David Hockney Quotes
All art is contemporary, if it's alive. And if it's not alive, what's the point of it?
Quotes to Explore
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I think of other artists as generous when I get inspired by their work. That's why I like curating. You don't want to take someone else's art and have your way with it. You've got to be respectful of them.
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You must not fight too often with one enemy, or you will teach him all your art of war.
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Art is always criticized and always an outsider gets the blame.
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Art is always an exaggeration in some sense; in color, in form, even in theme, etc... but it has always been this way. It is the same with the nature of some works by Giotto or Massacio, or the color of life as expressed by Van Gogh.
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Books are my art. The movie is someone else's art. But it's great marketing for books.
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Music is an art that touches the depth of human existence; an art of sounds that crosses all borders.
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The terrifying and edible beauty of Art Nouveau architecture.
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I wanted to be an animator originally. I went to art school; I went to art college and everything. But that screen was just calling me.
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The world wants to like America.
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Love isn't an emotion or an instinct - it's an art.
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Does art have a future? Performance genres like opera, theater, music and dance are thriving all over the world, but the visual arts have been in slow decline for nearly 40 years. No major figure of profound influence has emerged in painting or sculpture since the waning of Pop Art and the birth of Minimalism in the early 1970s.
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Mathematics is, as it were, a sensuous logic, and relates to philosophy as do the arts, music, and plastic art to poetry.
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My art springs from my desire to have things in the world which would otherwise never be there.
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Deals are my art form. Other people paint beautifully on canvas or write wonderful poetry. I like making deals, preferably big deals. That's how I get my kicks.
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In art, the hand can never execute anything higher than the heart can imagine.
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Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth.
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The art of art, the glory of expression and the sunshine of the light of letters, is simplicity.
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We feel more and more intensely about the music we make. It's unexpected, and not always what you would think of in Beach House. It's all art in the end. We aren't making records because we have to; it's because it's what we want to express.
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Art is the way people see things, and I think it's great when individuals can find in fashion something they truly believe is artistic.
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A community whose life is not irrigated by art and science, by religion and philosophy, day upon day, is a community that exists half alive.
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When money and hype recede from the art world, one thing I won't miss will be what curator Francesco Bonami calls the 'Eventocracy.' All this flashy 'art-fair art' and those highly produced space-eating spectacles and installations wow you for a minute until you move on to the next adrenaline event.
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The secret of literature, which conventional people don't guess, is that writers are forever looking for the surprising revelation - not for reinforcement of collective wisdom.
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All art is contemporary, if it's alive. And if it's not alive, what's the point of it?
