“To understand Occupy Wall Street, you have to understand artists. Art is freedom - freedom of expression - and its message has resonated through society for centuries.” ArtArtistStreetsCenturyExpressionWallMessagesArt IsFreedom Of ExpressionOccupy Wall Street Author:Peter M. Brant
“Just as the development of earth art and installation art stemmed from the idea of taking art out of the galleries, the basis of my involvement with public art is a continuation of wall drawings.” ArtIdeasEarthProgressWallDevelopmentArt IsBasesDrawingInvolvementGalleryContinuationInstallationArt GalleriesPublic Art Author:Sol LeWitt
“Good art has everything you need to know about it in the work, not on a wall label. Art is here to take us beyond language.” KnowsNeedsArtLanguageWallArt IsLabelsGood Art Author:Walter Darby Bannard
“Art is the space between the viewer and the rectangle that hangs on the wall. Unless something of the person that created the work is there, there's nothing for the viewer to take away.” PersonsArtSpaceWallArt IsViewersSpace BetweenRectangles Author:T. Allen Lawson
“What is dangerous about the far right is not that it takes religion seriously - most of us do - but rather that it condemns all other spiritual choices - the Buddhist, the Jew, the Muslim, and many others who consider themselves to be good Christians. The wall of separation between church and state is needed precisely because religion, like art, is too important a part of the human experience to be choked by the hands of censors.” HumansArtImportantStatesHandsChristianSpiritualReligionChoicesChurchDangerousWallNeededArt IsJewBe GoodSeparationBuddhistHuman ExperienceChurch And StateGood ChristianSeparation Between Church And State Author:Barbra Streisand
“We're not choosing the art, the art is choosing us. The pieces are choosing the walls where they hang.” ArtPiecesWallArt Is Author:Massimo Bottura
“The educational aspect of art shows has become overbearing: some of exhibits can leave you bleary from trying to read the walls. Presumably a piece of art is timeless and it can say something to us. You are taking away the right of art to talk for itself.” TryingArtShowsPiecesWallArt IsAspectEducationalTimelessExhibitsOverbearing Author:John Updike
“I think furniture is art. I don't think art is just for your walls - I think everything that someone has made is a piece of art.” ThinkingArtMadePiecesWallArt IsFurnitureYour Wall Author:Ellen DeGeneres
“All art is dependent on technology because it's a human endeavour , so even when you're using charcoal on a wall or designed the proscenium arch, that's technology .” HumansArtTechnologyWallArt IsDependentEndeavourArchesCharcoal Author:George Lucas
“Art is based on emotion, but being macho is based on ego; the wall protecting that emotion.” ArtEmotionWallEgoArt IsMacho Author:Miguel
“Art is frightening. Art isn't pretty. Art isn't painting. Art isn't something you hang on the wall. Art is what we do when we're truly alive. An artist is someone who uses bravery, insight, creativity, and boldness to challenge the status quo. And an artist takes it (all of it, the work, the process, the feedback from those we seek to connect with) personally.” ArtUseArtistProcessChallengesCreativityAlivePaintingWallArt IsBraveryInsightFrighteningStatus QuoFeedbackBoldnessPainting Art Author:Seth Godin
“Whether it's a street poster on a brick wall, a magazine cover on a newsstand, or animation on a movie screen - art is an effective means of communicating with large numbers of people.” PeopleMeanArtNumbersStreetsWallArt IsCommunicateScreensMagazinesBricksAnimationPostersLarge NumbersBrick WallMagazine Covers Author:Eric Drooker
“The 10 or 12 artists I have known really well all my life are at least as competitive as professional athletes. They may express it in slightly different terms, but you look at the Jackson Pollocks et al., and they are as interested in wall space in the galleries as Joe Montana is in the percentage of completed passes. So the notion that symphonic conducting, or stage play, or pure art, is not a competitive business is real bullshit.” WellsLooksMayArtDifferentRealPlayArtistTermSpaceBusinessKnownStageWallPureArt IsNotionAthleteAlsBullshitPercentagesGalleryMontanaConductingProfessional AthleteStage PlayPollock Author:Tom Peters
“The new job of art is to sit on the wall and get more expensive.” ArtInspirationJobsWallArt IsExpensiveNew Job Author:Robert Hughes
“Art is not disposable. If you want it, you have to hold it and smell it and touch it and read the credits and enjoy it and put it on your wall.” IfsWantArtEnjoyWallArt IsCreditSmellDisposableYour Wall Author:John Malkovich
“"Contemporary art" for me is a kind of historical term that describes the 40 years between the Berlin Wall going up and then coming down. I'm not sure who will come up with a better term to describe art, but I think contemporary art is actually done for.” ThinkingYearsKindArtDoneTermWallArt IsHistoricalCome UpContemporaryNot SureBerlinContemporary ArtBerlin Wall Author:Liam Gillick
“I wrote on my desk wall when I was writing the film...'Art is socialism, but life is capitalism.' That's the hard thing in all of it if you expect to make a living.” IfsWritingArtHardFilmLife IsWallArt IsCapitalismSocialismDesksHard Things Author:Mike Birbiglia
“When we even use the term 'specialized world,' we already have a problem! We're making art; they are making art... these worlds are not far apart from each other. For instance, pieces of art that hang on a wall can be seen in museums or can be used in a variety of commercial ways. That art is everywhere, so the message is that it's a part of everyday life.” WorldArtProblemTermWallArt IsEverydayVarietyEveryday Life Author:Jennifer Higdon
“I think that all art is socially conscious. There is no alternative. Whatever we produce contains a political and social statement. There's no way to avoid that, unless it is pure decoration. But even pure decoration has also some value because you can read pure decoration as a way to ignore the reality that is around us, saying, "Well, I'm not interested. I just like to paint this wall blue.” ThinkingArtRealityPoliticalValuesWallConsciousArt IsPaintNot InterestedDecoration Author:Alfredo Jaar
“Art is what we call...the thing an artist does. It's not the medium or the oil or the price or whether it hangs on a wall or you eat it. What matters, what makes it art, is that the person who made it overcame the resistance, ignored the voice of doubt and made something worth making. Something risky. Something human. Art is not in the ...eye of the beholder. It's in the soul of the artist.” HumansPersonsDoeArtMadeSoulMatterEyeArtistVoiceDoubtWallPhotographyArt IsPhotographerOilResistanceMediumsMade ItWhat MattersIgnoredBeholderEye Of The Beholder Author:Seth Godin
“Dance, like music, knows no geographical boundaries, no linguistic barriers and no racial divisions. All walls crumble where art is concerned. It is a great unifying and integrating force.” KnowsArtForceWallArt IsConcernedDanceBoundariesBarriersDivisionIntegratingUnifying Author:Vempati Chinna Satyam