Pauline Kael Artist Quotations

The first prerogative of an artist in any medium is to make a fool of himself.

I see little of more importance to the future of our country and of civilization than full recognition of the place of the artist. If art is to nourish the roots of our culture, society must set the artist free to follow his vision wherever it takes him.

An artist must either give up art or develop.

Television represents what happens to a medium when the artists have no power and the businessmen are in full, unquestioned control.

Vulgarity is not as destructive to an artist as snobbery.