Leo Steinberg Professions : Art critic Born : July 9, 1920 Died : March 13, 2011 Browse All Authors Top 7 quotes by 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 style hate art 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 yesterday doe art ...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 true-life mirrors art Whatever else art is good for, its chief effectiveness lies in propagating more art. Leo Steinberg effectiveness lying art One of the things I find most mysterious in Picasso's work is what I would call the 'unlocation of place. Leo Steinberg mysterious All art is infested by other art. Leo Steinberg art-is art 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 standards-set long art Similar Authors Brian Sewell art-critic Arthur Danto art-critic Bernard Berenson art-critic Irving Sandler art-critic Donald Kuspit art-critic Deborah Solomon art-critic All Authors
