Deborah Solomon Quotes

United States, Art Critic
August 9, 1957

Deborah Solomon is an American art critic, journalist and biographer. Her weekly column, "Questions For" ran in The New York Times Magazine from 2003 to 2011. She is currently the art critic for WNYC Public Radio, the New York City affiliate of NPR.

Also known as Journalist, Biographer

If I were writing about Picasso and pointed out that he painted women because he was interested in the female form, that would seem like an obvious point. I don't know why people revolt when I point out that Rockwell painted the male figure and was interested in it.

Deborah Solomon
When you look at a work of art, you don't see a cover for something else; you see revelation. If you're an artist, art is the truest expression of yourself. Even if you're painting a life you don't have.

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- Work
- Painting
- Expression

If you love everything you do, you will probably end up with mediocre work. I think dissatisfaction with the state of things does propel creative people forward.

Deborah Solomon
Art never lies, I believe.

Deborah Solomon
- Believe
- Art
- Lies
When you feel your book is the height of irrelevance you can return to the excitement of the daily news.

Deborah Solomon
The pleasure that attaches to the artistic life comes in imagining what we might do as opposed to acknowledging what we have done.

Deborah Solomon
Most artists probably feel lonely or set apart in childhood. But they grow up and find people who share their interests.

Deborah Solomon
You have to be willing to recognize failure.

Deborah Solomon