Inartistic

Whether they ought to be called inartistic or not, we will leave time to decide, if it has not done so already; the Russian and other Slavonic composers, who are now coming more and more to the front, seem to be little in doubt as to their legitimacy. ❋ Niecks, Frederick (1888)

Whatever their source, there was, either in the composition itself or in his mode of playing, not a little of the inartistic, that is, the lawless. ❋ George MacDonald (1864)

Every personal soul, however "inartistic," is an artist in this sense; and every personal life thus considered is an effective or ineffective "work of art." ❋ John Cowper Powys (1917)

Old portraits and any kind of inartistic picture or print were brought forth to gratify the eye unaccustomed to such monotony. ❋ Unknown (1912)

In fact, for him to die elsewhere would be inartistic and insincere. ❋ Unknown (2010)

She was painfully inartistic, as Mr. Hofstram was happy to constantly point out to her. ❋ Dia Reeves (2011)

Timon changes from benevolence to sour misanthropy with a many inartistic abruptness, many readers feel. ❋ Admin (2009)

His best stories, essays, and poems went begging among them, and yet, each month, he read reams of dull, prosy, inartistic stuff between all their various covers. ❋ Unknown (2010)

As for me, though I am largely inartistic, I am sure I would much prefer the coloring book. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Why does John Carey want them to stop calling it that, unless they also stipulate that "anything" can be art if claiming otherwise makes the "inartistic" feel bad? ❋ Unknown (2008)

And not only is the "religion of art" rhetorically bankrupt but it in fact "makes people worse, because it encourages contempt for those considered inartistic." ❋ Unknown (2008)

No one is better at describing the action on the field, but many readers will find Tunis dated, and his moral concerns inartistic and unliterary. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Rockwell always wrestled with his conscience over his use of the camera and the projector, which he called “an evil, inartistic, habit-forming, lazy, and vicious machine.” ❋ James Gurney (2009)

His Dark Materials begins by promising to be one of the greatest fantasy series ever written, but it ends as an incoherent and inartistic mess. ❋ Unknown (2007)