Quotes on The Arts
When politicians and civil servants hear the word “culture” they feel for their blue pencil.
Viscount Esher (b. 1913) British architect
All the arts in America are a gigantic racket run by unscrupulous men for unhealthy women.
Sir Thomas Beecham (1879-1961) British conductor
There is a great deal to be said for the Arts. For one thing they offer the only career in which commercial failure is not necessarily discreditable.
Evelyn Waugh (1903-1966) British novelist
[He] believes in the fine arts with all the earnestness of a man who does not understand them.
George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) Anglo-Irish playwright,critic