“Art has always had as its test in the long term the ability to speak to our innermost selves.” LongArtSelfSpeakTermAbilityTestsLong TermSerendipityAbility To Speak Author:Bill Viola
“A nuclear-weapons armed Iran is not in anyone's human-rights interests. That is a direct threat to the lives and the livelihoods and the stability not only of the region but beyond.” HumansInterestRightsWeaponsDirectThreatHuman RightsNuclearRegionsIranStabilityNuclear WeaponsLivelihood Author:Hillary Clinton
“Only now I'm learning to enjoy not being in charge of what the next stroke will do to the whole painting. I'm still learning that there are no mistakes, only discoveries.” StillsWholeNextEnjoyMistakePaintingDiscoveryStrokesSerendipity Author:Fernando Araujo Perdomo
“The pictures were painted directly through me, without preliminary drawings and with great power. I had no idea what the pictures would depict and still I worked quickly and surely without changing a single brush-stroke.” ArtStillsIdeasChangeWorkPowerPaintingPaintDrawingPainterNo IdeaStrokesBrushesGreat PowerDepictionQuicknessBrush Strokes Author:Hilma af Klint
“The duty of the artist is not to be calculating in any sense, so that he may be free himself of human emotions while carried by the universal forces of life. Only then does one not think about making art, or about styles, or directions. Something comes about, something happens.” ThinkingHumansMayDoeArtHappensArtistForceEmotionStyleDutyUniversalThings HappenCalculatingHuman Emotions Author:Karel Appel
“I remain detached and distant, but it is under my eyes and my orders that the work of art must create itself. Then, when the creation starts, I stand there, present at the ceremony, immaculate, calm, relaxed... ready to welcome the work of art that is coming into existence in the tangible world.” WorldArtEyeOrderExistenceCreationReadyCalmWelcomeWorks Of ArtRelaxedCeremonyTangibleDetachedImmaculate Author:Yves Klein
“When I close my eyes my vision is even more powerful.” EyePowerfulVisionPerception Book:De Chirico Source: De Chirico
“I never read theory. I think that was to my benefit.” ThinkingTheoryBenefitsIntellect Author:Nan Goldin
