I grew up in an artists' community in New York, in a building that was government-subsidised for artists. No one made any money, but they made art for the sake of art. Use this quote
The difference between art about death and actual death is that one's a celebration and the other's a dull fact. Use this quote
As I grew older, I realized that it was much better to insist on the genuine forms of nature, for simplicity is the greatest adornment of art. Use this quote
Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we rather have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit. Use this quote
A work of art has no importance whatever to society. It is only important to the individual. Use this quote
To be honest, I sort of feel like 'movie actor' isn't of this time. I love it. But it's a 20th-century art form. Use this quote
I can concentrate on my art. Use this quote
One does not need buildings, money, power, or status to practice the Art of Peace. Heaven is right where you are standing, and that is the place to train. Use this quote
Wit as an instrument of revenge is as infamous as art is as a means of sensual titillation. Use this quote
I was the hero of the young insurgent working class art movement. Use this quote
I can't satisfy myself with just trying to tie all of my imagination into music, especially when music is not appreciated as an art form as much as it used to be. Use this quote
And I have exposed myself to art so that my work has something beyond just the usual potter. Use this quote
The body is your instrument in dance, but your art is outside that creature, the body. Use this quote
A man paints with his brains and not with his hands. Use this quote
Art and works of art do not make an artist; sense and enthusiasm and instinct do. Use this quote
I'm enamored with the art world. Anytime you look at anything that's considered artistic, there's a commercial world around it: the ballet, opera, any kind of music. It can't exist without it. Use this quote
We're all entitled to opinions about how art institutions should behave, and entitled to voicing those opinions through whatever means available to us. We're also allowed to change or modify our opinions. Use this quote
A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art. Use this quote
I would no more quarrel with a man because of his religion than I would because of his art. Use this quote
I don't think any movie or any book or any work of art can solve the stalemate in the Middle East today. But it's certainly worth a try. Use this quote
