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Thomas Hoving Quotes: To appreciate a work of art, is it okay to like what you like, and the heck with the art critics and experts? Absolutely.
         

To appreciate a work of art, is it okay to like what you like, and the heck with the art critics and experts? Absolutely.


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The only enemy of art is taste.

The only enemy of art is taste.



The definition of art has changed almost every day since the first artist created the first work at least fifty thousand years ago.

The definition of art has changed almost every day since the first artist created the first work at least fifty thousand years ago.



Art happens when anyone in the world takes any kind of material and fashions it into a deliberate statement.

Art happens when anyone in the world takes any kind of material and fashions it into a deliberate statement.



With each change of definition in art, something considered non-art or bad art by a previous generation is suddenly acceptable.

With each change of definition in art, something considered non-art or bad art by a previous generation is suddenly acceptable.



The definition of art has to shift whenever an innovator appears.

The definition of art has to shift whenever an innovator appears.



Even if virtually anything can be art, there are levels of quality.

Even if virtually anything can be art, there are levels of quality.



There have been countless changes in the long history of art. The most significant have been brought about by the genius of a single artist.

There have been countless changes in the long history of art. The most significant have been brought about by the genius of a single artist.



Art is sexy! Art is money-sexy! Art is money-sexy-social-climbing-fantastic!

Art is sexy! Art is money-sexy! Art is money-sexy-social-climbing-fantastic!



I have heard of you- a kind of revolutionary. Hard to be a revolutionary in the deadly museum business.

I have heard of you- a kind of revolutionary. Hard to be a revolutionary in the deadly museum business.



Parks are works of art just as a painting or sculpture is.

Parks are works of art just as a painting or sculpture is.





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Let's go from no where to somewhere! Trust, Its just a step ahead.

Let's go from no where to somewhere! Trust, Its just a step ahead.



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With parents, that's the only way sometimes that they can get across to their kids is by giving them an ultimatum.



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You can never conquer the mountain. You can only conquer yourself.



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My business is only to keep myself in motion, whilst motion pleases me; I only walk for the walk's sake.

My business is only to keep myself in motion, whilst motion pleases me; I only walk for the walk's sake.



But the only important thing in a book is the meaning it has for you; it may have other and much more profound meanings for the critic, but at second-hand they can be of small service to you.

But the only important thing in a book is the meaning it has for you; it may have other and much more profound meanings for the critic, but at second-hand they can be of small service to you.



I would be disappointed if I were remembered as a runner because I feelthat my contribution to the youth of America has far exceeded the woman who was the Olympic champion.

I would be disappointed if I were remembered as a runner because I feelthat my contribution to the youth of America has far exceeded the woman who was the Olympic champion.




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