Andrew O'Hagan Quotes
A living museum must surely see itself as a locus of argument. A breathing art institution is not a lockup but a moveable feast.Andrew O'Hagan
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The modern tradition is the tradition of revolt. The French Revolution is still our model today: history is violent change, and this change goes by the name of progress. I do not know whether these notions really apply to art.
Octavio Paz -
You must not fight too often with one enemy, or you will teach him all your art of war.
Napoleon Bonaparte -
I had parents in the business and they made sure that the art was the biggest concern.
Nat Wolff -
Contemporary art will help me to modernise our society.
Victor Pinchuk -
Thou must be emptied of that wherewith thou art full, that thou mayest be filled with that whereof thou art empty.
Saint Augustine -
The record business is dangerous to the health of bands and individuals, which is something I'm just now learning. But it's not dangerous in any of the ways people think; it's not that they try to make you compromise your art. That's not the problem.
T Bone Burnett
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Some painters transform the sun into a yellow spot, others transform a yellow spot into the sun.
Pablo Picasso -
As authors, most - most authors, our art is portraying the human condition. Trying to show you what it's like to be somebody else, trying to make you feel for somebody else. That means you have to have a high degree of empathy.
Patrick Rothfuss -
I work in the film business, where schmoozing is an art form, lunch hour lasts from 12:30 until 3, and every meeting takes an hour whether there's an hour's worth of business or not.
R. J. Cutler -
Art is a mind-game that we do to make our lives easier. If it isn't for that, it becomes superfluous.
Yoko Ono -
The male muse is an unaccountably rare thing in art. Where does that leave female artists looking for inspiration?
Kate Christensen -
All the art for Tool is done by the me and the band.
Adam Jones
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Figure skating is a mixture of art and sport.
Katarina Witt -
Tell the lie over and over and over. It's an art that Trump understands well. There's no better evidence than his absolutely false claim that he opposed the Iraq War in 2002.
Pamela Meyer -
Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth.
Pablo Picasso -
I want to do just, like, regular art. Whatever is made today on canvas goes up against all of art history. It's the most radical thing.
Barry McGee -
I think it was my mom's attitude about art and being part of the narcissistic digital generation or whatever that made me think anyone would care what I had to say about anything!
Tavi Gevinson -
If I'm creating a free-form piece of art, I can make it look like anything I want, and nobody will say it's wrong.
Nathan Sawaya
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For art to be art it has to cure.
Alejandro Jodorowsky -
Art is all about the experience. I could say I don't really relate to opera, but then you watch Placido Domingo, and you go, 'Blimey, look at that.'
David Harewood -
At the end of the day, I just want the world to live in peace and harmony.
Masi Oka -
For me, doing a show is great, but I want women to be able to wear the clothes easily as well.
Victoria Beckham Spice Girls -
I bought abandon dear And sold all piety for pleasure.My own free spirit I have followed,And never will I give up lust.
Abu Nuwas -
A living museum must surely see itself as a locus of argument. A breathing art institution is not a lockup but a moveable feast.
Andrew O'Hagan