6 Mark Twain Quotes on Art

Mark Twain quotes on art

64. I used to worship the mighty genius of Michael Angelo - that man who was great in poetry, painting, sculpture, architecture - great in every thing he undertook. But I do not want Michael Angelo for breakfast - for luncheon - for dinner - for tea - for supper - for between meals. I like a change, occasionally.

65. Enough, enough, enough! Say no more! Lump the whole thing! say that the Creator made Italy from designs by Michael Angelo!

96. To string incongruities and absurdities together in a wandering and sometimes purposeless way, and seem innocently unaware that they are absurdities, is the basis of the American art, if my position is correct.

114. The trade of critic, in literature, music, and the drama, is the most degraded of all trades.

150. Humor must not professedly teach, and it must not professedly preach, but it must do both if it would live forever.

200. Wagner's music is better than it sounds.