“Henry James proposed asking of art three modest and appropriate questions: What is the artist trying to do? Does he do it? Was it worth doing?” TryingDoeArtArtistThreeAskingPhotographerAppropriateModest Book:Beauty in photography: essays in defense of traditional values Source: Beauty in photography: essays in defense of traditional values
“There aren't a lot of female story artists, and it's baffling to me. There are a lot of kids in school that are female and I wonder, 'Where did they all go?' People have brought it up, asking me, 'What did you do?' I don't really know. I puttered along, did my thing and gender has really never been an issue.” PeopleKnowsStoriesKidsSchoolArtistWonderIssuesFemaleAskingGender Author:Jennifer Yuh Nelson
“Rumors sound of galleries asking artists for up-sized art and more of it... Everything winds up set to maximum in order to feed the beast. Bigness is not all bad. There's something pleasing about large, well-lit spaces. But the bigness has also led to a narrowing of sensibilities, by making it very hard for any but the glitziest works to get traction.” WellsArtHardArtistOrderSoundSpaceWindAskingBeastSensibilityLitMaximumRumorGalleryTraction Author:Jerry Saltz
“Artists want to sell their work, sure. But they aren't out there asking questions about what people want and what they don't want, now are they?” PeopleWantArtistAskingSellsSellingAsking Questions Author:Michael Scott
“What the artist should be asking is, "Am I being honest? Am I being myself? Am I searching for the truth? Am I reporting my experience of life and the world as I see and experience it?” WorldShouldArtistHonestAskingBeing HonestBeing Myself Author:Scott Kahn
“I know what I want, and I know what needs to be done to make my performance better. So I do these little askings, about the lights and costumes. Its not the diva speaking. Its the artist who knows how it has to be done.” KnowsWantNeedsLittlesDoneLightArtistKnow HowPerformancesAskingCostumes Author:Anna Netrebko
“Why did Erich von Stronheim leave Germany? Why did Hitchcock leave England? If you were a director you'd like to work in Hollywood too. Now go ahead and ask me if I'm still Polish. You people keep asking me this question. You want Polish artists to make it in the world, but when they do, you accuse them of treason.” PeopleIfsWorldWantStillsArtistAsksDirectorsHollywoodEnglandAskingAsk MeGermanyPolishTreasonHitchcock Author:Roman Polanski