“In Germany, you have a huge official memorial to the murdered Jews and then you have this artist who's been putting these stumbling blocks, these brass cobblestones, outside the houses Jews were taken away from. It's somewhat controversial and has met some resistance.” ArtistHouseTakenHugeMetsJewResistanceBlockOfficialsGermanyMemorialControversialStumblingBrassStumbling BlocksCobblestone Author:Amy Waldman
“In this same tradition, beauty is inextricably bound up with the principles of order and harmony believed to underlie the cosmos. Artists in the Classical tradition, inspired by Platonic idealism, strove to create images that represented not the world of particulars-with all its defects-but an ideal image conceived in the mind, which was taken as representing some absolute, pure, ideal form of which all particular, material forms are but a mere shadow.” WorldMindFormArtistOrderBeautyPrinciplesTakenParticularMaterialsPureShadowIdealsTraditionAbsolutesHarmonyMereInspiredBoundsCosmosIdealismDefectsRepresentingPlatonic Author:John Walford
“In this context of achievement-and-death, artist who make Happenings are living out the purest melodrama. Their activity embodies the myth of nonsuccess, for Happenings cannot be sold and taken home; they can only be supported.” HomeArtistTakenActivityAchievementHappeningsMythMelodrama Book:Essays on the Blurring of Art and Life Source: Essays on the Blurring of Art and Life
“Pablo Casals is a very great artist. What I admire is the firm stand he has taken not only against the oppressors of his countrymen, but also against those opportunists who are always ready to compromise with the Devil. He perceives clearly that the world is in greater peril from those who tolerate or encourage evil than from those who actually commit it.” WorldArtistEvilTakenGreaterReadyMastersDevilCommitAdmireCompromisePerceiveFirmTolerateGreat ArtPerilGreat ArtistOppressorsCountrymenOpportunist Author:Albert Einstein
“And yet the artist will go on with his work without knowing in some way if any of his representations are sound or unsound. The artist knows nothing worth mentioning about the subjects he represents, and that art is a form of play, not to be taken seriously.” IfsKnowsWayArtPlayFormArtistSoundKnowingTakenSubjectsGoes OnArt IsRepresentation Author:Plato
“I find that it is important to work slowly. Anyone who looks at such a canvas will follow the same path the artist took, and he will experience that it is the path which counts more than the outcome of it, and that the route taken has been the most interesting part.” LooksHas BeensImportantArtistInterestingPathTakenOutcomesCanvasRoutesMost Interesting Author:Georges Braque
“The first thing that any good artist has to develop is a sense of independence from the artworld. What really destroys a young artist is insecurity, the fear that everything could be taken away at any moment.” FirstsMomentsYoungArtistTakenIndependenceInsecurityGood ArtGood ArtistYoung Artists Author:Jeff Koons
“What if Van Gogh had taken medication for his mental illness? Would the world have been deprived of a great artist?” IfsWorldHas BeensArtistTakenIllnessMental IllnessWhat IfGreat ArtVansDeprivedGreat ArtistMedication Author:Peter D. Kramer
“Detachment and involvement: the artist must have both. The link between them is compassion. It has taken me over fifty years to get a glimmer of what this means.” YearsMeanArtistCompassionTakenFiftyLinksInvolvementDetachment Book:A Circle of Quiet Source: A Circle of Quiet
“I think all of us, looking back on our careers and our lives, there'll probably be a "road not taken" that we'll regret and mourn. Certainly, artists will always feel that way, especially when the path taken was more commercial than the one not taken.” ThinkingWayFeelsArtistCareersPathTakenOur LivesRegretLooking BackMournRoad Not Taken Author:Liz Garbus
“A lot of artists give up because it's just too damn hard to go on making art in a culture that by and large does not support its artists. But the people who don't give up are the people who find a way to believe in abundance rather than scarcity. They've taken into their hearts the idea that there is enough for all of us, that success will manifest itself in different ways for different sorts of artists, that keeping the faith is more important than cashing the check, that being genuinely happy for someone else who got something you hope to get makes you genuinely happier too.” PeopleWayGivingBelieveHeartDoeArtImportantIdeasDifferentHardEnoughArtistCultureSupportTakenGoes OnGiving UpChecksDamnDifferent WaysAbundanceManifestDon't Give UpScarcityKeep The Faith Author:Cheryl Strayed
“My greatest fear in working is always the end. Lately I have taken to tricking myself into finishing by leaving a hole in the middle somewhere, then stitching the two pieces together - the Union Pacific approach.” TwoEndsTogetherArtistTakenPiecesMiddleApproachUnionsLeavingHolesFinishingPacificGreatest Fear Book:Push Comes to Shove Source: Push Comes to Shove
“You are always looking for already-felt emotions, just as you like to get an old pair of trousers back from the cleaners, which seem new when you don't look too closely. Artists are cleaners, don't let yourself be taken in by them. True modern works of art are made not by artists but quite simply by men.” MenLooksArtMadeSeemsArtistFeltEmotionTakenModernPairsWorks Of ArtCleanersTrousers Author:Francis Picabia