Art - Quotes
Art is the only serious thing in the world. And the artist is the only person who is never serious.
Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.
Real art is one of the most powerful forces in the rise of mankind, and he who renders it accessible to as many people as possible is a benefactor of humanity.
When I sit down to write a book, I do not say to myself, `I am going to produce a work of art`. I write it because there is some lie that I want to expose, some fact to which I want to draw attention, and my initial concern is to get a hearing.
Life has been your art. You have set yourself to music. Your days are your sonnets.
Good art speaks for itself. That doesn’t mean you have to like it. So the next time you go to an art show, or look at anything for that matter, observe what effect it has on you and try to form your own opinion. That way you become the critic and not a mouthpiece for someone else’s opinions.
Everyone discusses my art and pretends to understand, as if it were necessary to understand, when it is simply necessary to love.
You know how there`s time-based art? Movies, music, plays, it`s all time-based art. There`s a beginning, and a middle and an end. You have to see it from the beginning to the end. You`re restrained to that timeline... That way of experiencing it. But then there`s paintings. No beginning, no middle, no end. You see what you want to see when you want to see it. No restrictions, it`s just there.
The teacher`s highest art is to awaken his pupil to the pleasure of creation and recognition.