Quotes About Art

A hen's egg is, quite simply, a work of art, a masterpiece of design and construction with, it has to be said, brilliant packaging!

A work of art is finished, from the point of view of the artist, when feeling and perception have resulted in a spiritual synthesis.

If you're fortunate enough with your history, like with Men in the Cities, your work becomes so absorbed in culture that the authorship of it doesn't exist anymore.

Creative work is not a selfish act or a bid for attention on the part of the actor. It's a gift to the world and every being in it. Don't cheat us of your contribution. Give us what you've got.

If you intend to make a living at drawing, by all means learn it [the rules of perspective] now, and do not have them bothering you and your work for the rest of your life.

I like the fact that in ancient Chinese art the great painters always included a deliberate flaw in their work: human creation is never perfect.

Work is what you do for others, liebchen. Art is what you do for yourself.

It takes a great deal of time and thought to install work carefully. This should not always be thrown away. Most art is fragile and some should be placed and never moved again.

I do not wish to comment on the work; if it does not speak for itself, it is a failure.

In fact I always disliked conceptual art, because my work is about anarchistic humor.

I made nepotism an art form, so I get to work with a lot of relatives and they're part of it.

A work of art must make the rules: rules do not make a work of art...I tell people I am not a musician; I work with rhythms, frequencies and intensities...tunes are merely the gossips of music.

Work a great deal at evening effects, lamplight, candlelight, etc. The intriguing thing is not to show the source of the light but the effect of the lighting.

A work of art is a renewable source of energy.

I certainly don't see the humour in my work as something that detracts from its seriousness. It's just a way of making difficult messages more palatable.

I have this very strange relationship with my work, which is that it's like a conversation between me and it.

Of every noble work the silent part is best; of all expression, that which cannot be expressed.

A work of art is static; and its value and its weakness lie in being so: but the tuft of grass and the clouds above it belong to our own travelling brotherhood.

Yes, actually ever since I saw his films and tried to write about them, Sirk's been in everything I've done. Not Sirk himself, but what I've learned from his work.

Theater will never, and never has, gotten audiences like film. But theater goes to work on society in a different and more subversive way.

I've always wanted to make a career in the arts, and I think that my only hope at doing that is to make it more about the work.

Remember technology does not make good work. You can still write a poem on a brown paper bag, and haiku is just as profound as the pyramids.

Art really is something very difficult. It is difficult to make, and it is sometimes difficult for the viewer to understand. It is difficult to work out what is art and what is not art.

I never called my work an 'art'. It's part of show business, the business of building entertainment.