- Certain
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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
- Live
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- Nov 07, 2020
We live through life, but we live through art, too. And in art, as in life, nothing is generalized. No one thing is a copy of the next. Everything is individual.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's an interesting and demanding art to do voices. I have been told so many times that I have a distinctive voice, but of course, I don't hear my own voice as others do, so I don't know.
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
I feel that, historically, the Art Deco period has the most resonance for me. As a person, it has to be the plucky Clara Bow, the heroine of American silent movies of the 1920s. She embodied feminine dressing mixed with men's style. All this then evolved into the exquisite style and simplicity of Coco Chanel.
- Ideas
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- Nov 07, 2020
Photography is more than a medium for factual communication of ideas. It is a creative art.
- Nature
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are worlds of experience beyond the world of the aggressive man, beyond history, and beyond science. The moods and qualities of nature and the revelations of great art are equally difficult to define; we can grasp them only in the depths of our perceptive spirit.
- Opportunity
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm starting to get a following on Twitter. That's a really awesome power to have. It gives me the opportunity to make any kind of art I want.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't want money to ever drive my career. I want my career to be driven by what I want to do in art.
- Believe
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- Nov 07, 2020
I believe art has to take responsibility but it should not give up being art.
- Keep Going
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- Nov 07, 2020