Popular in our time, unpopular in his. So runs the stereotype of rejected genius.

Quote by Robert Hughes

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It was a secular cathedral, dedicated to the rites of travel.

It was a secular cathedral, dedicated to the rites of travel.

It was the basilica of gossip, the Vatican of inside dope.

It was the basilica of gossip, the Vatican of inside dope.

A determined soul will do more with a rusty monkey wrench than a loafer will...

A determined soul will do more with a rusty monkey wrench than a loafer will...

The greater the artist, the greater the doubt. Perfect confidence is granted to the less...

The greater the artist, the greater the doubt. Perfect confidence is granted to the less...

The new job of art is to sit on the wall and get more expensive.

The new job of art is to sit on the wall and get more expensive.

An ideal museum show would be a mating of Brideshead Revisited with House & Garden....

An ideal museum show would be a mating of Brideshead Revisited with House & Garden....

Landscape is to American painting what sex and psychoanalysis are to the American novel.

Landscape is to American painting what sex and psychoanalysis are to the American novel.

Nothing they design ever gets in the way of a work of art.

Nothing they design ever gets in the way of a work of art.

One gets tired of the role critics are supposed to have in this culture: It's...

One gets tired of the role critics are supposed to have in this culture: It's...

Transportation made sublimation literal. It conveyed evil to another world.

Transportation made sublimation literal. It conveyed evil to another world.

The greater the artist, the greater the doubt. Perfect confidence is granted to the less...

The greater the artist, the greater the doubt. Perfect confidence is granted to the less...

Who never doubted, never half believed. Where doubt is, there truth is - it is...

Who never doubted, never half believed. Where doubt is, there truth is - it is...

Beliefs are what divide people. Doubt unites them.

Beliefs are what divide people. Doubt unites them.

Faith and doubt both are needed - not as antagonists, but working side by side...

Faith and doubt both are needed - not as antagonists, but working side by side...

When you doubt, abstain.

When you doubt, abstain.

Fanaticism is overcompensation for doubt.

Fanaticism is overcompensation for doubt.

It is easier to believe than to doubt.

It is easier to believe than to doubt.

Doubt is an incentive to truth, and patient inquiry leadeth the way.

Doubt is an incentive to truth, and patient inquiry leadeth the way.

Laugh at yourself, but don't ever aim your doubt at yourself. Be bold. When you...

Laugh at yourself, but don't ever aim your doubt at yourself. Be bold. When you...

When in doubt wear red.

When in doubt wear red.