“[On gay men:] Let me say, a more artistic, appreciative group of people for the arts does not exist ... They are more knowledgeable, more loving of the arts. They make the average male look stupid.” PeopleMenLooksDoeArtGroupsStupidGayLet MeMalesAverageArtisticKnowledgeableGay MenAppreciative Author:Bette Davis
“My father tried to get me to be around gay people a lot when I was young. He owned a gay bookstore and it had a lot of gay literature and art books and he wanted me to be taken care of by the young gays and lesbians who worked for him.” PeopleArtBookCareWantedYoungFatherLiteratureTakenGayBookstoresGay PeopleLiterature And Art Author:Margaret Cho
“I feel dance and pop music genres are extremely female and extremely gay. When it comes to art and pop culture, queers are f - king weirdos. We don't have gender rules that tell us what we can and can't be. We just make it up as we go along. We have full creative license to be whatever we want to be.” ArtCultureCreativeGayFemaleGenderPop CulturePop MusicWeirdo Author:Beth Ditto
“My art teacher in junior high was a very out gay man and a mentor to me.” MenArtTeacherGayMentorJuniorsGay MenJunior HighArt TeacherGreenwichGreenwich Village Author:Gus Van Sant
“My art teacher in junior high was a very out gay man and a mentor to me. He would tell us about Greenwich Village and show us the 'Village Voice' and describe his life, but it was all sort of subversive and below the radar.” MenArtShowsVoiceTeacherGayVillageMentorJuniorsSubversiveRadarGay MenJunior HighArt TeacherGreenwichGreenwich Village Author:Gus Van Sant
“If you want to really hurt you parents, and you don't have the nerve to be gay, the least you can do is go into the arts. I'm not kidding. The arts are not a way to make a living. They are a very human way of making life more bearable. Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven's sake. Sing in the shower. Dance to the radio. Tell stories. Write a poem to a friend, even a lousy poem. Do it as well as you possible can. You will get an enormous reward. You will have created something.” IfsWayWantWritingHumansWellsArtSoulMatterStoriesHeavenGrowsParentCan DoHurtCreativityCreativeGayRewardsSakeRadioEnormousYour SoulNervesCreative ProcessShowersBearable Author:Kurt Vonnegut
“I knew I was different. I thought that I might be gay or something because I couldn't identify with any of the guys at all. None of them liked art or music, they just wanted to fight and get laid. It was many years ago but it gave me this real hatred for the average American macho male.” YearsArtDifferentRealMightWantedGuyFightingGayYears AgoHatredMalesAverageMachoGetting Laid Author:Kurt Cobain