“The mind supplies the idea of a nation, but what gives this idea its sentimental force is a community of dreams.” GivingMindIdeasDreamForceNationsCommunityNationalismSentimentalSupplies Author:Andre Malraux
“You can only make art that talks to the masses when you have nothing to say to them.” ArtCommunicationMass Author:Andre Malraux
“Here, reality is not subordinated to painting, indeed painting seems the handmaid of reality, though we feel it tending towards a procedure which, while not at the mercy of appearances, is not yet in conflict with them.” FeelsRealitySeemsPaintingConflictCriticismMercyAppearanceProceduresHandmaids Author:Andre Malraux
“In so far as he is a creator, the artist does not belong to a social group already moulded by a culture, but to a culture which he is by way of building up.” WayDoeArtistCultureSocialGroupsBuildingCreatorBuilding UpSocial Groups Author:Andre Malraux
“Just as a musician loves music and not nightingales, and a poet loves poetry and not sunsets, a painter is not primarily a person who responds to figures and landscapes. He is primarily one who loves pictures.” PersonsFiguresPoetMusicianPainterLandscapeSunsetMusic LoveLove PoetryNightingalesMusician LoveLove Picture Author:Andre Malraux
“Cold calculation, random spots of color, mathematically exact construction (clearly shown or concealed), drawing that is now silent and now strident . . . . Is this not form?” FormColorColdSilentDrawingSpotsConstructionConcealedCalculations Author:Giacomo Puccini
“I'm working, but there is so much still to be done! And it frightens me to think of my weight of years. But on we go, without fear or hesitation!” ThinkingYearsStillsDoneWeightHesitation Author:Giacomo Puccini
“The iPad! What is better designed than that? I read magazines on it, I play Scrabble. I use it for everything.” PlayUseMagazinesIpadsScrabble Author:Diane von Furstenberg
“Painting, especially much better than words, allows oneself to express the various stages of thought, including the deeper levels, the underground stages of the mental process.” ProcessLevelsStagePaintingIncludingOneselfVariousDeeper Author:Claes Oldenburg
“Nothing in Art is achieved by will alone. It is achieved by docilely submitting to the subconscious.” ArtAchievementArt IsSubconscious Author:Odilon Redon