“Germany is a country that has absolutely had to since the Second World War ask itself massive moral questions. And it's reforged its identity based on culture. I mean, the amount of artists living and working in Berlin is unparalleled. It's one of the strongest economies, not only in Europe, but globally, and it's because of its understanding of the importance of culture.” WorldMeanWarCountryArtistCultureAsksUnderstandingMoralEconomyIdentityAmountEuropeImportanceWar Of The WorldsGermanyMassiveStrongestBerlinSecond World War Author:Cate Blanchett
“My influences were from Europe from between 1900 and 1945. My favorite artists were Egon Schiele or Edvard Munch. I wasn't interested in contemporary art at all.” ArtArtistInfluenceEuropeMy FavoriteContemporaryContemporary ArtFavorite Artist Author:Tracey Emin
“In a way Poe was a big influence for Conan Doyle to create Sherlock Holmes. I think he really did influence many artist of the time like Baudelaire, who was a big fan of Poe, and who was the one that brought attention to Poe's work in Europe.” ThinkingWayBigsArtistAttentionFansInfluenceEuropeHolmesConanBaudelaire Author:Raul Garcia
“In Europe, being an artist is a form of behavior. In America, it's an excuse for a form of behavior.” AmericaFormArtistBehaviorEuropeExcuseBeing An Artist Book:Novels, 1926-1929 Source: Novels, 1926-1929
“In Europe, radio stations are owned by a variety of different entities, so there is less uniformity on radio programming and more opportunity for artists to get radio play and break overseas.” DifferentPlayArtistOpportunityBreakEuropeRadioVarietyProgrammingStationsEntityUniformityRadio StationsRadio Plays Author:Wendy Starland
“I was interested in the ways that artists responded to totalitarianism - the Czech Jazz Section, Romanian absurdist theatre, Brecht's alienation effect. The anything-goes, anarchic qualities of jazz and Surrealism seemed to offer a way to cross some of the forbidden frontiers of Eastern Europe.” WayArtistQualityEffectsOffersEuropeCrossesJazzTheatreSectionsEasternForbiddenAlienationFrontiersTotalitarianismSurrealismEastern EuropeCzechAnything GoesBrecht Author:Nicholas Royle
“Europe isn't something connected by the Euro. Every little dimension of Europe is so hugely different, and I think America is different in its states as well, so I never really think of things in big blocks, in terms of other artists.” ThinkingWellsLittlesDifferentStatesBigsAmericaArtistTermEuropeConnectedBlockDimensionsEuro Author:Patrick Wolf
“What interested me the most was that when I [traveled to Europe] I knew what Joseph Beuys was doing, he knew what I was doing, and we both, we just started to talk. How did I know what Daniel Buren was doing, and to an extent, he knew exactly what I was doing? How did everybody know? It's an interesting thing. I'm still fascinated by it because, why is it now, with the Internet and everything else, you get whole groups of artists who have chosen to be regional? They really are only with the people they went to school with.” PeopleKnowsStillsWholeSchoolArtistInterestingGroupsInternetEuropeChosenFascinatedTraveledInteresting Things Author:Lawrence Weiner
“I remember going to Europe and one makeup artist made me look pink, then she tried to correct it but turned me green! I had to learn how to do my own makeup.” LooksMadeRememberArtistMy OwnEuropeGreenMakeupMakeup Artist Author:Kelly Rowland
“In Europe, where we have all these different forms of financing and cultural funds and systems like that, it's a good mixture of supporting artists to make movies. But, on the other side, everyone still wants to make money making movies. Again, even in the European film business, it's expensive to make movies.” WantStillsDifferentFilmFormArtistSidesEuropeMaking MoneyExpensiveFundMixturesFinancing Author:Baran Odar
“As an artist one has no home in Europe except in Paris.” ArtHomeArtistEuropeParisCity LifeFrance ParisCity Lights Author:Friedrich Nietzsche
“When I go to farms or little towns, I am always surprised at the discontent I find. And New York, too often, has looked across the sea toward Europe. And all of us who turn our eyes away from what we have are missing life.” LittlesEyeArtistTurnsSeaMissingNew YorkEuropeTownsFarmsDiscontentLittle Towns Author:Norman Rockwell