“The entire 'my art is better than your art' thing really gets under my skin. The fact of the matter is: Your art IS better than my art... at being what it is. So what? It just so happens that my art is better than your art, at being what it is.” ArtMatterFactsHappensArt IsSkins Author:Derek R. Audette
“Sensation is an element of what I do, and why not? It's not sensational for the sake of being sensational, but it's sensational art... It's like touching skin.” ArtElementsSkinsSakeWhy NotSensationsTouchingSensational Author:Damien Hirst
“When I was younger I was very opinionated about art. And then, I realized that I kind of recognized this pattern where the things that I was vehemently of pissed off about, I would end up loving them two years later. So I just tried to mellow out. Like there's art that I think is pretty silly, but it doesn't get under my skin like it used to.” ThinkingYearsKindArtTwoEndsUsedSkinsPatternsI RealizedSillyTwo YearsPissed OffMellowOpinionated Author:Joe Bradley
“The word “art” is something the West has never understood. Art is supposed to be a part of a community. Like, scholars are supposed to be a part of a community... Art is to decorate people’s houses, their skin, their clothes, to make them expand their minds, and it’s supposed to be right in the community, where they can have it when they want it... It’s supposed to be as essential as a grocery store... that’s the only way art can function naturally.” PeopleWayWantMindArtHouseCommunityEssentialsClothesUnderstoodArt IsSkinsFunctionWestStoresSupposed To BeScholarGroceriesGrocery Stores Author:Amiri Baraka
“Surfing is very special and unique. It's really hard to explain unless you've tried it. It's being out in the ocean in the sun, the water on your skin, and the adrenalin rush when you catch a wave. You have to be creative so it's like an art form in a way.” WayArtHardFormWaterSunCreativeSpecialOceanUniqueSkinsWaveBe CreativeSurfing Author:Bethany Hamilton
“the arts of Mexico are heavy with the weight of the past, of gods that demanded the sacrifice of a thousand beating hearts in a day, of a world that ended every fifty-two years, of warriors who rushed into battle wearing the heads of jaguars or clothed in the flayed skins of their human victims.” WorldYearsHumansHeartArtTwoPastSacrificeBattleThousandSkinsWeightVictimHeavyWarriorFiftyTwo YearsMexicoJaguars Author:Biloine W. Young
“There is no other art medium like tattooing in the world. When the customer comes in with a basic idea, it is up to me to design and translate that idea onto skin. I really appreciate when customers have enough trust in what I can do.” WorldArtI CanIdeasEnoughCan DoDesignAppreciateSkinsCustomersMediumsTranslate Author:William Webb
“Never hesitate to imitate another writer - every person learning a craft or an art needs models. Eventually you'll find your own voice and will shed the skin of the writer you imitated.” NeedsPersonsArtVoiceModelsSkinsCraftsShed Author:William Zinsser
“My whole childhood, that made my skin curl. I was looking for something authentic. I think that drove me into the arts, I really do. That really did it. The only other thing that made me survive, as a human being, was getting into the arts. I was surrounded by people that were very bright and they invited you in. They were gracious. So, it gave me a great education.” PeopleThinkingHumansArtMadeWholeHuman BeingsChildhoodSkinsInvitedGraciousCurlsGreat Education Author:Lance Henriksen
“I would never want to write a character who was not thoroughly herself or himself. She's a very specific creature in my mind, and she has her thoughts, which range from skin to American history, philosophy, and the arts.” WantWritingMindArtPhilosophyCharacterCreaturesSkinsRangeAmerican History Author:Lynne Tillman
“There's art that I think is pretty silly, but it doesn't get under my skin like it used to.” ThinkingArtUsedSkinsSilly Author:Joe Bradley
“I am tired, I want to go home. I want to continue my art work, I want to plant a garden, I want to walk in the forest, I want to walk in the fields, I just want to lie down on the grass and feel the sun against my skin. I want to be able to hold my family close to me and not have someone tell me time's up.” WantFeelsArtHomeAbleLyingWalksSunFieldsGardenMy FamilySkinsTiredPlantForestsGrass Author:Leonard Peltier
“I never wanted to grow a thicker skin; I felt a real sense of pride in my thin skin, and in a weird way, I still do, because it's my thin skin that allows me to empathize with other people. It's the thing that allows me to create vulnerable art. It's the thing that allows me to create other feelings and make songs that actually grab people and touch people. I feel like I've spent my life fighting that thicker skin because I don't want to become an embittered asshole.” PeopleWayWantFeelsArtStillsRealFeelingsWantedSongFightingGrowsFeltPrideSkinsVulnerable Author:Amanda Palmer
“In the performing arts you have to have thick, thick, thick skin, because of all the rejection you face on a daily basis, and the fact that work never lasts for very long. But you need thin, thin, thin skin in order to access all of your emotions and your creativity so that you can express it. You can't be dead inside. Otherwise you've got nothing to give. So it's a paradox, that we have to exist in both planes in order to do what we do.” NeedsGivingLongArtFactsLastsFacesOrderEmotionCreativitySkinsBasesAccessPlanesPerformingRejectionParadoxThickPerforming ArtsThick Skin Author:Audra McDonald
“Fashion is every woman's language, and every woman's tool. Fashion is anatomy for me, creating your second skin is one of the most intimate art forms I can think of.” ThinkingArtLanguageFashionSkinsIntimateAnatomy Author:Isabel Toledo
“I tell young actresses today who are looking to get into films, "First of all, you are marginalized by the color of your skin." I tell actresses, "If you're too tall, if you're too fat, you're not going to work. I don't care how talented you are." It's a business, and sex sells. Sex, action, special effects, and violence sell. Yes, you can have art films about the triumph of the human spirit and all of that, but you'll have it done with a big-budget icon with a $20 million salary.” ArtDoneCareTodayActionFilmSpiritViolenceSpecialSkinsHuman SpiritGoing To Work Author:Pam Grier
“I say let me never be complete, I say may I never be content,I say deliver me from Swedish furniture, I say deliver me from clever arts, I say deliver me from clear skin and perfect teeth,I say you have to give up! I say evolve, and let the chips fall where they may!” GivingMayArtFallPerfectClearGiving UpSkinsLet MeCleverTeethEvolveFurnitureChipsSwedish Author:Chuck Palahniuk
“It was her first book, an indigo cover with a silver moonflower, an art nouveau flower, I traced my finger along the silver line like smoke, whiplash curves. ... I touched the pages her hands touched, I pressed them to my lips, the soft thick old paper, yellow now, fragile as skin. I stuck my nose between the bindings and smelled all the readings she had given, the smell of unfiltered cigarettes and the espresso machine, beaches and incense and whispered words in the night. I could hear her voice rising from the pages. The cover curled outward like sails.” FirstsArtBookHandsNightReadingGivenVoiceLinesFlowerPaperPagesSkinsMachinesFingersLipsSmellStuckSmokeBeachNosesRisingTouchedSilverFragileYellowThickCigaretteSailCurvesBindingIncenseEspressoIndigoWhiplash Author:Janet Fitch
“They were kissing. Put like that, and you could be forgiven for presuming that this was a normal kiss, all lips and skin and possibly even a little tongue. You'd miss how he smiled, how his eyes glowed. And then, after the kiss was done, how he stood, like a man who had just discovered the art of standing and had figured out how to do it better than anyone else who would ever come along.” MenLittlesArtDoneEyeMissingKissingNormalStandingSkinsLipsTongueHis EyesForgivenPresuming Book:Anansi Boys Source: Anansi Boys