“Even though artists of all kinds claim to put their hearts and souls into their works, it will only confuse you, for example, if you try to discern a painter by his paintings. His masterpiece may be the master because of its iridescence; it may display a hundred different perspectives through his single face.” IfsTryingHeartKindMayDifferentSoulFacesArtistExamplePaintingMastersPerspectiveHundredClaimsAll KindsPainterWorking ItDisplayMasterpieceHeart And SoulDifferent Perspective Book:Killosophy Source: Killosophy
“A piece of art - this goes for a painting or a sculpture or a book or whatever - really shouldn't have to do with the set of expectations that the viewer or the audience or the reader brings to that work. It should just have to do with how they interpret it and whether they like it or not.” ShouldArtBookAudiencePiecesPaintingReaderExpectationsWorking ItViewersSculpture Author:Max Kellerman
“If a director says he doesn't care how many people see his films at all, I simply don't believe him. Otherwise why would he bother to make the film? The only explanation would be that it would be an act of masturbation. I think that every creator is looking for a receptor. He's looking for an audience. There are two parts of the equation: a creator and, necessarily, the receiver of the work. It's the same thing for a painter who wants his paintings to be seen.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantBelieveTwoWould BeCareFilmAudiencePaintingDirectorsDon't BelieveCreatorPainterBotherExplanationWorking ItEquationsMasturbationReceiverHe Doesn't Care Author:Michael Haneke
“When I get a script and do my work, and then show up on set and work, it's the same zone that I'm in when I'm in front of a canvas, or when I'm writing a story about one of my paintings, or when I'm playing music. Whatever I'm doing at any given time, it's the same exact zone.” WritingStoriesShowsGivenFrontsPaintingScriptsZoneWorking ItCanvasPlaying Music Author:Michael Marisi Ornstein
“So many people seem to prefer my silver-screenings of movie stars to the rest of my work. It must be the subject matter that attracts them, because my death and violence paintings are just as good.” PeopleMatterSeemsStarsViolenceSubjectsPaintingSilverWorking ItMovie StarSubject MatterScreening Author:Andy Warhol
“Long necks. The thrust of the head in a certain position. The way the fingers work, fabrics work. It's all part of my painting background.” WayLongCertainPositionPaintingFingersBackgroundsNecksWorking ItFabricThrust Author:Lillian Bassman
“As an actor in the classroom, you're revealing so much, and teachers are, you know, they're just critiquing like a painting or a piece of work; it's like, it's you, and it's your emotions that they're working with.” KnowsActorsEmotionTeacherPiecesPaintingWorking ItClassroomRevealing Author:James Franco
“Like the people that in the 60s or 70s claimed the "end of painting" - all they did was open up a whole new branch for painting. Happily, it doesn't work. It's not a reason for art. Closing something out is not a reason for something to exist.” PeopleArtEndsReasonWholePaintingBranchesWorking ItClosing Author:Lawrence Weiner