“Just as the development of earth art and installation art stemmed from the idea of taking art out of the galleries, the basis of my involvement with public art is a continuation of wall drawings.” ArtIdeasEarthProgressWallDevelopmentArt IsBasesDrawingInvolvementGalleryContinuationInstallationArt GalleriesPublic Art Author:Sol LeWitt
“Maybe this is a utopian view of art but I do believe that art can function as a vehicle, that it isn't just a cultural pursuit, something that happens in art galleries. Unless art is linked to experience and the fear and joy of that, it becomes mere icing on the cake.” BelieveArtHappensJoyViewsArt IsExperienceFunctionMerePursuitCakeVehicleLinkedGalleryUtopianIcingArt GalleriesIcing On The Cake Author:Antony Gormley
“Art is inspiring. Walking into a gallery, or when the lights go up on a stage; that thrill of getting something that has nothing to do with acquisition.” ArtLightStageWalkingArt IsThrillGalleryAcquisition Author:Sadie Jones
“but art is not relative to perfection in any tangible sense. It is our coarse antennae trembling blindly as it traces the form of Origin, tastes the ephemeral glue welding us, yearning after the secret of ineluctable evolution, and wonders what this transformation will mean. In my mind, here was the best kind of art-the kind hoarded by rich and jealous collectors in their locked galleries; hidden from the eyes of the heathen masses, waiting to be shared with the ripe few” MindKindMeanArtEyeFormWaitingSecretWonderRichEvolutionTasteMassArt IsPerfectionTransformationJealousRelativeYearningLockedGalleryTangibleRipeCollectorsTremblingEphemeralGlueCoarseHeathenWelding Author:Laird Barron
“The 10 or 12 artists I have known really well all my life are at least as competitive as professional athletes. They may express it in slightly different terms, but you look at the Jackson Pollocks et al., and they are as interested in wall space in the galleries as Joe Montana is in the percentage of completed passes. So the notion that symphonic conducting, or stage play, or pure art, is not a competitive business is real bullshit.” WellsLooksMayArtDifferentRealPlayArtistTermSpaceBusinessKnownStageWallPureArt IsNotionAthleteAlsBullshitPercentagesGalleryMontanaConductingProfessional AthleteStage PlayPollock Author:Tom Peters
“It's in our nature. If you are a plumber, there is an objective way to establish whether you put together a great piping system or not. Art is a bit more slippery than that. So, when you fill a gallery with dirt and someone comes along waving wads of bills, it's difficult not to take them because they become a tangible acknowledgement that what you've been doing actually makes sense.” IfsWayArtTogetherBitsDifficultArt IsBillsObjectivesMake SenseDirtGalleryTangibleSlipperyAcknowledgementPlumber Author:Maurizio Cattelan
“With acting, I'm taking somebody else's work and interpreting it. Whereas with music, it's organic. It's completely myself. Nobody else is really involved with the beginning stages of it. Art is something that I haven't really put out to the public. There's a couple pictures on MySpace, but I haven't done a gallery opening or anything like that. Art is very personal to me. I haven't really shared it with too many people.” PeopleArtDoneActingStageHavensCoupleInvolvedArt IsOpeningGalleryInterpreting Author:Tinsel Korey
“I think when something becomes a comfortable genre, it's against what street art stood for in the beginning - breaking out of genres and taking art out of galleries. Now street art is in the gallery, and it's all made up into a nice, packaged concept.” ThinkingArtMadeNiceStreetsComfortableArt IsConceptsGenreGalleryStreet Art Author:M.I.A.
“In hindsight I can see that my love for the arts began by watching my father and his colleagues perform on stage in Jamaica, and running a muck among the exhibits of fabulous Jamaican art at the National Gallery while mum was upstairs curating.” ArtI CanRunningFatherStageArt IsMumColleaguesFabulousGalleryExhibitsHindsightUpstairsJamaicaJamaicans Author:Michael Hyatt
“Great Art is Great because it inspired you greatly. If it didn't, no matter what the critics, the museums and the galleries say, it's not great art for you.” IfsArtMatterArt IsNo Matter WhatCriticsInspiredMuseumsGreat ArtGallery Author:Yoko Ono
“I see 30 to 40 gallery shows a week, and no matter what kind of mood I'm in, no matter how bad the art is, I almost always feel better afterward. I can learn as much from bad art as from good.” FeelsKindArtI CanMatterShowsWeekArt IsNo Matter WhatMoodFeel BetterGallery Author:Jerry Saltz