- Man
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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
- Ideas
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- Nov 07, 2020
Inspiration in Science may have to do with ideas, but not in Art. In art it is in the senses that are instinctively responsive to the medium of expression.
- Design
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- Nov 07, 2020
The details are the very source of expression in architecture. But we are caught in a vice between art and the bottom line.
- Luxury
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- Nov 07, 2020
We settled this continent without art. So it was easy for us to treat it as an imported luxury, not a necessity.
- Building
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- Nov 07, 2020
Whenever we witness art in a building, we are aware of an energy contained by it.
- Damn Thing
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- Nov 07, 2020
Jazz is known all over the world as an American musical art form and that's it. No America, no jazz. I've seen people try to connect it to other countries, for instance to Africa, but it doesn't have a damn thing to do with Africa.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I guess telling stories is an art. I never looked at it that way. I just started talking, and everyone started laughing. So I kept talking, and they kept laughing.
- Nov 07, 2020
He has only half learned the art of reading who has not added to it the more refined art of skipping and skimming.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
I hate this idea in the Cinematheque that you must watch silent movies with no music, like it's a piece of art. It's not true.
- Freedom
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- Nov 07, 2020
Usually in France we prefer to say bad things about the Nouvelle Vague, but I'm always impressed with its freedom and the fact of not making a film to give your opinion but just as a piece of art, which to me means the Nouvelle Vague.
- Business
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- Nov 07, 2020
The most wonderful time to be in the art world was in the sixties, because it wasn't a business - there was no business of doing art.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
People see owning a gallery as a way to get rich. I never thought that I could get rich in the art world. I wanted a life in art. I wanted to live with artists. I wanted to make beautiful shows.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is more to representing art than selling art. The life of the gallery is dependent on the renewal and refreshment of its artists and dealers. When that stops happening, it's the end.
- Most
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- Nov 07, 2020