All profoundly original art looks ugly at first.

Clement Greenberg

More information about this quote

Topic

Nature of art Art

Author

Clement Greenberg

Source

The Nation

Medium

Magazine

Language

English

Time

1945 1940s 20th century

Occupation

Writer

From

United States

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Greenberg, Clement. The Nation. 7 Apr. 1945.

Illustrated Quote

A quote by Clement Greenberg about nature of art: “All profoundly original art looks ugly at first.”
Download
A quote by Clement Greenberg about nature of art: “All profoundly original art looks ugly at first.”
Download
A quote by Clement Greenberg about nature of art: “All profoundly original art looks ugly at first.”
Download

Related Quotes

Below are one or more quotes that share at least one tag with the quote at the top of the page

Another quote from the 1940s

Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine.

Rick Blaine

Casablanca

Watch Casablanca at Amazon Watch Casablanca at Amazon
More information about this quote
Topic
Coincidence
Speaker
Rick Blaine
Actor
Humphrey Bogart
Source
Casablanca
Medium
Film
Genre
Romantic drama (film) Romantic drama
Language
English
Time
1942 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Casablanca. Directed by Michael Curtiz, Warner Bros. Pictures, 1942.

Another quote about Art

Much of modern art is devoted to lowering the threshold of what is terrible. By getting us used to what, formerly, we could not bear to see or hear, because it was too shocking, painful, or embarrassing, art changes morals.

Susan Sontag

Freak Show

More information about this quote
Topic
Modern art Power of art Art

Author

Susan Sontag
Source
Freak Show The New York Review of Books
Medium
Essay Magazine
Language
English
Time
1973 1970s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Sontag, Susan. "Freak Show." The New York Review of Books, 15 Nov. 1973.

Another quote from 1945

At first it was a giant column that soon took the shape of a supramundane mushroom.

William L. Laurence

The New York Times

More information about this quote
Topic
Nuclear weapons

Author

William L. Laurence
Source
The New York Times
Medium
Newspaper
Language
English
Time
1945 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Laurence, William L. "Drama of the Atomic Bomb Found Climax in July 16 Test; Drama of the Atomic Bomb Found Climax in New Mexico Test Caravan of Scientists by Night Directions for Observers' Safety Roar Reverberations Over Desert." The New York Times, 26 Sept. 1945.