My culture-deprived, aspirational mother dragged me once a month from our northern suburb - where the word art never came up - to the Art Institute of Chicago. I hated it. Use this quote
More than art, more than literature, music is universally accessible. Use this quote
A guilty conscience needs to confess. A work of art is a confession. Use this quote
What is Art? It is the response of man's creative soul to the call of the Real. Use this quote
An artist is never ahead of his time but most people are far behind theirs. Use this quote
Art depends on luck and talent. Use this quote
Be slow to fall into friendship; but when thou art in, continue firm and constant. Use this quote
I think newspapers shouldn't try to compete directly with the Web, and should do what they can do better, which may be long-form journalism and using photos and art, and making connections with large-form graphics and really enhancing the tactile experience of paper. Use this quote
It is Homer who has chiefly taught other poets the art of telling lies skillfully. Use this quote
I paint with shapes. Use this quote
Perhaps it's good for one to suffer. Can an artist do anything if he's happy? Would he ever want to do anything? What is art, after all, but a protest against the horrible inclemency of life? Use this quote
Space is the breath of art. Use this quote
Beauty in art is often nothing but ugliness subdued. Use this quote
I don't think there is such a thing as being too raunchy when it comes to the art form of burlesque. Use this quote
Contrary to popular opinion, things don't go stale particularly fast in the art world. Use this quote
Barack Obama's life was so much simpler in 2009. Back then, he had refined the cold act of blaming others for the bad economy into an art form. Deficits? Blame Bush's tax cuts. Spending? Blame the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. No business investment? Blame Wall Street. Use this quote
It's an art to live with pain... mix the light into gray. Use this quote
The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work. Use this quote
The art of motherhood involves much silent, unobtrusive self-denial, an hourly devotion which finds no detail too minute. Use this quote
No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist. Use this quote
