“Art is a vocation, as much as anything in this world. For the real artist, it is the most natural thing in the world, not as necessary as air and water, perhaps, but as food and water. But we really do lead almost a monastic life, you know; to follow it you very often have to give up something.” KnowsWorldGivingArtRealArtistWaterNaturalAirThis WorldGiving UpArt IsVocationNatural ThingsAir And WaterReal ArtistsMonastic Life Book:Katherine Anne Porter: Conversations Source: Katherine Anne Porter: Conversations
“Fools, art is a heavy task, more heavy than gold crowns; it's far more difficult to match firm words than armies, they're disciplined troops, unconquered, to be placed in rhythm, the mind's most mighty foe, and not disperse in air. I'd give, believe me, a whole land for one good song, for I know well that only words, that words alone, like the high mountains, have no fear of age or death.” KnowsGivingMindBelieveWellsArtWholeAgeSongDifficultAirLandFoolMountainArt IsTasksGoldArmyHeavyRhythmFirmTroopsBelieve In MeCrownsNo FearFoeHave No Fear Book:the Odyssey a Modern Sequel Source: the Odyssey a Modern Sequel
“Somehow, some way, every person in the arts has to find an accommodation with disappointment and embarrassment. They are the pollen in the air we breathe. If you must go into the arts, go into them for yourself alone. On some basic level you must enjoy the act of doing it ... Otherwise, you are going to end up frustrated and unhappy. Recognition in the arts is luck and gravy.” IfsWayPersonsArtEndsEnjoyLevelsAirArt IsLuckDisappointmentBreatheUnhappyRecognitionFrustratedEmbarrassmentAccommodationsGravyPollen Author:Joan Rivers
“Art is a tyrant. It demands heart, brain, soul, body. The entireness of the votary. Nothing less will win its highest favor. I wed art. It is my husband, my world, my life dream, the air I breathe. I know nothing else, feel nothing else, think nothing else.” ThinkingKnowsWorldFeelsHeartArtSoulFeelingsDreamBodyWinningBrainAirHusbandDemandHighestArt IsBreatheFavorsMy HusbandTyrantsLife Dream Author:Rosa Bonheur
“You must in all Airs follow the strength, spirit, and disposition of the horse, and do nothing against nature; for art is but to set nature in order, and nothing else.” ArtSpiritOrderAirArt IsHorseDisposition Author:William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle
“Is not art a tool we employ to peel the kitsch off life? Layer by layer art strips life bare. The more abstract it gets, the more transparent the air is. Can it be that the farther it is removed from life, the clearer art becomes?” ArtAirArt IsToolsAbstractLayersTransparentKitsch Author:Robert Musil
“When I was in New York working for [Frederick] Kiesler, at night I listened to Jean Shephard who lasted from 1957 until 1976 and then went off the air. But also I was listening to Long John Nebel. Now, Long John was what Art Bell and George Noory do now.” LongArtNightAirNew YorkListeningArt IsBells Author:Paul Laffoley
“Long John I think went off the air in about '79 or something, so there was a hiatus. That's why I think Art Bell thought there was a spot to be filled. He was doing exactly the same thing.” ThinkingLongArtAirArt IsFilledSpotsBellsHiatus Author:Paul Laffoley