- Enemy
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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
- Private Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Art is about the 'I' in life not the 'we', about private life rather than public. A public life that doesn't acknowledge the private is a life not worth having.
- Classic Example
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm the classic example of alienation: I grew up in a middle-class household without art or books. I was going to be a chemical engineer until I went to the theatre for the first time at 16 and was blown away by it.
- Past
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- Nov 07, 2020
The art of living your life has a lot to do with getting over loss. The less the past haunts you, the better.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
Which implies that the real issue in art is the audience's response. Now I claim that when I make things, I don't care about the audience's response, I'm making them for myself. But I'm making them for myself as audience, because I want to wake myself up.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is no work of art that has ever been made that is absolutely truthful about life.
- Hero
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't know what its like for most actors, but really clearly for myself acting has always been the fulfilment of personal fantasies. It isn't just art, its about being a person I've always wanted to be, or being in a situation, or being a hero.
- Mind
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- Nov 07, 2020
Hollywood was born schizophrenic. For 75 years it has been both a town and a state of mind, an industry and an art form.
- My Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Art saved my life.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
Through sharing my pain, I can possibly heal your pain. There is no other feeling like it. Money doesn't compare. This is the true meaning of art.
- Control
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think all art is about control - the encounter between control and the uncontrollable.
- Level
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- Nov 07, 2020
Anything is an art if you do it at the level of an art.
- Arts
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- Nov 07, 2020
I went to Cal Arts. I went to art school.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020