Quotes About Art

I just do art because I'm ugly and there's nothing else for me to do.

My love of fine art increased - the more of it I saw, the more of it I wanted to see.

All art is autobiographical; the pearl is the oyster's autobiography.

Art postulates communion, and the artist has an imperative need to make others share the joy which he experiences himself.

Movies will end up being this esoteric art form, where only singular people will put films out in a small group of theaters.

I have never expected anything from my work but the satisfaction I could get from it by the very fact of painting and saying what I couldn't say otherwise.

Documentary: That's a sophisticated and misleading word. And not really clear… The term should be documentary style… You see, a document has use, whereas art is really useless.

It is the photo that takes you. One must not take photos.

I was much more interested in literature than I was in art. I just got into art by mistake.

The centipede has rhythm and flow in its hundred legs precisely because it does not have to think about it. Consider this the next time you move the instruments of your art.

Bullfighting can be an art Boxing can be an art Loving can be an art Opening a can of sardines can be an art

Architecture and any art can transform a person, even save someone. It can for children - for anyone. It still does for me.

Whether you think you like Rubens or not, his influence runs through the pathways of painting. Like Warhol, he changed the game of art.

If you want to change your art, change your habits.

I would like the people that buy my clothes to understand that for me it's one small piece of art.

Geometry is the art of correct reasoning from incorrectly drawn figures.

When you go to an art gallery you are simply a tourist looking at the trophy cabinet of a few millionaires.

An artist is someone who produces things that people don't need to have but that he - for some reason - thinks it would be a good idea to give them.

Politics with me isn't theater. It's performance art. Sometimes, for its own sake.

Art need no longer be an account of past sensations. It can become the direct organization of more highly evolved sensations. It is a question of producing ourselves, not things that enslave us.

The soul cannot thrive in the absence of art.

Being an artist means ceasing to take seriously that very serious person we are when we are not an artist.

When artists give form to revelation, their art can advance, deepen and potentially transform the consciousness of their community.

In general it can be said that a nation's art is greatest when it most reflects the character of its people.