“Art deals with profound and simple moods. Let us suppose that the artist - in this instance (the artist) Picabia - gets a certain impression by looking at our skyscrapers, our city, our way of life, and that he tries to reproduce it. He will convey it in plastic ways on the canvas, even though we see neither skyscrapers nor city on it.” WayTryingArtArtistCertainSimpleDealsCitiesProfoundMoodImpressionInstancePlasticCanvasSkyscraper Author:Filippo Tommaso Marinetti
“Each artist or writer who works in Venice comes to believe that the city yields its most special secret to him or her alone.” BelieveArtistSecretCitiesSpecialYieldVenice Author:Erica Jong
“I was in Nashville and I was having just the most amazing time there, discovering who I was as an artist because that is such a music city. Everyone there is so friendly and inspiring and down to jam.” ArtistCitiesFriendlyDiscoveringJamMost AmazingNashvilleMusic City Author:Lisa Origliasso
“There are, forever, swamps to be drained, cities to be created, mines to be exploited, children to be fed ... But the conquest of the physical world is not man’s only duty. He is also enjoined to conquer the great wilderness of himself. The precise role of the artist, then, is to illuminate that darkness, blaze roads through vast forests, so that we will not, in all our doing, lose sight of its purpose, which is, after all, to make the world a more human dwelling place.” MenWorldHumansChildrenPurposeArtistLosesCitiesRolesDarknessForeverMinesDutySightForestsConquerWildernessFedsPreciseConquestDwellingSwampsDrainedDwelling Place Author:James A. Baldwin
“New York City is just one node on the global cultural scene. Social media reflects the state of the world, so I've become more devoted to that. To be a NYC artist feels local and small. Social media feels now.” WorldFeelsStatesArtistSocialCitiesMediaNew YorkSceneSocial MediaLocalsJust OneNew York CityDevotedNyc Author:Kenneth Goldsmith
“I’m not doing anything wrong, I’m not obstructing anyone’s access. When I have a crowd I make sure that the crowd makes room for people. I’m an artist who cares about the cultural fabric of New York City. I care about New York as a harbor for street culture - and I care about street culture as a base-level populist diffusion of ideas. And I believe in making those ideas accessible to everyone.” PeopleBelieveIdeasCareArtistCultureI BelieveLevelsRoomsCitiesStreetsNew YorkCrowdsI Believe InAccessNew York CityFabricI CareWho CaresHarborsPopulistDiffusion Author:Kalan Sherrard