People commonly travel the world over to see rivers and mountains new stars garish birds freak fish grotesque breeds of human they fall into an animal stupor that gapes at existence and they think they have seen something.

All men are somewhat ridiculous and grotesque just because they are men and in this respect artists might well be regarded as man multiplied by two. So it is was and shall be.

Every man sees in his relatives and especially in his cousins a series of grotesque caricatures of himself.

There are a lot of grotesqueries in politics not the least of which is the fund-raising side.

As a means of contrast with the sublime the grotesque is in our view the richest source that nature can offer.

I think there's an instinct to make grotesque horror films that are purely carnal like the 'Saw' movies.

Taxes are like abortion and not just because both are grotesque procedures supported by Democrats. You're for them or against them. Taxes go up or down government raises taxes or lowers them. But Democrats will not let the words 'abortion' or 'tax hikes' pass their lips.

I find beauty in the grotesque like most artists.

Because most of my career in the classroom has been at art schools (beginning at Bennington in the 1970s) I am hyper-aware of the often grotesque disconnect between commentary on the arts and the actual practice or production of the arts.

The art which we may call generally art of the wayside as opposed to that which is the business of men's lives is in the best sense of the word Grotesque.