The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance. Use this quote
I think no artist can claim to have any access to the truth, or an authentic version of an event. But obviously they have slightly better means at their disposal because they have their art to energize whatever it is they're trying to write about. They have music. Use this quote
To engage with art, we have to be willing to be wrong, venture outside our psychic comfort zones, suspend disbelief, and remember that art explores and alters consciousness simultaneously. Use this quote
You say a new era in art is preparing; you sensed it coming; continue your studies without weakening. God will do the rest. Use this quote
Art is the desire of a man to express himself, to record the reactions of his personality to the world he lives in. Use this quote
In art the best is good enough. Use this quote
Art is always and everywhere the secret confession, and at the same time the immortal movement of its time. Use this quote
A canon is antithetical to everything the New York art world has been about for the past 40 years, during which we went from being the center of the art world to being one of many centers. Use this quote
I've been called many names like perfectionist, difficult and obsessive. I think it takes obsession, takes searching for the details for any artist to be good. Use this quote
Venice is the perfect place for a phase of art to die. No other city on earth embraces entropy quite like this magical floating mall. Use this quote
Surrealism: An archaic term. Formerly an art movement. No longer distinguishable from everyday life. Use this quote
Real popular culture is folk art - coalminers' songs and so forth. Use this quote
The people who make art their business are mostly imposters. Use this quote
A work of art is above all an adventure of the mind. Use this quote
A great city, whose image dwells in the memory of man, is the type of some great idea. Rome represents conquest; Faith hovers over the towers of Jerusalem; and Athens embodies the pre-eminent quality of the antique world, Art. Use this quote
The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting. Use this quote
The history of modern art is also the history of the progressive loss of art's audience. Art has increasingly become the concern of the artist and the bafflement of the public. Use this quote
Your talent is your art. It is not to be taken for granted. Use this quote
Fashion often starts off beautiful and becomes ugly, whereas art starts off ugly sometimes and becomes beautiful. Use this quote
Truly fertile Music, the only kind that will move us, that we shall truly appreciate, will be a Music conducive to Dream, which banishes all reason and analysis. One must not wish first to understand and then to feel. Art does not tolerate Reason. Use this quote
