Top 8 Quotes & Sayings by Deborah Solomon

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American critic Deborah Solomon.

Last updated on November 20, 2024.

Deborah Solomon is an American art critic, journalist and biographer. She sometimes writes for the New York Times, where she was previously a columnist. Her weekly column, "Questions For" ran in The New York Times Magazine from 2003 to 2011. Later, she was the art critic for WNYC Public Radio, the New York City affiliate of NPR. She is sometimes confused with another reporter, Deborah B. Solomon, who is a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist now working at The New York Times after a long career at The Wall Street Journal.

American - Critic | Born: August 9, 1957

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You have to be willing to recognize failure.

Deborah Solomon

The pleasure that attaches to the artistic life comes in imagining what we might do as opposed to acknowledging what we have done.

Deborah Solomon

If I were writing about Picasso and pointed out that he painted women because he was interested in the female form, that would seem like an obvious point. I don't know why people revolt when I point out that Rockwell painted the male figure and was interested in it.

Deborah Solomon

If you love everything you do, you will probably end up with mediocre work. I think dissatisfaction with the state of things does propel creative people forward.

Deborah Solomon

When you feel your book is the height of irrelevance you can return to the excitement of the daily news.

Deborah Solomon

Most artists probably feel lonely or set apart in childhood. But they grow up and find people who share their interests.

Deborah Solomon

Art never lies, I believe.

Deborah Solomon

When you look at a work of art, you don't see a cover for something else; you see revelation. If you're an artist, art is the truest expression of yourself. Even if you're painting a life you don't have.

Deborah Solomon

Top 8 Quotes & Sayings by Deborah Solomon

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