Everything written about art is profoundly unimportant.

Art is of absolutely no use to the masses

Music is essentially useless, as life is.

There are no vital and significant forms of art; there is only art, and precious little of that.

I do think that art that doesn't communicate is useless.

Kaladin had never had much time for art. Either the picture depicted something useful—like a map—or it was basically pointless.

All art is but dirtying the paper delicately.

There really is no such thing as Art. There are only artists.

The usefulness of the useless is good news for artists, for art serves no useful purpose. It has to do with changing minds and spirits.

There is nothing so terrible as the pursuit of art by those who have no talent.

It is obvious that art cannot teach anyone anything, since in four thousand years humanity has learnt nothing at all.

Everything that is written merely to please the author is worthless.

Art is purposiveness without purpose.

Where the spirit does not work with the hand, there is no art.