- 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
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love Monet: his 'Water Lilies' would look great on my wall. But would I prefer to see money helping kids get better from cancer rather than spending it on a work of art for my own personal indulgence? Yes, I probably would.
- Chase
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- Nov 07, 2020
The job of art is to chase ugliness away.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I chose to do art in the way I always do it, which is with all the crazy contradictions of life in there.
- Questions
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- Nov 07, 2020
Art can end up answering questions or asking questions. But when it's not connected to actual movements, it doesn't ask the right questions.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think art is communication. To that extent, it can be the words between the words. It has a possibility of communicating something more than people can do with prose or just talking.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
Remember, acting is not a business of glamour. It is science, craft and an art. Read about acting; don't do it for the sake of fun. Actors such as Paresh Rawal and Naseeruddin Shah are great examples; they are surviving only because they have read well.
- Morning
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am one of the great wasters of time. I have made it an art form. I can get up at 8 o'clock in the morning, be out of the house by 8:30 and back by 5 P.M., and I'll be going all day long and accomplish absolutely nothing. It's an amazing talent.
- Few
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- Nov 07, 2020
Traditionally, art has been for the select few.
- Birth
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- Nov 07, 2020
Traditionally, art has been for the select few. We have been brainwashed to believe that Michelangelo had to pat you on the head at birth.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
Like with any good art form, if you can entertain people and make them think, it's an honor. It's just an honor to be a comedian.
- Foundation
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always thought writing was the foundation and the basis for journalism in the same way being able to draw is the foundation for art.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am planning a one-man art show of original Batman oil paintings that I will show in New York City.
- Delivery
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- Nov 07, 2020
When the business starts shaping the art, or the delivery of the art, then it's not right.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
I paint. I have been painting since I was kid. If I hadn't gone into radio when I did, I probably would have come out of the Army, gone into the art business, and probably would have flopped because I'm not that great.
- City
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- Nov 07, 2020