“Art teachers are always the doormats of the previous generation.” ArtTeacherGenerationsPrevious GenerationsArt TeacherDoormat Author:Peter Schjeldahl
“Everything I've learned about art was (a) because I was actually interested, or (b) I was actually interested in covering my ass because of what I was writing about.” WritingArtAssI've LearnedCovering Author:Peter Schjeldahl
“Love and fear, the two strongest emotions we have. It all starts with emotion.” TwoEmotionStrongestLove And Fear Author:Peter Schjeldahl
“Art is always subject to change in a moment by somebody who's strong enough to shed new light on it.” ArtEnoughMomentsLightStrongSubjectsArt IsShedStrong Enough Author:Peter Schjeldahl
“I think being interested is really what being civilized is about. I mean, you have to be conscious of everything.” ThinkingMeanConsciousCivilized Author:Peter Schjeldahl
“The aesthetic experience has to be given. And beauty is a regular experience of every person - every person who is not clinically depressed!” PersonsGivenAesthetic Author:Peter Schjeldahl
“You could say that clinical depression is an incapacity to aesthetic response. It's like there's a constant agreement within ourselves, a kind of mutual understanding between ourselves and the world.” WorldKindUnderstandingConstantResponseAgreementMutualAestheticClinicalsIncapacityMutual UnderstandingClinical Depression Author:Peter Schjeldahl
“Everybody's got plants, but most are just growing weeds. The cultivated have greater gardens, finer and gaudier gardens.” GreaterGrowingGardenPlantWeed Author:Peter Schjeldahl