“What strikes me is the fact that in our society, art has become something which is related only to objects and not to individuals, or to life. That art is something which is specialized or which is done by experts who are artists. But couldn't everyone's life become a work of art? Why should the lamp or the house be an art object, but not our life?” ShouldArtDoneFactsArtistHouseIndividualOur LivesObjectsArt IsStrikesExpertsRelatedOur SocietyWorks Of ArtLamps Author:Michel Foucault
“Art is not chaste. Those ill prepared should be allowed no contact with art. Art is dangerous. If it is chaste, it is not art.” IfsShouldArtDangerousArt IsPreparedIllContactChaste Author:Pablo Picasso
“It is a pity to make a mystery out of what should most easily be understood. There is nothing occult about the thought that all things maybe made well or made ill. A work of art is a well-made thing - that is all. It may be a well-made statue of a well-made chair or a well-made book. Art is not a special sauce applied to ordinary cooking; it is the cooking itself that is good. Most simply and generally, Art may be thought of as "The Well Doing of What Needs Doing."” NeedsShouldWellsMayArtMadeBookMysterySpecialOrdinaryUnderstoodArt IsAll ThingsCookingIllPityChairsWorks Of ArtStatuesCarpe DiemSauceOccultCarpe Author:Oscar Wilde
“The person who practices an art is an artist, not a samurai, and one should have the intention of being called a samurai.” ShouldPersonsArtWarArtistPracticeArt IsShould HaveIntentionSamurai Book:Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai Source: Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai
“What is it that an artist does when he is left alone in his studio? My conclusion was that if I was an artist and I was in the studio, then everything I was doing in the studio should be art . . . . From that point on, art became more of an activity and less of a product.” IfsShouldDoeArtArtistLeftProductsActivityArt IsStudiosConclusionLeft Alone Author:Bruce Nauman