- 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
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
My characteristics as a scientist stem from a non-conformist upbringing, a sense of being something of an outsider, and looking for different perceptions in everything from novels, to art to experimental results. I like complexity and am delighted by the unexpected. Ideas interest me.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I made a life for myself in Africa that was as far as you could possibly get from art school at Yale.
- Mistake
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- Nov 07, 2020
An artist who goes around proclaiming that the art he's making is art is probably making a serious mistake. And that's one mistake I try not to make.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
Look: I download music illegally, if I really want it. But I always then buy the record - I support art.
- Making
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think that the first part of the art is making the art, but when art really becomes art is when it belongs to somebody else.
- Guitar Players
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- Nov 07, 2020
I didn't start to collect records and listen to guitar players properly until I went to art school, when I'd already been playing for five years. So my style was already formed, and that's why I think it's so unique.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
Music and fashion and art - they were the things we were willing to die for. 'Is my hair all right? Have you heard this tune?' They're the things that saved us. They're the things that are saving kids on Nuneaton council estates. There's no other way out.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
People become writers in the first place by those things that hurt you into art, as Yeats said it. Then they become separated from what started out affecting them. Journalism forces you to look at the world so you don't get cut off.
- Politics
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- Nov 07, 2020
House Speaker John Boehner and presumed Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell understand the art of politics.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Melbourne, where I grew up, is one of the street art capitals of the world. Something about discovering freshly painted walls always fills me with optimism; it's autonomous and democratic, and reminds me that maybe people are paying attention after all.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
Performers have the right to say what they want to, and anyone paying money has the right to accept or reject the art and entertainment that's available.
- Nothing
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- Nov 07, 2020
Technology adds nothing to art.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love when violent, dangerous art is done by people who are not violent and dangerous. I love that when George Romero was making 'Dawn of the Dead,' he was coaching his son's little league team.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020