# Quote — Robert Hughes, Nothing If Not Critical

> Like most artists who have made an invention of some kind, he tends to overplay the significance of his own and goes on about it as though it were a Rosetta Stone, with whose help all representation can be rescued from one-eyed falsehood.

- Author: [Robert Hughes](https://www.leafyquotes.com/robert-hughes.md)
- Book: [Nothing If Not Critical](https://www.leafyquotes.com/robert-hughes/nothing-if-not-critical.md)
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Robert_Hughes#Nothing_If_Not_Critical_(1991)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/robert-hughes/nothing-if-not-critical/like-most-artists

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