- 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
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not one who divides music, dance or art into various categories. Either something works, or it doesn't.
- Nov 07, 2020
My first job in construction paid my way through art school. I was building to pay my bills.
- Entertainment
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- Nov 07, 2020
Anything that reflects the human condition back on humans in the entertainment medium is art.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think that music and art and film, at their best, can connect with something that is eternal in human beings, that might not have so many labels on it, something that's ultimately universal and that may just be a feeling.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Regarding race or gender or sexuality, one of the great things about art and music is that they can provide people with very little else in common with a similar entry point for discussion, but the discussions still need to happen for life to get more interesting.
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wound up studying art and design, got a job at Lonely Planet Publications as a designer, cartographer and illustrator.
- Heady
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- Nov 07, 2020
Tuscany is so full of history and beauty - you meet wonders of art and architecture on almost every corner. But I love the region's homier aspects: the special sweetness of the tomatoes, the soft mozzarella, the heady scents of basil and garlic everywhere.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
Writing stopped being fun when I discovered the difference between good writing and bad and, even more terrifying, the difference between it and true art. And after that, the whip came down.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I spent all of my childhood at a performance art camp. Putting on plays, it was more like commedia dell'arte. It wasn't career-oriented in any way. It was more fun and therapeutic, so I never really thought of it as something I would end up doing. I was more convinced I was going to be a painter.
- Food
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- Nov 07, 2020
The purpose of farming is to deprive other species of the land and sequester it for our own use. But by perfecting the art of monoculture, it has become too easy for us to exterminate everything else, leaving no wild plants, no food for insects, and a barren land for birds.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I really don't think art is good at answering questions. It's much better at posing questions - and even better at simply asking people to open their eyes.
- Looking
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- Nov 07, 2020
Seeing various aspects of the secret state and surveillance state echoes a long tradition in art of looking at the sublime.
- Good Opinion
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- Nov 07, 2020
Jazz music and, more specifically, jazz musicians, are my artistic heroes. I want to be the Thelonious Monk of acting. He had no concern for how well he was received. He played whatever he wanted whenever he wanted. He just wasn't interested in achieving the good opinion of his audience. That's the Holy Grail of acting; of any art form.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020