Arts, Media & Entertainment: Art Quotes

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"I am not a specialist, but a general practitioner in the world of the arts"

Theodore Bikel, Actor

"I'm not photographing the model in the classic sense; the model is playing a part in my photographs. It's more like theater. I always work with models I know, and I let them participate in deciding how to act their part"

Kim Weston, Photographer

"I was always confident in my art and in myself as an artist"

Kim Weston, Photographer

"I tried painting for a short time, and realized that I was not a child prodigy at painting"

Kim Weston, Photographer

"I think all photographers fit their vision to their personality"

Kim Weston, Photographer

"I photographed rocks and trees and tide pools and nudes and all that stuff for years and years. Until 20 years ago when I found that I could do it in the studio and never have to travel"

Kim Weston, Photographer

"I just love photographing. I don't do it for anyone else"

Kim Weston, Photographer

"Galleries, and they're all the same, and rightly so, they sell work"

Kim Weston, Photographer

"Any nude is a something you setup in front of the camera"

Kim Weston, Photographer

"A lot of my work comes from my life experiences"

Kim Weston, Photographer

"My work has social implications, it functions in a social arena"

Andres Serrano, Photographer

"My use of the medium - photography - is in some ways traditional"

Andres Serrano, Photographer

"In my work, I explore my own Catholic obsessions"

Andres Serrano, Photographer

"I think if the Vatican is smart, someday they'll collect my work"

Andres Serrano, Photographer

"I like to believe that rather than destroy icons, I make new ones"

Andres Serrano, Photographer

"I like the aesthetics of the Church"

Andres Serrano, Photographer

"I like Church furniture"

Andres Serrano, Photographer

"I have always felt that my work is religious, not sacrilegious"

Andres Serrano, Photographer

"I am just an artist"

Andres Serrano, Photographer

"I am an artist first and a photographer second"

Andres Serrano, Photographer

"What I think is interesting is that the more you do, you have to invent a book of rules of what you can do and what you can't do. And the very real danger is that if your book of rules becomes a book of cliches"

Adrian Lyne, Director

"Peter Hall was just organizing the Royal Shakespeare Company. It was going to be an ensemble, it was going to be in repertory, it was going to have a home in London as well as in the Midlands, and all of those things were happening at that time"

Trevor Nunn, Director

"One fine day I discovered that more complex plays really have to be directed"

Trevor Nunn, Director

"In the commercial theater, I've been pretty fortunate. The producers that I've worked with have allowed me to define the artistic integrity, the artistic limits of the work"

Trevor Nunn, Director

"I've never had any feeling of disconnection between the classical theater, or the contemporary theater, or musical theater, or the thing that we call opera"

Trevor Nunn, Director

"A lot of performing instincts are involved in the business of direction, but so is analysis and having a sense of literature"

Trevor Nunn, Director

"In my career, there have been three things that were challenging: playing gay; playing a Jewish woman; and playing Chekhov. The scariest part was playing Chekhov!"

Bernadette Peters, Actress

"I know Mama Rose is a great role, and I love having a chance to do it"

Bernadette Peters, Actress

"Our celebration of this day at this time and in a site registered on the UNESCO World Heritage List reflects our belief that culture is a pillar of sustainable development and a tool to elevate local communities"

Shaikha Mai bint Mohammed Al Khalifa, Politician

"Music is art, and making watches is art, too"

J Balvin, Musician

"Honestly, I'm not a huge TV person. The only show that I've seen every episode of is 'Pretty Little Liars.' It's my favorite show. I wish I could get into other shows, but I just don't have time!"

Sabrina Carpenter, Musician

"Remember it all, every insult, every tear. Tattoo it on the inside of your mind. In life, knowledge of poisons is essential. I've told you, nobody becomes an artist unless they have to"

Janet Fitch, Author

"France has lived a long time - eight or nine centuries - and yet art in France, too, was derivative up until the 19th century"

Raoul Dufy, Artist

"American art, like America, must wait and live a while longer"

Raoul Dufy, Artist

"I love the pressure of doing live television. I think it's that immediacy that I respond to"

Kevin Nealon, Actor

"You cannot sit down and write about your own paintings. You have to paint them. That's the only way to express what you really feel"

Odd Nerdrum, Painter

"The only thing I can say to young painters is that they should just continue painting no matter what, because it's not about success or money. It's about following the path you believe in"

Odd Nerdrum, Painter

"The artist is the creator of beautiful things"

Lord Alfred Douglas, Poet

"My eyes were made to erase all that is ugly"

Raoul Dufy, Artist

"At early previews, the theater gossips are there, wishing you ill every night. They don't grant you any slack. Agents are in from Hollywood. Your friends are there. People who are going to spread the word-of-mouth. If something doesn't work, everyone will know"

Peter Stone, Writer

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