Arthur Danto Quotes

Whatever art is, it is no longer something primarily to be looked at. Stared at, perhaps, but not primarily looked at.

Arthur Danto

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• Some desire is necessary to keep life in motion, and he whose real wants are supplied must admit those of fancy.

  

  Samuel Johnson
  • Life
  • Real
  • Desire

• As I moved to less and less diverse places in my life, I realized that white people don't talk about race amongst themselves!

  

  Rainbow Rowell
  • People
  • Life
  • My Life

• There's a lot of stress... but once you get in the car, all that goes out the window.

  

  Dan Brown
  • Car
  • Stress
  • Window

• Weirdly, my nickname was Lady. I didn't get Stretch, or Stilts, or Spider Legs - I got Lady. I guess I was always a bit ladylike.

  

  L'Wren Scott
  • Always
  • Lady
  • Spider

• I wasn't very good as a puppet. A lot of times in a movie, you need a really good puppeteer: you're sort of a puppet, and you're doing what you can. But I always, from the beginning, was kind of making up my own stuff from stand-up and sort of directing myself, so I wasn't very good in movies where I didn't have control.

  

  Dana Carvey
  • Up
  • Good
  • Movie

• My first audition happened to be for 'Kindergarten Cop,' and I took that role. I was only starting to learn English at that point. Spanish is my first language, so they made me a speaking character in the movie. I didn't really know I was shooting a movie. I was just having a lot of fun with 30 kids my own age.

  

  Odette Annable
  • Character
  • Kids
  • Movie

• It's been tough for me being away from the game.

  

  Saku Koivu
  • Game
  • Tough
  • Away

• I remember 'Hannah Montana' came out, and I was so depressed, I started crying because I was like, 'I want to do that.'

  

  Zendaya
  • Remember
  • Want
  • Like

• In 20 years I want to look back and see a collection of crazy characters that I made - a menagerie.

  

  Dan Fogler
  • Want
  • Crazy
  • Look

• I think escapism is something artists write about pretty frequently - it's something everyone can relate to, the concept of wanting something more, wanting to find solace, wanting to have something better.

  

  Halsey
  • Think
  • Pretty
  • Better

• We do take pride in how we look, but it's really just like, take a couple minutes, and you're ready to go.

  

  Jacob deGrom
  • You
  • Couple
  • Pride

• What I care about is readers because without readers I can't make a living... And I think it's a bad thing for the world if people don't read anymore. I want people to read a lot.

  

  Barry Eisler
  • People
  • World
  • Bad

• In my opinion, Christian Dior was never, ever theatre.

  

  Raf Simons
  • Christian
  • Opinion
  • Theatre

• I started playing piano age six. I was also singing in the choir, so my mum put me into music school. I went to study there for seven years, but it was not my passion. I quit because I wanted to study marketing. But I can still play piano.

  

  Irina Shayk
  • Music
  • School
  • Age

• My dance teacher will show me pictures of girls who are rhythmic gymnasts, and they are super skinny. But I don't want to be too skinny. I think that looks a little gross when you are dancing. You don't want to be a scrawny, bony thing.

  

  Maddie Ziegler
  • Dance
  • Teacher
  • Girls

• There was a chance for me to write one song for the section where Elvis sat in his black leather outfit and sang the old hits. At eight oclock the next morning I had written Memories.

  

  Mac Davis
  • Song
  • Black
  • Morning

• Since Sandy Hook, I have sat back as a father and been mesmerized by the inability of the federal government to do anything substantively on gun safety.

  

  Gavin Newsom
  • Father
  • Government
  • Gun

• Sorrow is a fruit. God does not make it grow on limbs too weak to bear it.

  

  Victor Hugo
  • God
  • Sympathy
  • Fruit

• It's a lot easier to play in front of quite a lot of strangers than a couple of your friends just because when it's someone that really knows you, it's much more scary.

  

  Oliver Sim The xx
  • Friends
  • Play
  • Couple

• Art breathes into life a surplus that is both vital and extraordinary.

  

  Rachel Kushner
  • Life
  • Art
  • Extraordinary

• With the advance of knowledge, therefore, prayer and sacrifice assume the leading place in religious ritual; and magic; which once ranked with them as a legitimate equal, is gradually relegated to the background and sinks to the level of a black art.

  

  James G. Frazer
  • Art
  • Knowledge
  • Prayer

• Massages are my favorite. Sometimes just getting myself outside for a walk if I'm really busy can be an indulgence. I love taking naps. I love to stay up too late with close friends. I believe in everything in moderation. I take what I like and leave what I don't.

  

  Taylor Schilling
  • Up
  • Believe
  • Love

• I am certain that my white colleagues, when faced with an emergency situation, wouldn't think twice about calling the police. This, however, may not be the case for their black and Latino students.

  

  Carl Hart
  • May
  • Black
  • Police

• Whatever art is, it is no longer something primarily to be looked at. Stared at, perhaps, but not primarily looked at.

  

  Arthur Danto
  • Art
  • Looked
  • Primarily