- Mind
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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
- Parents
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My parents did not discourage me but could not understand how I could make a living by art. Their idea of an artist was a person who was condemned to starvation.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother was a Bloomsbury figure: a great friend of TS Eliot, Duncan Grant, Vanessa Bell. My grandmother, Mary Hutchinson, gave her life to works of art, being an admirer of Matisse and Giaometti, whom I collected as a young man because of her.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every good painter paints what he is.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have no fear of making changes, destroying the image, etc., because the painting has a life of its own.
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The modern artist is working with space and time, and expressing his feelings rather than illustrating.
- Power
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- Nov 07, 2020
And luckily, therefore the good old days return. The traditional art of driving counts again, and it is all about good tactics, skills and reflexes instead of simple power.
- I Am
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I went to art school, I think it helped me a great deal because it taught me who I am.
- Money
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I don't understand it. Jack will spend any amount of money to buy votes but he balks at investing a thousand dollars in a beautiful painting.
- Movement
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It was a movement that had all the art critics, all the museum directors in its thrall.
- Me
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I'm reclusive when it comes to me giving art away because I get real sensitive about that and critiques.
- Difficult
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A performance art piece is unprecedented. It is difficult to censor since it has a good possibility of never being done before.
- Media
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Performance art can involve the audience with taste, smell and sounds not available with electronic media and not practical with conventional theater. This is due to the usually small audience.
- Creativity
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- Nov 07, 2020
Performance art is the ultimate in creativity. Since it has so many possibilities at creativity, it's essence tends to become creativity.
- House
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- Nov 07, 2020