“Goethe said that the worst thing in art is technical facility accompanied by triteness. Many an artist, like God, has never needed to think twice about anything. His works are the mad scene from Giselle , on ice skates: he weeps, pulls out his hair holding his wrists like Lifar and tells you what Life is, all at a gliding forty miles an hour.” ThinkingArtSaidLife IsArtistHoursWorstHairNeededSceneArt IsMadMilesIceFortyWorst ThingsFacilityWristsSkatesThink TwiceGliding Author:Randall Jarrell
“I consider myself an artist, but instead of paint or clay, my medium is drag. I put so much of myself into my drag from every detail of the costume, makeup and hair to my performance, the way I speak or even stand.” WayArtistSpeakHairPerformancesPaintDetailsMediumsMakeupDragCostumesClay Author:Manila Luzon
“You forget how many people watch TV until you come into a town like this. Everybody knows you, and I'm always humbled, especially when there are 500 little kids who all have their hair done like yours and want to be designers.” PeopleKnowsWantLittlesDoneKidsArtistForgetWatchesTvsLike YouHairTownsDesignerLittle Kid Author:Genevieve Gorder
“Women hock their jewels and their husbands' insurance policies to acquire an unaccustomed shade in hair or crêpe de chine. Why then is it that when anyone commits anything novel in the arts he should be always greeted by this same peevish howl of pain and surprise? One is led to suspect that the interest people show in these much talked of commodities, painting, music, and writing, cannot be very deep or very genuine when they so wince under an unexpected impact.” PeopleShouldWritingArtShowsPainArtistInterestNovelPolicyPaintingHairHusbandImpactSurpriseGenuineCommitAcquireUnexpectedSuspectsShadeCommodityJewelsNoveltyVery DeepHowlInsurance PolicyWince Author:John Dos Passos
“Tis not your work, but Love's. Love, unperceived, A more ideal Artist he than all, Came, drew your pencil from you, made those eyes Darker than the darkest pansies, and that hair More black than ashbuds in the front of March.” MadeEyeArtistBlackFrontsHairIdealsMarchPencilsPansies Author:Alfred Lord Tennyson
“Editors can be stupid at times. They just ignore that author's intention. I always try to read unabridged editions, so much is lost with cut versions of classic literature, even movies don't make sense when they are edited too much. I love the longueurs of a book even if they seem pointless because you can get a peek into the author's mind, a glimpse of their creative soul. I mean, how would people like it if editors came along and said to an artist, 'Whoops, you left just a tad too much space around that lily pad there, lets crop that a bit, shall we?'. Monet would be ripping his hair out.” PeopleIfsTryingMindMeanSaidBookSoulSeemsWould BeArtistLiteratureLostLeftBitsSpaceCreativeToo MuchCuttingStupidHairIntentionVersionsMake SenseClassicEditorsGlimpseCropsPointlessLiliesPadsEditedClassic LiteratureMonetLily Pads Author:E. A. Bucchianeri
“[Photography is a] hair-raising joy ride in a medium that, despite being a mechanical trick, can break down the division between mind and matter like a superhero, or an artist.” MindMatterJoyArtistBreakHairPhotographyTricksMediumsDespiteDivisionBreaking DownSuperheroMind And MatterJoy Ride Author:Philip-Lorca diCorcia
“I'm the artist formally known as Beck. I have a genius wig. When I put that wig on, then the true genius emerges. I don't have enough hair to be a genius. I think you have to have hair going everywhere.” ThinkingEnoughArtistKnownHairGeniusWigsTrue Genius Author:Beck
“Taro came into the room, strands of hair flying free of the tie at the back of his skull, sweat plastering his cream-colored shirt against his chest and back. I wished I had an artist's skill, that I could make renderings of him in all his states of beauty. He would never want to look at them, or even know about them. I would just like them for myself. Maybe he would want to see them when he was much older, and beautiful in a different way.” KnowsWayWantLooksDifferentStatesBeautifulArtistRoomsHairSkillsFlyingDifferent WaysShirtsTiesChestsSweatCreamSkullsStrandsRenderingFlying Free Author:Moira J. Moore