Arts, Media & Entertainment: Art Quotes

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"In other words, each piece of the building must look as though it was designed for that particular building"

Minoru Yamasaki, Architect

"If you look at the buildings, you'll find that one part looks as if it was designed by one man, and you go around and look at another facade and it looks as if it was designed by another man, you see?"

Minoru Yamasaki, Architect

"If you have white walls, human beings look better in a room than if you have red walls"

Minoru Yamasaki, Architect

"If you examine this, I think that you will find that it's the mechanics of Japanese architecture that have been thought of as the direct influence upon our architecture"

Minoru Yamasaki, Architect

"I have been criticized rather strenuously by painters and sculptors for not incorporating their work in our buildings"

Minoru Yamasaki, Architect

"But now I know that it is very important that all buildings should be consistent, that this is the quality of the Gothic cathedral, for instance, that we like"

Minoru Yamasaki, Architect

"Being the gateway to a large city, St. Louis, I had felt from the very beginning that somehow this building should symbolize this sense of being a gateway"

Minoru Yamasaki, Architect

"And sometimes I'm criticized. But I think that if those who criticize us will look at the reason why the shape is this, well then, I think that they would not object so strenuously"

Minoru Yamasaki, Architect

"And exciting buildings are fine periodically"

Minoru Yamasaki, Architect

"And a building must be like a human being. It must have a wholeness about it, something that is very important"

Minoru Yamasaki, Architect

"It’s a horrible reality, not being able to have live theater, but I really enjoy watching the way entertainment is adapting"

Rachel Zegler, Actress

"I’m so honored and privileged to be nominated in this category, with people and actors and humans that I love, and I love their work and I love what they contribute to our craft"

Michael B. Jordan, Actor

"I had a feeling that without art and culture, our lives wouldn't make any sense"

Jasmila Žbanić, Director

"I started making videos because I had nothing to do. I was just sitting at home and I thought, why not?"

Khaby Lame, Celebrity

"I don't think art is supposed to fix you. It's supposed to be with you"

Mitski, Musician

"I don't want my work to be a diary. I want it to be a bridge"

Mitski, Musician

"I'm a text artist. It's an unsung art form because it's so ahead of its time"

Natasha Lyonne, Actress

"All my life I've had the privilege to make my living with my imagination, and the most important thing has been to see my creative life grow. I was educated to do that and have lived accordingly"

Tommy Lee Jones, Actor

"I still love taking pictures with Polaroid film. For me, it offers the most beautiful way of capturing reality and transferring it onto a flat piece of paper"

Helena Christensen, Model

"There will always be a desire for something new, fresh and innovative, as well as a yearning and respect for timeless elegance and beauty"

Helena Christensen, Model

"I was drawn to acting because it gave me the opportunity to tell stories and transport people to another time and place"

Laraine Day, Actress

"When you create something, you have to take into account the context of the times, your own history, and the evolution of your work"

Jean-Michel Jarre, Composer

"I never felt I left the stage"

Helen Gahagan, Actress

"It is really hard to make it convincing enough that you forget you are playing a video game"

Tim Page, Photographer

"If you believe in your art, and you love what you do, that energy will go out, and people will respond"

Ray Conniff, Musician

"Viewers can't expect TV to keep developing unless they make their wants known. And let's face it. The best way to make your wants known in this world is by 'beefing'"

Bill Bixby, Actor

"TV is a major force in our lives - a FORCE. It must be handled very carefully, both its censure and its artistic honesty"

Bill Bixby, Actor

"People come along and impose their own stuff on plays, and it shows"

Judd Hirsch, Actor

"I have my own definition of minimalism, which is that which is created with a minimum of means"

La Monte Young, Composer

"The magic of creation has always fascinated me"

Ralph Allen, Politician

"Geography has no bearing on it, nor have the interests of the community in which I work"

Yves Tanguy, Artist

"The camera can photograph thought"

Dirk Bogarde, Actor

"These small shows were decidedly a success. The exhibitions were not too large to be seen easily. It was not an effort, as larger collections of pictures usually are"

Childe Hassam, Artist

"Art, to me, is the interpretation of the impression which nature makes upon the eye and brain"

Childe Hassam, Artist

"I just don't think there are any rules to color. You have a small space with no windows? Put lamps in there, make it dramatic, paint the ceiling black. Do something with it. If it's dark, accentuate the darkness"

David Bromstad, Designer

"I prefer to leave the paintings to speak for themselves"

Barnett Newman, Artist

"Art is a subject that is inundated with opinions. In fact, that's all it is about is opinions"

Chick Corea, Musician

"Democracy is fatal for the arts; it leads only to chaos or the achievement of new and lower common denominators of quality"

Walter Legge, Businessman

"You can keep yourself alive. That's the magic of being an actor"

Sonia Braga, Actress

"Whatever art form you're working in, it's crucial to see it clearly, to feel it clearly, and not to worry about the results, or how someone else will see it"

Omar Epps, Actor

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