“Experimental science is a craft and an art, and part of the art is knowing when to end a fruitless experiment. There is a danger of becoming obsessed with a fruitless experiment even if it goes nowhere.” IfsArtTwoEndsKnowingPlansDangerBecomingArt IsBuiltExperimentsCraftsObsessedExperimental Science Author:Martin Lewis Perl
“Abstract art is only painting. And what's so dramatic about that? There is no abstract art. One must always begin with something. Afterwards one can remove all semblance of reality; there is no longer any danger as the idea of the object has left an indelible imprint.” ArtIdeasRealityLeftDangerObjectsPaintingArt IsDramaticAbstractRemoveSemblanceIndelibleAbstract Art Author:Pablo Picasso
“We live in constant danger of coming apart. The mystery of why we do not always come apart is the animating tension of all art.” ArtMysteryDangerArt IsConstantTension Author:Virginia Woolf
“Hip hop is just a reflection of what's going on, or where the art is....Technology definitely gives artists a new mind, new voice and creativity. Right now people need to be more places at once....so whatever can get people to the next level to be efficient is how technology is going to be used......The danger is if people are relying too much on the machines, that new mind and new voice always has to come from within.” PeopleIfsNeedsGivingMindArtUsedArtistNextVoiceLevelsCreativityTechnologyToo MuchDangerRight NowReflectionArt IsMachinesHip HopHipsHopsEfficientNext Level Author:Del tha Funkee Homosapien
“I don't think art is in danger of dissolution or disappearance, and we don't trust enough in its ability and power to create critical consciousness as much as we think we do.” ThinkingArtEnoughAbilityConsciousnessDangerArt IsCriticalDon't TrustDisappearanceDissolution Author:Fady Joudah
“While it is true that commercial art is always in danger of ending up as a prostitute, it is equally true that noncommercial art is always in danger of ending up as an old maid.” ArtDangerArt IsMaidsCommercial ArtOld Maids Book:Three Essays on Style Source: Three Essays on Style
“I write some art criticism, and one thing that's clear to me is that politics is fashionable in the American art world in a way it maybe isn't in American fiction. Your work of art becomes fashionable the moment it has some kind of political commentary. I think this has its dangers - the equation between fashion, politics, and art is problematic for obvious reasons. Nonetheless, the notion of politics as being de rigueur in the world of fiction is almost unthinkable. In fiction in America at the moment, the escape into whimsy is far more prevalent than the political.” ThinkingWorldWritingKindArtReasonMomentsPoliticalFashionDangerArt IsCriticismObviousFashionableUnthinkable Author:Katie Kitamura
“Surely all art is the result of one's having been in danger, of having gone through an experience all the way to the end, where no one can go any further.” WayArtEndsArtistResultsGoneDangerArt Is Book:Letters on Cézanne Source: Letters on Cézanne
“Fiction is art and art is the triumph over chaos (no less) and we can accomplish this only by the most vigilant exercise of choice, but in a world that changes more swiftly that we can perceive there is always the danger that our powers of selection will be mistaken and that the vision we serve will come to nothing.” WorldArtChoicesFictionVisionDangerExerciseArt IsChaosAccomplishTriumphPerceiveMistakenSelectionVigilant Book:Collected Stories Source: Collected Stories