Mark Twain Quotes on Art
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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.
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Enough, enough, enough! Say no more! Lump the whole thing! say that the Creator made Italy from designs by Michael Angelo!
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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.
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The trade of critic, in literature, music, and the drama, is the most degraded of all trades.
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Humor must not professedly teach, and it must not professedly preach, but it must do both if it would live forever.
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Wagner's music is better than it sounds.