Arts, Media & Entertainment: Art Quotes

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"On my first days here, I did not start work immediately but, as planned, I took it easy for a few days - flicked through books, studied Japanese art a little"

Gustav Klimt, Artist

"I can paint and draw. I believe this myself, and a few other people say that they believe this too. But I'm not certain of whether it's true?"

Gustav Klimt, Artist

"Although even when I am being idle, I have plenty of food for thought both early and late - thoughts both about and not about art"

Gustav Klimt, Artist

"Well, the most successful, of course, was this polypropylene chair"

Robin Day, Journalist

"No one ever contributed anything to my designs"

Robin Day, Journalist

"I would think twice about designing stuff for which there was no need and which didn't endure"

Robin Day, Journalist

"I went into photography because it seemed like the perfect vehicle for commenting on the madness of today's existence"

Robert Mapplethorpe, Photographer

"I see things like they've never been seen before. Art is an accurate statement of the time in which it is made"

Robert Mapplethorpe, Photographer

"I recorded that because it happened to me. I wasn't making a point"

Robert Mapplethorpe, Photographer

"I played around with the flowers and the lighting, so that was a good way to educate myself"

Robert Mapplethorpe, Photographer

"I just want to be written about as a normal artist"

Robert Mapplethorpe, Photographer

"I don't know why my pictures come out looking so good. I just don't get it?"

Robert Mapplethorpe, Photographer

"I am obsessed with beauty. I want everything to be perfect, and of course it isn't. And that's a tough place to be because you're never satisfied"

Robert Mapplethorpe, Photographer

"The faces I see in the modeling industry can get dull"

Kevyn Aucoin, Artist

"Right from the beginning, I always strived to capture everything I saw as completely as possible"

Norman Rockwell, Artist

"No man with a conscience can just bat out illustrations. He's got to put all his talent and feeling into them!"

Norman Rockwell, Artist

"It wouldn't be right for me to clown around when I'm painting a president"

Norman Rockwell, Artist

"The burden of originality is one that most people don't want to accept. They'd rather sit in front of the TV and let that tell them what they're supposed to like, what they're supposed to buy, and what they're supposed to laugh at"

Marilyn Manson, Musician

"When you're making work, you're making choices: what you include, what you leave out. Those choices are your point of view. Own it"

Ava DuVernay, Director

"I really believe in the power of art. I believe it can change minds and hearts, and I believe it can change policy"

Ava DuVernay, Director

"I'm interested in creating new icons, new images. I'm interested in saying, 'We're here. We've always been here'"

Ava DuVernay, Director

"Art is a way of reminding people that there is beauty and hope in the world"

Wayne Shorter, Musician

"The biggest challenge for an artist is to have a beginner's mind, always"

Wayne Shorter, Musician

"I will say I remember the best thing in terms of publicity was being on the cover of Newsweek"

Vanna White, Celebrity

"Create your own method. Don't depend slavishly on mine. Make up something that will work for you! But keep breaking traditions, I beg you"

Konstantin Stanislavisky, Actor

"People know that they're going to see something which is entertaining, but challenging as well, because of the form it's in. It's dance theatre and it requires you to use your imagination - it's not straight forward"

Matthew Bourne, Dancer

"I saw the Nutcracker to be a dummy as I thought of its mouth moving like a nutcracker - and also find them pretty scary as they almost have a life of their own"

Matthew Bourne, Dancer

"No one is an artist unless he carries his picture in his head before painting it, and is sure of his method and composition"

Claude Monet, Artist

"Color is my day-long obsession, joy and torment"

Claude Monet, Artist

"I love the gallery, the arena of representation. It's a commercial world, and morality is based generally around economics, and that's taking place in the art gallery"

Jeff Koons, Artist

"Art to me is a humanitarian act, and I believe that there is a responsibility that art should somehow be able to effect mankind, to make the word a better place"

Jeff Koons, Artist

"I had some money, I made the best paintings ever. I was completely reclusive, worked a lot, took a lot of drugs. I was awful to people"

Jean-Michel Basquiat, Artist

"I am not a black artist, I am an artist"

Jean-Michel Basquiat, Artist

"Within two hours of where I live, you have mountains and desert as location. I like the natural elements that abstract into light, texture, shape and shadow"

Herb Ritts, Photographer

"The education, the cultural awareness, is different in Europe, especially in France, from that in the United States. So I think the public will be much more appreciative of many images"

Herb Ritts, Photographer

"I do pottery. I love it. It's very relaxing; it takes me to another planet"

Eva Herzigova, Model

"True creativity often starts where language ends"

Arthur Koestler, Novelist

"Actors ought to be larger than life. You come across quite enough ordinary, nondescript people in daily life and I don't see why you should be subjected to them on the stage too"

Ninon de L'Enclos, Author

"I directed a piece of theater in Italy. We took nine fables from the town and we created a play"

Vincent Schiavelli, Actor

"Because of the audience I get and the fact that these people aren't traditional comics buyers, I don't think the comic industry looks at that and thinks that is a very respectable thing. I'm very used to it. I'm not the guy who wins awards and gets mentioned in magazines"

Jhonen Vasquez, Cartoonist

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