The only way to avoid being unhappy is to close yourself up in Art and to count for nothing all the rest. 2.1K
You can calculate the worth of a man by the number of his enemies, and the importance of a work of art by the harm that is spoken of it. 714
The public history of modern art is the story of conventional people not knowing what they are dealing with. 737
What strikes me is the fact that in our society, art has become something which is only related to objects, and not to individuals, or to life. 795
I’m free. I just do what I want, say what I want, say how I feel, and I don’t try to hurt nobody. I just try to make sure that I don’t compromise my art in any kind of way, and I think people respect that. 2.54K
Skill without imagination is craftsmanship and gives us many useful objects such as wickerwork picnic baskets. Imagination without skill gives us modern art. 770
It is the glory and good of Art, That Art remains the one way possible Of speaking truth, to mouths like mine at least. 707
Oh literature, oh the glorious Art, how it preys upon the marrow in our bones. It scoops the stuffing out of us, and chucks us aside. Alas! 664
I’m enamored with the art world. Anytime you look at anything that’s considered artistic, there’s a commercial world around it: the ballet, opera, any kind of music. It can’t exist without it. 651
There’s a lot of thought in art. People get to talk about important things. There’s a lot of sex, you know, in art. There’s a lot of naked women and men, and there’s intrigue, there’s fakery. It’s a real microcosm of the larger world. 901
To play safe, I prefer to accept only one type of power: the power of art over trash, the triumph of magic over the brute. 702
Simplicity is the final achievement. After one has played a vast quantity of notes and more notes, it is simplicity that emerges as the crowning reward of art. 666
