Art Is Quotes
When I go to China I see many artists whose work reflects on aspects of contemporary popular culture but obviously the history of Western art is not part of their own tradition.
I'm glad I made a piece of art that can be interpreted so widely. Art is always interpreted subjectively
Every single work of art is the fulfillment of a prophecy; for every work of art is the conversion of an idea into an image.
A work of art is good if it has arisen out of necessity. That is the only way one can judge it.
I think all writing about art is in some way dancing to architecture. It's all about similitude, being analogous, metaphorical, adjectival, etc.
Your art is what you do when no one can tell you exactly how to do it. Your art is the act of taking personal responsibility, challenging the status quo, and changing people.
The basic unit for contemporary art is not the idea, but the analysis of and extension of sensations.
How rich art is, if one can only remember what one has seen, one is never empty of thoughts or truly lonely, never alone.
The purpose of all art is to cause a deep and emotion, also one that is entertaining or pleasing. Out of the depth and entertainment comes value.
Art is not the handmaid of politics. It is its own remedy! And its healing is sacral.
The person who practices an art is an artist, not a samurai, and one should have the intention of being called a samurai.
The contest between form and content is what, is what art is about - it's art history. That's what basically everybody has ever contended with. The problem is uniquely complex in still photography.
Art is why I get up in the morning but my definition ends there. You know I don't think its fair that I'm living for something I can't even define.
The making of one's life into art is, after all, the first duty and privilege of every man.
Have little care that Life is brief, And less that Art is long. Success is in the silences Though Fame is in the song.
We want Realism's wealth of experience and Symbolism's depth of feeling. All art is a problem of balance between two opposites.
Art is an infinitely precious good, a draught both refreshing and cheering which restores the stomach and the mind to the natural equilibrium of the ideal.
Excellence in art is largely the result of attention to minutiae, and--prayer.
I don't see what else you can spend your money on... If you want to own things, art is a pretty good bet.
True art is the intermediary between man's ordinary nature and his higher potentialities.
