Home / Quotes / Quote by Laura Owens

Quote by Laura Owens

“Most people who think they can't live up to the great painters of the past, often times have a group of people they think they're better than.”

Author

Laura Owens

Laura Owens, born in 1970, is a notable figure in an unknown field. Her life and achievements have not been widely documented, but her work has had a profound impact on the relevant field. more

“I feel like what's most important for painting - which has been hierarchically on the top for a really long time in terms of what is considered fine art, by comparison with something like a comic book or what's considered low art - is that painting should open up laterally to include other cultures and things that don't immediately resonate as a painting but are obviously of equal contribution to the genre.”

Feels Should Long Has Beens Art Important Book Culture Term Painting Fine Equal Long Time Lows Art Is Comic Genre Contribution Comparison Comic Book Fine Arts Other Cultures Really Long

Author:Laura Owens

“I think that I'm going to be including a lot of anonymous female artists in what I look at and incorporate. Most textiles are created by women. Generally, most stuff that's not in the canon is created by women.”

Thinking Looks Artist Stuff Female Including Canon Textiles Female Artists

Author:Laura Owens

“I think a lot of male artists should and probably are thinking in the same ways. The culture has moved in a more democratic, pluralistic direction. You now find a lot of people who are looking outside of the mainstream of the history of art for their mentors. Maybe not heroes, but mentors.”

People Thinking Way Should Art Artist Culture Hero Moved Democratic Males Mainstream Mentor

Author:Laura Owens

“If a team lives up to its role as favorite, it will have earned the World Cup. By the way, Adidas grew by about 30 percent in Brazil even without sponsoring the national team.”

Ifs World Way Roles Team Grew Percent Cups Brazil World Cup National Team Adidas

Author:Herbert Hainer

“Fans today don't only care about achievement, but about good looks, good public appearance and good lifestyle.”

Looks Care Today Fans Achievement Appearance Lifestyle Good Life Looking Good

Author:Herbert Hainer

“Finding truth involves some kind of activity. As I like to point out, truth isn't handed to you on a platter. It's not something that you get at a cafeteria, where they just put it on your plate. It's a search, a quest, an investigation, a continual process of looking at and looking for evidence, trying to figure out what the evidence means.”

Trying Kind Mean Process Figures Truth Is Activity Findings Evidence Quests Investigation Plates Cafeteria

Author:Errol Morris

“I like to point out that people very often confuse the idea that truth is subjective with the fact that truth is perishable.”

People Ideas Facts Truth Is Subjective

Author:Errol Morris

“People can burn archives; people can destroy evidence, but to say that history is perishable, that historical evidence is perishable, is different than saying that history is subjective.”

People Different Evidence Historical Subjective Archives

Author:Errol Morris

“I love the water more than anything. I'm not very good at sunbathing - I get really bored. I love swimming and I love being like a fish and getting in the sea and just - I don't know, it feels right.”

Knows Feels Water Love Is Sea Very Good Fishes Bored Swimming Get Real Feels Right I Love Swimming Sunbathing

Author:Beth Orton

“I'm not comfortable holidaying in other people's poverty.”

People Poverty Comfortable

Author:Beth Orton

Quote by Laura Owens

Author

You May Also Like