“I can never fathom it when people say things like "I can't understand abstract art!" Or: "Abstract art is junk!" Or: "Abstract art isn't as valid as realism!"” PeopleArtI CanRealityArt IsAbstractRealismJunkFathomAbstract Art Author:Derek R. Audette
“I don't how I can describe the quality that is only found in art (be it music, literature, painting, or whatever), this quality, it's just there, and it endures.” ArtI CanFoundLiteratureQualityPaintingArt IsEndure Author:Gerhard Richter
“All that is happening in art is part of a process of exploration and discovery. I hope to live for a few more years so that I can catch glimpses of the oncoming future.” YearsArtI CanProcessHappeningsArt IsDiscoveryExplorationGlimpseHope To Live Author:Joseph Plaskett
“If a work of art is placed before me, I believe I can enjoy it; but I do not overlook the fact, that Art is one thing, another thing Amusement; and that people do like amusements, and will run after it.” PeopleIfsBelieveArtI CanFactsRunningI BelieveEnjoyOne ThingArt IsWorks Of ArtAmusement Author:George Henry Lewes
“Art is a weapon for me, with which I can strike back.” ArtI CanWeaponsArt IsStrikesStrike Back Author:Gottfried Helnwein
“Why are other people profiting off that? I can see that if I have the page and sold it for $50 and 20 years later somebody's got it for $200, okay. That's business. But I had no say in that art being out there. It just really burns me.” PeopleIfsYearsArtI CanPagesArt IsOkay Author:Mike Royer
“I put everything I can into a record. That's what art is for. I take a risk every time I do one with my whole being.” ArtI CanWholeRecordsRiskArt Is Author:Dan Fogelberg
“I don't believe in art like I used to. I believe in something beyond it, something that contains art and everything else. But I just don't quite have the nerve to chuck drawing and painting. Part of it is that I enjoy it too much, and part is that I don't have the courage to renounce the world. I don't want to move out of this nice neighborhood so that I can live in a shed and devote myself to meditating and touching something I can't feel. I'm addicted to the fun of playing in the world.” WorldWantFeelsBelieveArtI CanMovingUsedFunI BelieveEnjoyToo MuchNicePaintingArt IsDon't BelieveI Believe InDrawingNeighborhoodNervesTouchingShedMeditatingRenounceChuckDrawing And Painting Author:Jim Woodring
“I don't make art with grandiose delusions. I do know there are limits to what art is capable of. That makes it all the more appealing to me. And I can do as I will whenever I choose.” KnowsArtI CanCan DoLimitsCapableArt IsDelusionGrandiose Author:Raymond Pettibon
“I can pick out people in this city to follow. I can be in a show at the Museum of Modern Art, my space in the Museum of Modern Art is my mailbox, my mail is delivered there. Whenever I want mail, I have to go through this city to get my mail.” PeopleWantArtI CanShowsSpaceCitiesModernPicksArt IsMuseumsMailModern ArtMailboxesMy Space Author:Vito Acconci
“I'm still totally going out and sleeping on people's floors so I can play a house show and give away music. Of course I would. That's how I started. All that sort of stuff reminds you to stay true to the essence of what art is about.” PeopleGivingArtStillsI CanPlayShowsCoursesHouseStuffSleepArt IsEssenceGoing OutStay True Author:Geoff Rickly
“I wouldn't say the purpose of making art is to enjoy it necessarily. For me, it happens to be the thing I enjoy the most. I don't even know what the purpose of art is really, I just know that is something that makes me feel satisfied in a way that other things don't. That's all I know, that's why I like to write songs and films or draw. I just like to make things and somehow I find it gives me a feeling of satisfaction that I can't find in other areas of my life.” KnowsWayGivingFeelsWritingArtI CanFeelingsHappensFilmPurposeSongEnjoyDrawsArt IsAreasGive MeSatisfactionSatisfiedPurpose Of Art Author:Sean Lennon
“I think that there is a purity aesthetic, like "I just make art because I'm an artist and I can't help it. I don't care what the critics say." But different mediums have a different relationship with the public. If you're in a performing medium it's hard not to place some weight on whether or not people come to your shows, or whether or not they're enjoying them.” PeopleIfsThinkingArtI CanDifferentHardHelpingShowsCareArtistEnjoyArt IsWeightCriticsDon't CareMediumsI Don't CarePerformingPurityAestheticDifferent Relationships Author:Mirah
“Writing about something specific, in my mind, was overwhelming, so I wrote about art because I love art and I know I can say a couple of funny things about art.” KnowsWritingMindArtI CanCoupleArt IsOverwhelmingFunny Things Author:Walter Martin
“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
“What art is not processed? "Conceptual art." Somebody making a painting has to conceive of the size. I don't understand where these words came from. I can't accept the fact that the concept of art as our concept of humanity is expanding.” ArtI CanFactsHumanityAcceptingPaintingArt IsConceptsSizeExpandingConceptual Art Author:Lawrence Weiner
“The spiritual in my art is giving up control. My paintings are based on what I can do, and what I can do is not controlled. So I give up control, and that's the spiritual aspect of the work - taking what comes and relinquishing control. Although they look very controlled, they're really not, because it's all poured paint.” GivingLooksArtI CanSpiritualCan DoPaintingGiving UpArt IsAspectPaintControlledRelinquishingRelinquishing ControlGiving Up Control Author:Pat Steir
“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
“When I can no more stir my soul to move, and life is but the ashes of a fire; when I can but remember that my heart once used to live and love, long and aspire- O, be thou then the first, the one thou art; be thou the calling, before all answering love, and in me wake hope, fear, boundless desire.” FirstsHeartLongArtI CanSoulRememberMovingLife IsUsedDesireFireMy HeartCallingArt IsAnd LoveMy SoulAshesAspireBoundlessLive And Love Book:A Book of Strife in the Form of the Diary of an Old Soul Source: A Book of Strife in the Form of the Diary of an Old Soul
“As far as I can tell the only thing worth looking at in most museums of art is all the schoolgirls on daytrips with the art departments.” ArtI CanArt IsDepartmentMuseums Author:Banksy
“Here's the truth you have to wrestle with: the reason that art (writing, engaging, leading, all of it) is valuable is precisely why I can't tell you how to do it. If there were a map, there'd be no art, because art is the act of navigating without a map. Don't you hate that? I love that there's no map.” IfsWritingArtI CanReasonHateArt IsValuableMapsEngaging Book:Linchpin: Are You Indispensable? Source: Linchpin: Are You Indispensable?