- Judge
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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
- Being
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Then I abandoned comics for fine art because I had some romantic vision of being like Vincent Van Gogh Jr.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
I went to an art school in Brooklyn and painted Fine Art, if that's what you'd call it for eight years in New York, until I saw the first underground comics in the East Village Other.
- Artist
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When I was an art student in the early 60's before the acid scene began I was smoking pot just like anyone else who was an artist.
- Space
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I think a craft becomes an art form when the space of possible solutions becomes so huge that engineering can't carry you through.
- People
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Every human being in this world is interested in certain things. Everybody has a hobby. Some people like art; I know nothing about it. Some people like books, some people like fishing, some people like music. I like to look at cars.
- Myself
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I never studied art, but taught myself to draw by imitating the New Yorker cartoonists of that day, instead of doing my homework.
- Musicians
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Some musicians are a bit humourless about their art: they lose sight of the fact that as well as exercising their muse, they're there to entertain.
- Goal
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My goal is to change the art industry.
- Focus
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My focus is my art, and that's what I love to do. I have to be really passionate in order to do something. I've turned down many things that I just didn't believe in.
- Music
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Education is my next big thing. When music and art were taken out of the schools, I went berserk!
- Consummate
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Broadway has changed tremendously from the early days when the shows were referred to as musical comedies. Musical Theater is now a more expanded art form. Back then, singer/actors were not the norm. From the 60's to now, it is necessary to do it all to be a consummate Broadway performer.
- Enemies
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My reputation was built on hostility. I had no friends and some very virulent enemies in the old-guard art scene when I began. They threw their heavy artillery against me. They were convinced I was perverting the public taste.
- People
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Once people have seen four or five Henry Moores, they will have a sense of great art.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
The most glorious thing about working in the collaborative art is when you have somebody like Susan Kingsley or Kathy Bates who are better than your play.
- Beautiful
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- Nov 07, 2020