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Robert Hughes quotes

Australian Critic July 28, 1938 – August 6, 2012

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Robert Hughes quote: "The greater the artist, the greater the doubt. Perfect..."
The greater the artist, the greater the doubt. Perfect confidence is granted to the less talented as a consolation prize. Robert Hughes
In one sense, (Duchamp's) “The Large Glass” is a glimpse into Hell; a peculiarly modernist Hell of repetition and loneliness. Robert Hughes
Robert Hughes quote: "Confidence is the prize given to the mediocre"
Confidence is the prize given to the mediocre Robert Hughes
Robert Hughes quote: "Political stress is always apt to shrink the private arena and..."
Political stress is always apt to shrink the private arena and attach it on to the public Robert Hughes
A determined soul will do more with a rusty monkey wrench than a loafer will accomplish with all the tools in a machine shop. Robert Hughes
Robert Hughes quote: "Machines were the ideal metaphor for the central pornographic..."
Machines were the ideal metaphor for the central pornographic fantasy of the nineteenth century, rape followed by gratitude. Robert Hughes
Robert Hughes quote: "that great condenser of moral chaos, The City."
that great condenser of moral chaos, The City. Robert Hughes
Indeed, the idea that doubt can be heroic, if it is locked into a structure as grand as that of the paintings of Cezanne's old age, is one of the keys to our century. A touchstone of modernity itself. Robert Hughes
Robert Hughes quote: "But the existence of a cult does not mean that images..."
But the existence of a cult does not mean that images appropriate to it automatically follow. Robert Hughes
Robert Hughes quote: "Transportation made sublimation literal. It conveyed evil to..."
Transportation made sublimation literal. It conveyed evil to another world. Robert Hughes
Robert Hughes quote: "Landscape is to American painting what sex and psychoanalysis..."
Landscape is to American painting what sex and psychoanalysis are to the American novel. Robert Hughes
Robert Hughes quote: "It was the basilica of gossip, the Vatican of inside dope."
It was the basilica of gossip, the Vatican of inside dope. Robert Hughes
Robert Hughes quote: "The greater the artist, the greater the doubt."
The greater the artist, the greater the doubt. Robert Hughes

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