A good painting to me has always been like a friend. It keeps me company, comforts and inspires. Use this quote
The art of creation is older than the art of killing. Use this quote
I think about my work every minute of the day. Use this quote
I maintain that if you're a novelist and you go into an art museum, you'll come out a better novelist. And if you paint a picture for an hour you're a better actor at the end of it. Use this quote
Money is something that can be measured; art is not. It's all subjective. Use this quote
Art is the elimination of the unnecessary. Use this quote
There is no prejudice that the work of art does not finally overcome. Use this quote
Admiration for a quality or an art can be so strong that it deters us from striving to possess it. Use this quote
If you do not breathe through writing, if you do not cry out in writing, or sing in writing, then don't write, because our culture has no use for it. Use this quote
I try to see interviewing as performance art, and just take it as it comes. Use this quote
Art is anything you can get away with. Use this quote
The best part of the art of living is to know how to grow old gracefully. Use this quote
I have never denied my background or my culture. I have taught my child to embrace her Mexican heritage, to love my first language, Spanish, to learn about Mexican history, music, folk art, food, and even the Mexican candy I grew up with. Use this quote
There's something pleasing about large, well-lit spaces. I love that dealers are willing to take massive chances in order to give this much room to their artists. Most of all, I love that more galleries showing more art gives more artists a shot. Use this quote
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
My first love is art, and I see a lot of things in an artistic way. Use this quote
The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls. Use this quote
I don't want life to imitate art. I want life to be art. Use this quote
Great art speaks a language which every intelligent person can understand. The people who call themselves modernists today speak a different language. Use this quote
Back then, I didn't have a big organization around me. I was just a kid with a guitar, traveling around. My responsibility basically was to the art, and I had extra time on my hands. There is no extra time now. There isn't enough time. Use this quote
