“In New York, the impact of these concentrated superskyscrapers on street scale and sunlight, on the city's aniquated support systems, circulation, and infrastructure, on its already tenuous livability, overrides any aesthetic. ... Art becomes worthless in a city brutalized by overdevelopment.” ArtCitiesSupportStreetsNew YorkArt IsImpactArchitectureScalesAestheticSunlightWorthlessInfrastructureCirculationSupport Systems Book:The tall building artistically reconsidered: the search for a skyscraper style Source: The tall building artistically reconsidered: the search for a skyscraper style
“Great art is not a matter of presenting one side or another, but presenting a picture so full of the contradictions, tragedies, [and] insights of the period that the impact is at once disturbing and satisfying.” ArtMatterSidesPeriodsArt IsTragedyImpactInsightContradictionSatisfyingGreat ArtDisturbingPresenting Author:Pauli Murray
“Your actions are not in a vacuum. They impact other people. It may be in a way that's less obvious than in mainstream movies, but it comes to an understanding of who those people are. It also leaves it open to interpretation. And that's what art is, a form in which people can reflect on who we are as human beings and come to some understanding of this journey we are on.” PeopleWayHumansMayArtActionFormUnderstandingHuman BeingsJourneyArt IsImpactObviousWho We AreInterpretationMainstreamVacuums Author:Wendell Pierce
“I also got encouragement from my teachers at primary school but one person in particular who had a significant impact on my lean towards art is Mr. Luigi St. Omer. Mr. St. Omer was the one who always reminded me that I should not settle for less than greatness in my art. He saw that I had the potential and he helped me develop that talent.” ShouldPersonsArtSchoolSawsTeacherTalentGreatnessParticularArt IsEncouragementImpactSignificantPrimariesSettlingPrimary School Author:St. Lucia
“Art is a reflection of everything that impacts your life.” ArtReflectionArt IsImpact Author:Kiki Smith
“The heaviest impact of the work of art is in the guts. Art does not reason. It manhandles you and changes you.” DoeArtReasonArt IsImpactGutsWorks Of Art Book:Key to modern poetry Source: Key to modern poetry
“Any form of art is a form of power; it has impact, it can affect change. It can not only move us, it makes us move.” ArtMovingFormChangeArt IsImpactAfrican AmericanCan Not Author:Ossie Davis