Auction houses run a rigged game. They know exactly how many people will be bidding on a work and exactly who they are. In a gallery, works of art need only one person who wants to pay for them. Use this quote
Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth. Use this quote
Art allows people a way to dream their way out of their struggle. Use this quote
In the practical art of war, the best thing of all is to take the enemy's country whole and intact; to shatter and destroy it is not so good. Use this quote
The essential function of art is moral. But a passionate, implicit morality, not didactic. A morality which changes the blood, rather than the mind. Use this quote
My imagination can picture no fairer happiness than to continue living for art. Use this quote
Politics is the art of choosing between the disastrous and the unpalatable. Use this quote
A compromise is the art of dividing a cake in such a way that everyone believes he has the biggest piece. Use this quote
We settled this continent without art. So it was easy for us to treat it as an imported luxury, not a necessity. Use this quote
The most seductive thing about art is the personality of the artist himself. Use this quote
I always feel that art in general and acting in particular should make the audience a little uncomfortable, to slap them and wake them up. Use this quote
What is art? Prostitution. Use this quote
When art dresses in worn-out material it is most easily recognized as art. Use this quote
The foundation of empire is art and science. Remove them or degrade them, and the empire is no more. Empire follows art and not vice versa as Englishmen suppose. Use this quote
My dad used to draw these great cartoon figures. His dream was being a cartoonist, but he never achieved it, and it kind of broke my heart. I think part of my interest in art had to do with his yearning for something he could never have. 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
Art is born of humiliation. Use this quote
The reason the art world doesn't respond to Kinkade is because none - not one - of his ideas about subject-matter, surface, color, composition, touch, scale, form, or skill is remotely original. They're all cliche and already told. Use this quote
Politeness is the art of choosing among your thoughts. Use this quote
I am a poor man and of little worth, who is laboring in that art that God has given me in order to extend my life as long as possible. Use this quote
