Art Quotes

Small: And then we moved to New Jersey and I went to the Art Students League
Donald Judd
"And then we moved to New Jersey and I went to the Art Students League"
Donald Judd, Artist
Small: Western art is built on the biographical passion of one artist for another
"Western art is built on the biographical passion of one artist for another"
Jim Dine, Artist
Small: Our bodies are at once the receiving and transmitting stations for life itself. It is the highest wisdom to re
Ruth St. Denis
"Our bodies are at once the receiving and transmitting stations for life itself. It is the highest wisdom to recognize this fact and train our bodies to render them sensitive and responsive to nature. art and religion"
Ruth St. Denis, Dancer
Small: We were doing performance art as far back as 1965, just not calling it that
"We were doing performance art as far back as 1965, just not calling it that"
Joseph Jarman, Musician
Small: When I speak to students and they ask how much money you can make in art, as if that is a reason to persue it,
Joe Murray
"When I speak to students and they ask how much money you can make in art, as if that is a reason to persue it, I tell them to do something else"
Joe Murray, Artist
Small: All sensitive people agree that there is a peculiar emotion provoked by works of art
"All sensitive people agree that there is a peculiar emotion provoked by works of art"
Clive Bell, Critic
Small: Let each man exercise the art he knows
"Let each man exercise the art he knows"
Aristophanes, Poet
Small: I wanted Kimi to be a Japanese record with a Japanese title. I wanted it to be for them. They appreciate thing
"I wanted Kimi to be a Japanese record with a Japanese title. I wanted it to be for them. They appreciate things on a different level, and take their art very seriously - that's special if you're an artist"
Matthew Sweet, Musician
Small: In opera, as with any performing art, to be in great demand and to command high fees you must be good of cours
"In opera, as with any performing art, to be in great demand and to command high fees you must be good of course, but you must also be famous. The two are different things"
Luciano Pavarotti, Musician
Small: If you try to go beyond your interests just for the sake of pretensions or wealth, your art becomes less legit
"If you try to go beyond your interests just for the sake of pretensions or wealth, your art becomes less legitimate"
Vincent D'Onofrio, Actor
Small: If Art relates itself to an Object, it becomes descriptive, divisionist, literary
"If Art relates itself to an Object, it becomes descriptive, divisionist, literary"
Robert Delaunay, Artist
Small: My major was Fine Arts and Education thinking I would become an Art Teacher. I couldnt visualize myself as an
Mark Mothersbaugh
"My major was Fine Arts and Education thinking I would become an Art Teacher. I couldn't visualize myself as an art teacher, thinking how it wouldn't work"
Mark Mothersbaugh, Musician
Small: There is in fact no such thing as art for arts sake, art that stands above classes, art that is detached from
Mao Zedong
"There is in fact no such thing as art for art's sake, art that stands above classes, art that is detached from or independent of politics. Proletarian literature and art are part of the whole proletarian revolutionary cause"
Mao Zedong, Leader
Small: High and low culture come together in all Post Modern art, and American poetry is not excluded from this
"High and low culture come together in all Post Modern art, and American poetry is not excluded from this"
Diane Wakoski, Poet
Small: I wish to lead a life free from care, and I see that I shall be unhappy if I cannot always work at my art
"I wish to lead a life free from care, and I see that I shall be unhappy if I cannot always work at my art"
Clara Schumann, Musician
Small: Im also interested in creating a lasting legacy for collectors because bronze will last for thousands of years
"I'm also interested in creating a lasting legacy for collectors because bronze will last for thousands of years so I'm not really selling the art to this particular collector but it is being passed on"
Richard MacDonald, Sculptor
Small: Classic art was the art of necessity: modern romantic art bears the stamp of caprice and chance
Max Eastman
"Classic art was the art of necessity: modern romantic art bears the stamp of caprice and chance"
Max Eastman, Author
Small: Art is nature speeded up and God slowed down
"Art is nature speeded up and God slowed down"
Malcolm De Chazal, Writer
Small: I grew up with art from the innocent age of ten - with art, but with no sense of identity
"I grew up with art from the innocent age of ten - with art, but with no sense of identity"
John Lone, Actor
Small: So you will see us continue to advance the state of the art or take information that we have in our response d
"So you will see us continue to advance the state of the art or take information that we have in our response data bases and have that drive automation or an automated response by some of our products"
John W. Thompson, Businessman
Small: Stage performing is a dying art form
"Stage performing is a dying art form"
Ronnie Spector, Musician
Small: Nature generally struggles against this treatment for a while, until her powers seem in a great measure exhaus
"Nature generally struggles against this treatment for a while, until her powers seem in a great measure exhausted, when she quietly yields to the power of the art"
Robert Fortune, Scientist
Small: It takes two years on the stage for an actor or an actress to learn how to speak correctly and to manage his v
"It takes two years on the stage for an actor or an actress to learn how to speak correctly and to manage his voice properly, and it takes about ten years to master the subtle art of being able to hold one's audience"
D. W. Griffith, Director
Small: He has only half learned the art of reading who has not added to it the more refined art of skipping and skimm
Arthur Balfour
"He has only half learned the art of reading who has not added to it the more refined art of skipping and skimming"
Arthur Balfour, Statesman
Small: Art is mans distinctly human way of fighting death
"Art is man's distinctly human way of fighting death"
Leonard Baskin, Artist
Small: In this choice, as I look back over more than half a century, I can only follow - and trust - the same sort of
"In this choice, as I look back over more than half a century, I can only follow - and trust - the same sort of instinct that one follows in the art of fiction"
Mary A. Ward
Small: I feel like I have at least begun to make a contribution, but my most significant concern has to do with wheth
"I feel like I have at least begun to make a contribution, but my most significant concern has to do with whether my actual art will be preserved for future generations or be erased"
Judy Chicago, Artist
Small: Treasures are no longer to be got by instrumental art
"Treasures are no longer to be got by instrumental art"
Clara Schumann, Musician
Small: As much as wed like to believe that our work is great and that were infallible, were not. Hollywood movies are
Harold Ramis
"As much as we'd like to believe that our work is great and that we're infallible, we're not. Hollywood movies are made for the audience. These are not small European art films we're making"
Harold Ramis, Actor
Small: It has been common knowledge to informed collectors that many times the finest and rarest art glass is found u
James Lafferty
"It has been common knowledge to informed collectors that many times the finest and rarest art glass is found unsigned"
James Lafferty, Actor
Small: At the University of Maryland, my first year I started off planning to major in art because I was interested i
"At the University of Maryland, my first year I started off planning to major in art because I was interested in theatre design, stage design or television design"
Jim Henson, Entertainer
Small: The beautiful is in nature, and it is encountered under the most diverse forms of reality. Once it is found it
Gustave Courbet
"The beautiful is in nature, and it is encountered under the most diverse forms of reality. Once it is found it belongs to art, or rather to the artist who discovers it"
Gustave Courbet, Artist
Small: Im not an exhibitionist. But, honestly, for my art Ill do anything almost. Ill go there
"I'm not an exhibitionist. But, honestly, for my art I'll do anything almost. I'll go there"
Eva Mendes, Actress
Small: One day I would like to have my own art show
"One day I would like to have my own art show"
Kiana Tom, Model
Small: I dont know why a computer game cant be an art form just as a puppet show or an opera is. Im still interested
"I don't know why a computer game can't be an art form just as a puppet show or an opera is. I'm still interested in computer games as something I would like to work on someday"
Fred Saberhagen, Author
Small: Ive always loved movies, art and clothes
Colleen Atwood
"I've always loved movies, art and clothes"
Colleen Atwood, Designer
Small: Im using my art to comment on what I see. You dont have to agree with it
"I'm using my art to comment on what I see. You don't have to agree with it"
John Mellencamp, Musician
Small: I drew a picture on the back of a calendar in pencil. In those days they used to give out free calendars, I ha
"I drew a picture on the back of a calendar in pencil. In those days they used to give out free calendars, I had no art paper, so I took whatever else I could"
Joe Shuster, Artist
Small: I did all the work at the beginning up until the point where I couldnt handle the increasingly heavy art produ
"I did all the work at the beginning up until the point where I couldn't handle the increasingly heavy art production burden alone. I needed, and got, assistance"
Joe Shuster, Artist
Small: I do like to write nasty songs. Its a useful weapon to have, and its cathartic as well, because I create art o
Lisa Marie Presley
"I do like to write nasty songs. It's a useful weapon to have, and it's cathartic as well, because I create art out of anger, something positive out of something negative"
Lisa Marie Presley, Musician
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