“No art is any good unless you can feel how it's put together. By and large it's the eye, the hand and if it's any good, you feel the body. Most of the best stuff seems to be a complete gesture, the totality of the artist's body; you can really lean on it.” IfsFeelsArtBodyHandsSeemsEyeTogetherArtistStuffArt IsGesturesTotality Author:Frank Stella
“Many people seem to think that art is a luxury to be imported and tacked on to life. Art springs out of the very stuff that life is made of. Most of our young authors start to write a story and make a few observations from nature to add local color. The results are invariably false and hollow. Art must spring out of the fullness and richness of life.” PeopleThinkingWritingArtMadeStoriesSeemsYoungLife IsStuffResultsColorSpringArt IsAddLocalsObservationLuxuryHollowFullnessRichnessRichness Of Life Book:Willa Cather in person: interviews, speeches, and letters Source: Willa Cather in person: interviews, speeches, and letters
“We both [with Jo Andres] think that it is really important to our culture that we support all kinds of music, all kinds of theatre and all kinds of art because you never know what moves people. We've always believed that there should be a strong voice outside the commercial world. Certainly, the commercial world has a huge place in our culture and we also support that - but, we also want to support the stuff that lives outside of that.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWorldWantShouldKindArtImportantMovingCultureStrongStuffVoiceSupportHugeArt IsTheatreAll KindsAlways Believe Author:Steve Buscemi
“The art world is the biggest joke going. It's a rest home for the overprivileged, the pretentious, and the weak. And modern art is a disgrace - never have so many people used so much stuff and taken so long to say so little.” PeopleWorldLittlesLongArtHomeUsedStuffTakenModernJokesArt IsWeakDisgracePretentiousArt WorldModern Art Author:Banksy
“Great art is not instant. It comes from experience, it comes from a place within. If you're trying to generate material, then you're going to generate stuff. It's not going to be great, it's just going to be stuff.” IfsTryingArtStuffMaterialsArt IsInstantGreat Art Author:Keenen Ivory Wayans
“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
“So much of our culture is bought and manufactured - not to say great art can't come out of that. Some art is really amazing that is manufactured and sold, like action movies and stuff.” ArtActionCultureStuffArt IsGreat ArtAction MovieReally Amazing Author:Scott McClanahan
“A series is a big deal, and there are a lot of people out there writing stuff that don't know what art is.” PeopleKnowsWritingArtBigsStuffDealsArt IsSeriesBig Deal Author:Aden Young
“It's sometimes hard to talk about politics and art. Obviously, I have my core beliefs, but I think art is best when it's troublesome and pushes against stuff.” ThinkingArtSometimesHardBeliefStuffArt IsCoreTroublesomeCore Beliefs Author:Robert Greene