- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
Art Quotes
Why people make it, and who it's for.
This set of "art" quotes leans toward purpose — one artist frames their work as a way to elevate others, while another argues that art shapes who a person becomes. For quotes on standing out through craft, see Great quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother sent me to art classes at the age of 11. I began to have kids around me say, 'Will you make drawings for me? Will you make a painting for me?' And it really clicked.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I'm at my best, I'm trying to destabilize myself and figure out new ways of approaching art as a provocation. I think I am at my best when I push myself into a place where I don't have all the answers.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
The erotic and the art historical imagination is something that gets very little play when people talk about my work, and when they rarely do, they try to problematize it.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
The art world has become so insular. The rules have become so autodidactic that, in a sense, they lose track of what people have any interest in thinking about, talking about, or even looking at.
- Political
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was growing up and going to art school and learning about African-American art, much of it was a type of political art that was very didactic and based on the '60s, and a social collective.
- Moment
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- Nov 07, 2020
The beauty of art is that it allows you to slow down, and for a moment, things that once seemed unfamiliar become precious to you.
- Culture
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have a fondness for making paintings that go beyond just having a conversation about art for art's sake or having a conversation about art history. I actually really enjoy looking at broader popular culture.
- Digital
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- Nov 07, 2020
Art in the age of the digital image is completely different from experiencing art in physical form.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was in art school, and we had all these random classes. We'd listen to a lot of Bollywood. I'd listen to Spanish music - and I don't even speak Spanish, but Hector Lavoe is amazing - we listened to French music like Edith Piaf. She's tight. I like cool vocal inflections; I like cool sounds. I pretty much listen to anything I think is good.
- Cool
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- Nov 07, 2020
I just want to make cool art work that has some meaning.
- Believe
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- Nov 07, 2020
Figuring out how to scale the very human art of personalization is difficult, but I believe that it is also the key to building a lasting connection with customers for the long term.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Because of things like 'The X Factor' and 'Autotune', the real art of communicating a song is not treasured any more. But singing other people's songs can be an intensely personal experience. I want the songs to be vessels that people fill with their own imagination, the same way that I fill it with my thoughts and feelings.
- Nov 07, 2020
And in fact, I think the more we start to worship perfection the more soul leaks out of art.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I really think that's what music and art is about. It's another way to connect to the divine. It's a real pure way of touching that deeper reality beneath our life.
- Painting
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- Nov 07, 2020