Chance gives rise to thoughts, and chance removes them; no art can keep or acquire them. Use this quote
The sinews of art and literature, like those of war, are money. Use this quote
The writer, when he is also an artist, is someone who admits what others don't dare reveal. Use this quote
Of course art world ethics are important. But museums are no purer than any other institution or business. Academics aren't necessarily more high-minded than gallerists. Use this quote
I'm free. I just do what I want, say what I want, say how I feel, and I don't try to hurt nobody. I just try to make sure that I don't compromise my art in any kind of way, and I think people respect that. Use this quote
Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art... It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things that give value to survival. Use this quote
In life, as in art, the beautiful moves in curves. Use this quote
He who would do good to another must do it in Minute Particulars: general Good is the plea of the scoundrel, hypocrite, and flatterer, for Art and Science cannot exist but in minutely organized Particulars. Use this quote
Although all the good arts serve to draw man's mind away from vices and lead it toward better things, this function can be more fully performed by this art, which also provides extraordinary intellectual pleasure. Use this quote
Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life. Use this quote
Not to say people shouldn't get rich from art. I adore the alchemy wherein artists who cast a complex spell make rich people give them their money. (Just writing it makes me cackle.) But too many artists have been making money without magic. Use this quote
Art and works of art do not make an artist; sense and enthusiasm and instinct do. Use this quote
Simplicity and repose are the qualities that measure the true value of any work of art. Use this quote
Toy Soldiers was my introduction to film. I certainly didn't think I was doing art by any stretch of the imagination. Use this quote
What the mass media offers is not popular art, but entertainment which is intended to be consumed like food, forgotten, and replaced by a new dish. Use this quote
Art in Nature is rhythmic and has a horror of constraint. Use this quote
Be true to yourself, help others, make each day your masterpiece, make friendship a fine art, drink deeply from good books - especially the Bible, build a shelter against a rainy day, give thanks for your blessings and pray for guidance every day. Use this quote
Life is the art of being well deceived; and in order that the deception may succeed it must be habitual and uninterrupted. Use this quote
Wolfgang Tillman's stunning large-scale pictures, being shown for the first time, were so offhand I failed to see them as art. Use this quote
Art hurts. Art urges voyages - and it is easier to stay at home. Use this quote
