists are expected to talk about their work but writers aren't expected to talk about their writing.

Beauty is a physiological reaction. Beauty is not an object.

With art criticism it's difficult to discuss beauty, to assess it, because there's always the possibility that we're insane.