“A painting in a museum hears more ridiculous opinions than anything else in the world.”

Last update June 3, 2021. History

Help us to complete the source, original and additional information

Do you have more details about the quote "A painting in a museum hears more ridiculous opinions than anything else in the world." by Edmond de Goncourt?
Edmond de Goncourt photo
Edmond de Goncourt 3
French writer 1822–1896

Related quotes

Patrick Swift photo

“All art is probably erotic in its ultimate character, but painting more than anything else is a purely nervous erotic activity.”

Patrick Swift (1927–1983) British artist

"Some Notes on Caravaggio" (Nimbus 1956).

Gabriel García Márquez photo
W. Brian Arthur photo

“More than anything else technology creates our world. It creates our wealth, our economy, our very way of being.”

W. Brian Arthur (1946) American economist

Source: The Nature of Technology: What It Is and How It Evolves. (2009), p. 10

Brian K. Vaughan photo

“I just make crap up more than anything else.”

Brian K. Vaughan (1976) American screenwriter, comic book creator

Ain't It Cool News interview

Archibald Macleish photo

“What is more important in a library than anything else — is the fact that it exists.”

Archibald Macleish (1892–1982) American poet and Librarian of Congress

"The Premise Of Meaning" in American Scholar (5 June 1972)

Will Durant photo

“It is life that educates, and perhaps love more than anything else in life.”

Will Durant (1885–1981) American historian, philosopher and writer

Source: Fallen Leaves (2014), Ch. 2 : On Youth

Pope Benedict XVI photo

“Through the Spirit's action may the young people gathered here have the courage to become saints! This is what the world needs more than anything else.”

Pope Benedict XVI (1927) 265th Pope of the Catholic Church

2008, Government House Ceremony (16 July 2008)

Richard Leakey photo

Related topics