“I deny that art can be taught, or, in other words, maintain that art is completely individual, and that the talent of each artist is but the result of his own inspiration and his own study of past tradition.” ArtInspirationPastArtistIndividualResultsEducationStudyTalentTaughtArt IsTraditionDeny Author:Gustave Courbet
“My art collection is dominated by tribal art from Nigeria where I taught school, from New Guinea where we've travelled, and by Canadian Haida pieces. My own art is either on exhibition or owned by other people!” PeopleArtSchoolMy OwnPiecesTaughtArt IsCollectionsCollectorsNigeriaExhibitionsGuinea Author:Robert Bateman
“Music's always part of my writing. I think all art is interconnected. You can't create or experience one without its influences bleeding into another. In my writing, music's mostly something that feeds my inspiration and mood while I'm writing, but it's also taught me how to score scenes and even novels. The rise and fall of the storyline echoes the flow of a good piece of music.” ThinkingWritingArtInspirationFallNovelPiecesInfluenceTaughtSceneArt IsFlowMoodScoreEchoesBleedingInterconnectedWriting MusicRise And FallStoryline Author:Charles de Lint
“Art is a form of exploration, of sailing off into the unknown alone, heading for those unmarked places on the map. If children are not permitted-not taught-to be adventurers and explorers as children, what will become of the world of adventure, of stories, of literature itself?” IfsWorldChildrenArtStoriesFormLiteratureTaughtAdventureArt IsMapsExplorationSailingHeadingsExplorersAdventurer Author:Michael Chabon
“In art school we're always taught that art is an end in itself - art for art's sake, expressing yourself, and that that's enough.” ArtEndsEnoughSchoolTaughtArt IsSakeExpress YourselfArt School Author:Eric Drooker