Citas sobre Art

“Were I called on to define, very briefly, the term Art, I should call it 'the reproduction of what the Senses perceive in Nature through the veil of the soul.' The mere imitation, however accurate, of what is in Nature, entitles no man to the sacred name of 'Artist.'”

“Art is solace; art is vision, and when I pick up a literary work, I am a consumer of literature for its own sake.”

“It is the function of art to renew our perception. What we are familiar with we cease to see. The writer shakes up the familiar scene, and, as if by magic, we see a new meaning in it.”

“Every single art form is involved in film, in a way.”

“Art is a habit-forming drug. Art has absolutely no existence as veracity, as truth. People always speak of it with this great, religious reverence, but why should it be so revered?”

“Art is changing. Again. Here. Now. Opportunities to witness this are rare, so attend and observe.”

“Ads are the cave art of the twentieth century.”

“I believe the target of anything in life should be to do it so well that it becomes an art.”

“I like to pretend that my art has nothing to do with me.”

“All architecture is great architecture after sunset; perhaps architecture is really a nocturnal art, like the art of fireworks.”

“Insanity is a very high art form. If everyone was insane, I wouldn't be here!”

“If you know somethin' well, you can always paint it but people would be better off buyin' chickens.”

“Art is magic delivered from the lie of being truth.”

“The art challenges the technology, and the technology inspires the art.”

“What art is, in reality, is this missing link, not the links which exist. It's not what you see that is art; art is the gap.”

“Art is everywhere, and everywhere is art.”

“Every other artist begins with a blank canvas, a piece of paper the photographer begins with the finished product.”

“I'm giving into my tendency to want to blur and blend the lines between art and life, and privacy and sharing.”

“Literature is the art of writing something that will be read twice; journalism what will be grasped at once.”

“My art originates from hallucinations only I can see. I translate the hallucinations and obsessional images that plague me into sculptures and paintings.”

“When I make art, I think about its ability to connect with others, to bring them into the process.”