Art Quotes

"Cultural works gain value through the collective agreement of those in the field."

"Aesthetic preferences are learned and therefore can be unlearned."

"Authentic culture is a myth; all culture is produced and market-mediated."

"Culture today is like fast food - designed for quick consumption and easy disposal."

"The greatest art of our time may be the art of coping with uncertainty."

"The metropolis creates the typical conditions for artistic freedom."

"Art achieves beauty through form, not content."

"Art is the language of the soul."

"The presentation of self is both art and necessity."

"The most successful cultural products are those that appear to transcend the particular interests of their creators."

"Art is a field where disinterestedness itself becomes a form of strategic interest."

"The field of cultural production operates according to its own logic of value and exchange."

"The field of fashion is organized by the logic of distinction and emulation."

"Museums function as temples that consecrate certain forms of cultural expression."

"Art history is a history of the struggle to define what counts as art."

"Art expresses what cannot be adequately captured in purely rational discourse."

"Art can reveal what ideology conceals about our actual conditions of existence."

"Fashion is the pursuit of equality through differentiation."

"Art teaches us to see the world as it might be, not as it is."

"Fashion victims are those who follow without understanding."

"Art is the expression of what cannot be spoken."

"The notion of authenticity is itself a performance—a deliberate presentation of seeming genuine."

"Art is the language of the soul; music is its voice."

"We live in a world of signs and symbols, but have lost the ability to understand what they mean."

"Art in the age of reproduction loses its ability to provide authentic experience."

"Culture has become entertainment, and entertainment has become our culture."

"Culture industry produces standardized consciousness in place of genuine culture."

"The role of culture is either to sustain power or to challenge it."

"Fashion is the form of social imitation and differentiation simultaneously."

"The artist creates not what is, but what could be."