“I love skating. I love the speed, the power, the excitement, the feeling that --- even for just a moment --- I can defy gravity and fly through the air. And I love the way that a great skating performance, like any work of art, can move an audience to laughter or tears.” WayArtI CanMomentsFeelingsMovingAudienceAirTearsLaughterPerformancesSpeedExcitementWorks Of ArtGravitySkating Book:Boitano's Edge: Inside The Real World Of Figure Skating Source: Boitano's Edge: Inside The Real World Of Figure Skating
“If art doesn't require an audience, can an intimate conversation be a work of art? Can a thought be a work of art? Maybe. I don't know. These questions are completely hypothetical for me, because I love interacting with audiences. I want my poems to be heard.” IfsKnowsWantArtAudienceHeardConversationIntimateWorks Of ArtInteractingHypotheticalIntimate Conversation Author:James Arthur
“Works of art... do not force meanings on their audience; meaning emerges, adds up, unfolds from their imagined centres... takes one through the process of discovering meaning.” ArtForceProcessAudienceAddWorks Of ArtDiscoveringCentre Book:The Shock of the New Source: The Shock of the New
“Any work of art represents a series of conscious choices on the part of the artist - what color to paint, what note to play, what word to use - in that artist's attempt to share what is in his or her soul. The audience is free to accept or reject those choices; it is emphatically not free to substitute its own.” ArtSoulPlayUseArtistChoicesAcceptingAudienceShareColorConsciousSeriesNotesPaintRejectsWorks Of ArtSubstitutes Author:Leonard Pitts
“A movie is just like a work of art or a book or a piece of music. The intent of its maker is one thing, but its interpretation by an audience is something else. I don't stop at what the filmmaker wanted to do.” ArtBookWantedAudiencePiecesOne ThingFilmmakerInterpretationWorks Of ArtMakers Author:Wesley Morris