- I Am
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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
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
One performer whose band played my music better than I could myself was Art Farmer. He recorded 'Sing Me Softly of the Blues' and 'Ad Infinitum'.
- Most
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- Nov 07, 2020
Our most intimate contact with civilizations long since dust has been through the art which has survived them.
- Nothing
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- Nov 07, 2020
People talk about making art films - experimental films. I can make an art film every day of the week. Nothing to it. What's difficult is to combine a commercial film with art.
- Useless
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is no sense in making a film that no-one will go and see, just to create a perfect, but useless, work of art.
- Essence
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- Nov 07, 2020
The very essence of the creative is its novelty, and hence we have no standard by which to judge it.
- Boy
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think it's difficult to do fashion for men, because either you become very over-homosexual fashion or very boring fashion. You don't want a boy who looks 15 in a little pair of shorts with some strange art... But to see just a jacket and tie is boring.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you are a reader of 'Harper's Bazaar,' to me, you are a woman who loves fashion, but not just fashion; you love fashion, you love travel, you love art, you love music.
- My Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
My art will reflect not necessarily conscious politics but the unanalysed politics of my life.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every time you work, you have to do it all over again, to rid yourself of this dross. I suppose for a person who is not an artist or not attempting art, it is not dross, because it is the common exchange of everyday life.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
My art springs from my desire to have things in the world which would otherwise never be there.
- Disorders
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- Nov 07, 2020
In our fast-forward culture, we have lost the art of eating well. Food is often little more than fuel to pour down the hatch while doing other stuff - surfing the Web, driving, walking along the street. Dining al desko is now the norm in many workplaces. All of this speed takes a toll. Obesity, eating disorders and poor nutrition are rife.
- Big
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- Nov 07, 2020