Brian Sewell Quotes

United Kingdom, Art Critic
July 15, 1931 – September, 19, 2015.

Brian Sewell was an English art critic and media personality. He wrote for the Evening Standard and was noted for his acerbic view of conceptual art and the Turner Prize. The Guardian described him as "Britain's most famous and controversial art critic", while the Standard called him the "nation’s best art critic"

Also known as Media Personality

A memorial garden will be tacky. We should put the money into supporting things that Diana did and was interested in.

Brian Sewell
- Money
- Things
- Diana
It's the way neighborhoods were developed many years ago. Think University Park and Highland Park; the design intent is very similar.

Brian Sewell

This is another example of meritless gigantism that could be anywhere, and is the least successful of the gallery's six attempts to exploit its most unsympathetic space.

Brian Sewell
Thatcher knew nothing of the European customs and cultures with which we were allied...

Brian Sewell
- Cultures
- Customs
I don't know what art is, but I do know what it isn't. And it isn't someone walking around with a salmon over his shoulder or embroidering the name of everyone they have slept with on the inside of a tent.

Brian Sewell
- Art
Art criticism everywhere is now at a low ebb, intellectually corrupt, swamped in meaningless jargon, distorted by political correctitudes, anxiously addressed only to other critics and their ilk.

Brian Sewell
- Art criticism
Only men are capable of aesthetic greatness.

Brian Sewell
- Men
- Aesthetic greatness