Top 7 Quotes & Sayings by Leo Steinberg

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Last updated on December 21, 2024.

Leo Steinberg was a Russian-born American art critic and art historian.

American - Critic | July 9, 1920 - March 13, 2011

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One of the things I find most mysterious in Picasso's work is what I would call the 'unlocation of place.

Leo Steinberg

If a work of art or a new style disturbs you, then it is probably good work. If you hate it, it is probably great.

Leo Steinberg

All art is infested by other art.

Leo Steinberg

...it is in the nature of original contemporary art to present itself as a bad risk. And we the public...should be proud of being in this predicament, because nothing else would seem to us quite true to life; and art, after all, is supposed to be a mirror of life.

Leo Steinberg

One way to cope with the provocations of novel art is to rest firm and maintain solid standards... set by the critic's long-practiced taste and by his conviction that only those innovations will be significant which promote the established direction of advanced art.

Leo Steinberg

The critic interested in a novel manifestation holds his criteria and taste in reserve. Since they were formed upon yesterday's art, he does not assume that they are ready-made for today.

Leo Steinberg

Whatever else art is good for, its chief effectiveness lies in propagating more art.

Leo Steinberg

Top 7 Quotes & Sayings by Leo Steinberg

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