- Believe
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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
- Experience
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- Nov 07, 2020
I believe people can have a profound experience by being surrounded by something beautiful - that's what I aim for. My sculpture is about the way you feel when you're standing under it and inside it. It's experiential art.
- Most
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- Nov 07, 2020
The most powerful part of the art is experiential, yet it's the hardest to describe because it's nonverbal.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
In my regular life, I am very involved in commissions for cities and sometimes countries. And I think of public art as a team sport. The outcome is only possible with the interaction of all the players.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's good for art to make us think, to give us a shared experience that creates a dialogue, makes us talk to each other, including strangers.
- College
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- Nov 07, 2020
I never studied sculpture, engineering or architecture. In fact, after college I applied to seven art schools and was rejected by all seven.
- Constructing
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- Nov 07, 2020
I recognize that it is through the engagement with my craft - by recognizing an idea and drawing it out, building physical models, collaborating with experts, constructing the sculptures at urban scale, and maintaining them through years of weather and interaction with the public - that a new art for cities has become real.
- Failure
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- Nov 07, 2020
I believe only in art and failure.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had always said to myself that forty was the cut off point of my apprenticeship which may for some people sound like a very long one, but the novel as art is a middle-aged art.
- Interesting
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sinclair Lewis may be ripe for a revival; his books raise several interesting issues of art and fashion.
- Fly
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- Nov 07, 2020
I didn't read many comics as a kid - I've always been a really fast reader, and I would fly through a comic book in a few minutes and be so mad that it ended so quickly. But now that I've been in the business, I tend to look at the panels so much more carefully, and realize that so much of it is about the art; I don't think I got that before.
- Learn
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- Nov 07, 2020
Readers are always surprised to learn that authors have little or no input regarding the cover art for their books.
- Little
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was the executive editor on a little magazine called Greek Accent, whose only claim to fame is that its art director went on to be the art director of Discover for many years.
- Living
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- Nov 07, 2020
What we want from art is whatever is missing from the lives we are already living and making. Something is always missing, and so art-making is endless.
- Being Responsible
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- Nov 07, 2020
There was a big drive when I was at art school to make you aware of the economy of meaning - after all, this was still during the tail end of minimalism. Being responsible for everything you put in your picture, and being able to defend it. Keeping everything clear around you so you know what is operating. To open the wound and keep it clean.
- Black Comedy
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- Nov 07, 2020