- Good
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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
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
Chinese artists have been subversive over thousands of years, taking what they think of the government and embedding it in their art. There might be censorship of not going as far as they might.
- Morning
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- Nov 07, 2020
I went to art and design high school with a lot of people taking fashion. They would get up in the morning, and what they put on meant a lot to them.
- Design
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- Nov 07, 2020
I attended Art & Design High School, and at one point, you had to write about what you wanted to be when you grew up. I wrote that I wanted to be a writer for 'Mad' magazine.
- Old
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I spent my entire youth in front of a TV watching old movies, and as soon as I was able to get a subway pass, when I was 14, I joined the Museum of Modern Art and was there all weekend watching old movies.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love art and finding different bits and bobs for the apartment; so, I'm adding all my personal touches to the house.
- Man
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Art is the desire of a man to express himself, to record the reactions of his personality to the world he lives in.
- New
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My boyfriend has always been a collector of art. He once rang up Paul Kenton and asked him to paint a New York skyline for me. He did, and it is the first painting that has ever been painted just for me.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I remember when we had to pick our major freshman year, I chose comparative religion. It came to me out of the blue. I am amazed at how interested I still am in those ideas, especially the way spirituality is expressed in the world and in art.
- Amazing
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was always behind in class. There was people in my class who was amazing at art, amazing at maths, amazing at English, but I wasn't clever with anything, even though I tried my hardest.
- Literature
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Film and TV are the most popular mediums in America. Literature and poetry are possibly the most under-recognized art forms.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
People forget that boxing is the art of self-defence - ideally, hit and not be hit - and maybe we should all think about that a bit more.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
Thought is more important than art. To revere art and have no understanding of the process that forces it into existence, is finally not even to understand what art is.
- Nov 07, 2020
As a political artist, I think you have to learn how to create art, no matter what your ideology is.
- Challenges
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I think, in any profession, what you fear most is not being able to perform, about not being able to meet new challenges. The fear of non-acceptance, particularly if in creative art. What happens if the audiences do not like you anymore!
- Commonly
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- Nov 07, 2020
Yes, every venture is always filled with apprehensions. But if we were to conduct ourselves continuously on that aspect, then we would lose the most important reason to be in this profession: to challenge the art of and be part of what is commonly known as our creative instincts.
- Free
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- Nov 07, 2020