- Great
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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
- College
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was a screenwriting and studio art major in college, so even though I don't have any training as a floral designer, I have a very particular visual aesthetic.
- Leadership
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- Nov 07, 2020
Leadership appears to be the art of getting others to want to do something you are convinced should be done.
- Photography
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's the first time that I've ever had an art show based on a film, but it's a photography collage.
- Believe
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- Nov 07, 2020
I fundamentally believe that no one can teach you how to write - finding out how to write a story is part of the process of creating a story - but you can really learn through exposure to different writing, to different art forms, to different modes of storytelling, and with mentors who are able to get you to step outside your comfort zone.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not a propaganda machine. I tell things how I see them. When I say, for example, that corruption is not the only thing the West should think about when they think about Nigeria, I'm not saying it doesn't exist but that people have the complete wrong focus. There's music, there's art, there's culture.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
Many artists who don't go off to art school come to New York. It's about what you learn when you're here.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
What is the art world? I never really understood. I started doing this stuff to do what I want to do. Not to be this or that.
- Nov 07, 2020
Translation is the art of failure.
- Nov 07, 2020
A picture is worth a thousand words.
- Freedom
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- Nov 07, 2020
In a democracy, you need to have a strong judicial system. You need freedom of speech, you need art, and you need a free press.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Smiles come naturally to me, but I started thinking of them as an art form at my command. I studied all the time. I looked at magazines, I'd practice in front of the mirror and I'd ask photographers about the best angles. I can now pull out a smile at will.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I didn't want to be the kind of man that my father was. So I've tried, my entire life, to be the complete and utter opposite of that. And it has served not only the art well, but I think the audience well.
- Learning
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- Nov 07, 2020
For me, learning about cinema and the craft and the art of it, through making films with great people, has been such a cool experience.
- Passion
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- Nov 07, 2020