“[ Folk art, consists of] work done by ordinary people in the course of their lives, work seldom thought of by those who make or use it as art at all.”

Source: Art Worlds (1982), p. 245 as quoted in: John Ross Hall, Mary Jo Neitz, Marshall Battani (2003) Sociology On Culture. p. 196.

Adopted from Wikiquote. Last update June 3, 2021. History

Help us to complete the source, original and additional information

Do you have more details about the quote "[ Folk art, consists of] work done by ordinary people in the course of their lives, work seldom thought of by those who…" by Howard S. Becker?
Howard S. Becker photo
Howard S. Becker 35
American sociologist 1928

Related quotes

Robert Fulghum photo

“I don't do art to address other people but to address myself. I've never done art with a thought of being a professional artist who makes a living by selling his art.”

Robert Fulghum (1937) American writer

Introduction to the Art gallery at his website (2006) http://robertfulghum.com/index.php/fulghumweb/artshowentry/introduction2/
Context: I don't do art to address other people but to address myself. I've never done art with a thought of being a professional artist who makes a living by selling his art. I've never had a commercial show in a gallery. I suppose I'm like those who write poetry or songs without seeking publication. I make art in and for the experience itself — to satisfy a need to express myself in a creative, colorful, non-verbal way.

Howard S. Becker photo
Susan Sontag photo

“All true poets are, of course, primarily concerned with artifact, the making of a verbal construct, a durable work of art.”

Vernon Scannell (1922–2007) British boxer and poet

Not Without Glory, 1976

Claude Debussy photo

“Works of art make rules but rules do not make works of art.”

Claude Debussy (1862–1918) French composer

As quoted in Companion to Contemporary Musical Thought (1992) by John Paynter, p. 590
Unsourced variant: Works of art make rules; rules do not make works of art.

Robert Henri photo
André Maurois photo
Prevale photo

“All over the world, for those who are part of it, music, entertainment and art are a work of emotions: be grateful.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: (it) In tutto il mondo, per chi ne fa parte, musica, intrattenimento ed arte sono un'opera di emozioni: siatene grati.
Source: prevale.net

Laxmi Prasad Devkota photo

“The works done by mathematical formulas, even though are the works of brain, do not deserve to be called Art. Painting is Art, Photography is not.”

Laxmi Prasad Devkota (1909–1959) Nepali poet

कला र जीवन (Art and Life)
Art and Life

Related topics