- 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
- Me
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I am here on Earth to express myself, and the many media of art are my magic carpets that allow me the freedom to do so.
- New
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I still find new things every night, which is the beauty and fun of live theater. It's a living, breathing art form.
- Money
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I choose films for their artistic value. I don't need a mansion or a Jaguar. When I leave this Earth, I won't take any money with me. All I will leave behind will be my art.
- Culture
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For me, pop culture is very fluid: it's music, it's movies, it's books, it's art, it's tech, it's so many things - and as marketing and brand advocates, we should be able to to take products and services and match them to what's happening in pop culture.
- More
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I always noticed that in art school, that grief was considered more profound than happiness. But why?
- Most
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Cubism is still the most important art movement for the same reason that John D. is still the most important Rockefeller.
- Movement
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Surrealism: An archaic term. Formerly an art movement. No longer distinguishable from everyday life.
- Painting
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In America, the only truly popular art form is the movies. Most people consider painting a hobby and literature, schoolwork.
- Propaganda
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Political art expresses the cliches you agree with, unlike propaganda, which expresses the cliches you don't.
- Evening
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All the other kids in ninth grade were drawing hot rods and cocker spaniels and getting blue ribbons in art class. I was getting rejection slips from the 'Saturday Evening Post.'
- Now
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New Wave art was the rage of the eighties. Now it's exhibited in oldies-but-goodies museums, usually in black-and-pink frames.
- Commercial
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- Nov 07, 2020
Commercial art is traditionally delivered to a client in a brown-paper bag with an invoice stapled to the outside.
- Great
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Art has two constant, two unending concerns: It always meditates on death and thus always creates life. All great, genuine art resembles and continues the Revelation of St John.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020