Art Quotes
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But I'm interested in the Barnes Collection in Philadelphia. I hear there are some of the worst Matisses there. I like seeing bad art by good artists. It's inspiring. I'm able to identify with them. It makes them real.
Jemima Kirke -
Art is individualism, and individualism is a disturbing and disintegrating force.
Oscar Wilde
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I have lots of different interests. Any of my friends will know I'm interested both in science and in art.
Ann Makosinski -
The World doth not imprison thee. Thou art thyself the World, and there, Within thyself, thou hold'st thyself Thy self-imprisoned Prisoner.
Angelus Silesius -
A work of art doesn't exist outside the perception of the audience.
Abbas Kiarostami -
In the world of reality the more beautiful a work of art, the longer, we may be sure, was the time required to make it, and the greater the number of different minds which assisted in its development.
Lafcadio Hearn -
In life and art, there are distinctions to be made between what an act of cruelty consists of.
Maggie Nelson -
It's very interesting how life imitates art, and art imitates life; I find, whenever I read scenes of some magnitude, I'm like, 'Oh, I feel like I've experienced this,' or 'I am experiencing this,' or 'I might start to experience it soon.'
Katherine Moennig
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I was always trying - I never wanted to let my fans down; I always wanted them to see me in my art form.
Lady Gaga -
Art revolves around creating something that isn't there.
Kathleen Hanna Bikini Kill -
To acquire money requires valor, to keep money requires prudence, and to spend money well is an art.
Berthold Auerbach -
The differences between revolution in art and revolution in politics are enormous. Revolution in art lies not in the will to destroy but in the revelation of what has already been destroyed. Art kills only the dead.
Harold Rosenberg -
I have discovered the art of deceiving diplomats. I tell them the truth and they never believe me.
Cavour -
What I'm doing is art - it's low-brow art but there's a magic in that.
Kesha
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I don't like a lot of the stuff that goes on in the art world, but it's hard to be old and like what goes on around you.
Frank Stella -
I would be willing to do almost anything to make Art happy. I care about our friendship. The only thing I won't do is change the essence of my work.
Paul Simon Simon & Garfunkel -
The work of art may have a moral effect, but to demand moral purpose from the artist is to make him ruin his work.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe -
I went to school at the San Francisco Art Institute, thinking I was going to become an art teacher. Within the first six months I was there, I was told that I couldn't be an art teacher unless I became an artist first.
Annie Leibovitz -
Because it's so easy to medicate our need for self-worth by pandering to win followers, 'likes' and view counts, social media have become the metier of choice for many people who might otherwise channel that energy into books, music or art - or even into their own Web ventures.
Neil Strauss -
My hand is the extension of the thinking process - the creative process.
Tadao Ando
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I remember when I did 'Mrityudand' there was this big hoo-ha, and people were asking me why I was doing an art movie, and I would just tell them that, 'You know, what's the big deal, it's a movie.' I'm so glad that's a thing of the past.
Madhuri Dixit -
Well, art has to be sexy.
Wade Guyton -
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.
Ed Koch -
Art is a game. Too bad for him who makes a duty of it.
Max Jacob