The Art Quotes
Water shapes its course according to the nature of the ground over which it flows
I'm an unabashed elitist. Everyone needs a good editor, and there is peril in worshiping amateurism and the unedited in science, art, and journalism.
Abolish music prejudices. Form opinions and love music for itself, not its genre, performer(s) or popularity status.
I'm always right, always wrong. Dressing bad's like loving you there is nothing i haven't worn. Nothing, I haven’t said before. You are nothing I haven’t felt before.
If your enemy has the power to see into the future, make sure you are the author of that future.
Appear at points which the enemy must hasten to defend
Artists of today can be inspired by the past, but they have to apply present methods if they want a future in music.
They blended religion and art and science because, at base, science is no more than an investigation of a miracle we can never explain, and art is an interpretation of that miracle.
People get addicted to feeling offended all the time because it gives them a high
Marketing is the perfect blend or art and science. But more than that, marketing is a craft.
Art has one purpose, that is to leave you changed. Love has one purpose, that is to create art.
There are two characters in me: a doodler and a tuner. And the only thing that makes me go crazy is when they both fight for their turn.
We are living in a moment where we have broken the equilibrium of the planet. We are not paying attention to our intuitive side. We only pay attention to our reason. We have become an urban animal
There is the satisfaction of being able to look at the image without flinching. There is the pleasure of flinching.
LYNDA (TO TINY):Look forward to the momentwhen it falls apart.Look forward to themomentwhen you mustrearrange yourheart.It might feel like theend of the world-but it's the beginning of yourart.
What they, in their innocence, cannot comprehend is that a properly constituted, healthy, decent man never writes, acts, or composes.
The victorious army is victorious first and seeks battle later
Franklin knew that the truth lay with the winter night: the world was silent and black-and-white.
Between words and objects one can create new relations and specify characteristics of language and objects generally ignored in everyday life.
As artists, we create the beautyWe are too afraid to live outAnd search, but always fall just shyOf finding what life is about.
I must not undervalue my work simply because I enjoy it. A working artist understands his worth and lives by it.
When I looked upon the surface of the gently flowing water, each painting that I had burned upon joining the church rose from the waves. I tried to grab them, but they dissolved upon touch.
If you wish to make good art, then you must believe you already do. Otherwise, you will never be good enough.
