- Disillusioned
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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
- Francisco
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- Nov 07, 2020
On the personal side, family is really important to me. I have a big family - five kids and 12 grandkids - so keeping that going is wonderful. And I do a lot of philanthropy. I'm chairman of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
- Lord
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- Nov 07, 2020
O, Thou precious Lord Jesus Christ, we do adore Thee with all our hearts. Thou art Lord of all.
- Focus
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- Nov 07, 2020
Many science fiction writers are literary autodidacts who focus on the genre primarily as a literature of ideas rather than as a pure art form or a tool for the introspective examination of the human condition. I'm not entirely at ease with that self-description.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being in a room full of my art makes me incredibly nervous because the work always gets damaged when it's shown, and I hate my openings.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
A love of classical music is only partially a natural response to hearing the works performed, it also must come about by a decision to listen carefully, to pay close attention, a decision inevitably motivated by the cultural and social prestige of the art.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
Art collectors are pretty insignificant in the scheme of things. What matters and survives is the art. I buy art that I like. I buy it to show it off in exhibitions. Then, if I feel like it, I sell it and buy more art.
- Nov 07, 2020
I don't buy art just to make artists happy any more than I want to make them sad if I sell their work.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Some people in the art world bemoan the hedge fund millionaires spending freely to acquire ostentatious displays of wealth and coolth for their giddily chic designer duplexes. Others bemoan art being treated as a commodity. But most of the bemoaning is because the art world is stuffed full of bemoaners, bemoaning about everything.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
I may not be much good at most things, but if I didn't have the pleasure of planning and installing shows, and doing it better than anyone else, I would have stopped buying art many years ago.
- Believe
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- Nov 07, 2020
My dark little secret is that I don't actually believe many people in the art world have much feeling for art.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't know very many people in the art world, only socialise with the few I like, and have little time to gnaw my nails with anxiety about any criticism I hear about.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Few people in contemporary art demonstrate much curiosity. The majority spend their days blathering on, rather than trying to work out why one artist is more interesting than another, or why one picture works and another doesn't.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've heard that almost all the people crowding around the big art openings barely look at the work on display and are just there to hobnob. Nothing wrong with that, except that none of them ever come back to look at the art - but they will tell everyone, and actually believe, that they have seen the exhibition.
- Having
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- Nov 07, 2020
Any clod can have the facts; having opinions is an art.
- Football
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- Nov 07, 2020