Quotes about Art

“Film as dream, film as music. No art passes our conscience in the way film does, and goes directly to our feelings, deep down into the dark rooms of our souls.”

“There is only one valuable thing in art: the thing you cannot explain.”

“Art is the window to man's soul. Without it, he would never be able to see beyond his immediate world; nor could the world see the man within.”

“Every good painter paints what he is.”

“The world is wide. No two days are alike, nor even two hours, neither were there ever two leaves of a tree alike since the creation of all the world; and the genuine productions of art, like those of nature, are all distinct from each other.”

“Art is my life and my life is art.”

“Art may imitate life, but life imitates TV.”

“Besides black art, there is only automation and mechanization.”

“Art is a marriage of the conscious and the unconscious.”

“The most momentous thing in human life is the art of winning the soul to good or evil.”

“The vitality of a new movement in Art must be gauged by the fury it arouses.”

“In order to figure this artmaking stuff out, it's trial and error and experimentation, and takes some time and hard thinking. Putting work out in many forms and stages is an extension of how I see things. I feel the art process is best served when it invites comments and constructive criticism from people.”

“Homer has taught all other poets the art of telling lies skillfully.”

“The notes I handle no better than many pianists. But the pauses between the notes ah, that is where the art resides.”

“I think all art comes out of conflict. When I write I am always looking for the dramatic kernel of an event, the junctures of people's lives when they go in one direction, not another.”

“It is a mistake for a sculptor or a painter to speak or write very often about his job. It releases tension needed for his work.”

“When I was making my debut as an artist, I felt that it was very important that I try to combine the background of my own culture, my people, and the country into the contemporary art world. So that's how I came up with the term 'superflat.'”

“I'm very happy to hear that my work inspires writers and painters. It's the most beautiful compliment, the greatest reward. Art should always be an exchange.”

“Art collectors are pretty insignificant in the scheme of things. What matters and survives is the art. I buy art that I like. I buy it to show it off in exhibitions. Then, if I feel like it, I sell it and buy more art.”

“Art is the right hand of Nature. The latter has only given us being, the former has made us men.”

“Art for art's sake is a philosophy of the well-fed.”