Quotes About Art

I feel a terrible loss when I (eventually must) complete a work of fiction.

That impulse I think is a form of love. Poetry is something that comes to you, rather than your having to work out its form beforehand.

Too often, complaint is not about principled objection on moral grounds, but opportunistic objection on grounds of self-interest. To rectify this, we need to work on mastering the art of complaint.

Like most photographers, I try to capture a moment in my work.

I think it's your own ghost, seeing the work and just thinking if it will be okay to leave that around.

I would loathe to work on modern films.

If I could have any artist's work on my sitting room wall it would probably be by Van Gogh or Picasso.

I was in that generation where I was torn if you should put it on the web because you're giving it away for free but you also want people to see your work.

I've been in some biennales, and some I haven't. I always like the idea of how you meet the curator, hang out, and figure out who you want to work with.

I think I want the best for my country. I can make work that makes us examine some truths about ourselves - that would be more of a contribution. That's how I see it.

One thing living in Japan did for me was to make me feel that what is left out of a work of art is as important as, if not more important than, what is put in.

a work that intends to be art must first be entertaining.

There's a perception that good writing is writing which runs smoothly. But smooth-running prose can work against what you're trying to express in a novel.

Language is present in a piece of work like the sea in a single drop.

Poetry is God's work.

It is bizarre that some people can't understand how a serious poet could work at a finance firm. Goethe was a bureaucrat. Eliot worked as a banker.

Art can be close to the bone, but we are not our work. Try not to identify your core ego with your art.

If it hurt me to have to give up a painting I figured it had to hurt them to write the check. That's how I came up with the price for my work.

I'm fully capable of multitasking certain conceptual concerns within the work.

You have to bring books to explain your work.

I love the flexibility of saying, "Today we're making 50-foot paintings, and we're going to have to join hands and figure out how that's going to work." But in the end, it's a possibility.

In the end I'm in love with it [Western European easel painting]. And that's where a lot of the influence from the work comes from.

I've met others [people] who simply responded to me, "You're Kehinde Wiley. I know your work. I saw it at the Brooklyn Museum [Brooklyn, NY] And I'd be honored to be in your work."

To this day, H.R. Giger's work remains distinctive in every sense. He is frighteningly unique.