Quotes About Art

You can't really have art without having a sense of community as art is for others to enjoy as well.

What someone calls my books is irrelevant to me. I consider them works of art and rules and categories and labels mean nothing.

Great Art is collaborative but not democratic. It's OK to be the boss

The most powerful part of the art is experiential, yet it's the hardest to describe because it's nonverbal.

I think that's what all art is for - for people to express what it is to be human. That's the purpose of it.

I feel that works of art are an opportunity for people to construct meaning, so I don't usually tell what they mean. It conveys to people that they have to participate.

I cannot understand why some people try to write a history of photography that is separated from the history of modern art.

Art is enchantment and artists have the right of spells.

It's so much of what art and creativity are, being able to confront your own demons. If you can do that, you can get through just about everything.

From 1940 to the present, the art world and particularly Los Angeles, has undergone a transformation not unlike the Italian Renaissance.

Andy Warhol defined Pop Art.

I think the benefits are tremendous, and the power of accessibility in art is one of it's most explosive and insidious attributes.

I believe that while art is always beyond morality, it is never above it.

Music is more objective, I think, than a lot of art is, but a surprising amount of it is cultural.

Money is something that can be measured; art is not. It's all subjective.

Megacollectors suppose they can enter art history by spending astronomical amounts.

Being critical of art is a way of showing art respect.

A canon is antithetical to everything the New York art world has been about for the past 40 years, during which we went from being the center of the art world to being one of many centers.

The impact of black music and black art forms on American culture is really difficult to appreciate.

I'm all about supporting anyone whose art is also the way they make their living.

I'm a bit of a lefty. I like the idea of art and music collectives.

Art is collective. Always, it has a tradition behind it.

With all its excesses, the modern impressionistic movement has given us one discovery, the color violet. It is the only discovery of importance in the art world since Velazquez.

There's something retro about the pop culture references in the paintings, so I'd imagine it's not as much a pop culture reference as a pop art reference.