Quotes About Art

Many of our buildings have large format murals that are of varying subject matter, and we've found that those are the sort of things that make people stop, digest, and absorb.

The subject matter is so much more important than the photographer.

I would go to sketch groups and draw. I really enjoyed the subject matter, but I wasn't good at it.

I often photograph something as if the subject matter was realistic, but it is actually a fantasy.

As an artist, I feel a certain responsibility to write about difficult subject matter.

What genres are good for is being like, 'Here are the parameters. Here's something about the way it's going to make you feel. And here's something about the subject matter.'

I know music is subjective.

Does not the very word 'creative' mean to build, to initiate, to give out, to act - rather than to be acted upon, to be subjective? Living photography is positive in its approach, it sings a song of life - not death.

Realism is always subjective in film. There's no such thing as cinema verite.

Subjective artists are one-eyed, but objective artists are blind.

Art is subjective and, as an artiste, if our artistic work is not appreciated by the majority, it hurts.

Defining art is huge; I feel like it's such a subjective thing. It's more like what's not art. You know what I mean? I think there can be an art in the way people live their lives, and art can be a gift someone gives to somebody.

Art is subjective. I'm not looking for people's praise.

I believe in limitations. I think the worst art ever made - in my opinion, because it's all so subjective - is where the artist had complete freedom.

What a song is is a subjective thing. There's no one real definition for it.

It's always weird when it comes to awards and awards season because how can you say that this performance is better than this performance? Art is so subjective.

We are artists. We are all subjective people; we have a point of view. It doesn't mean we are right.

What music can do so well is tell the truth in a subjective way.

Acting is very subjective and one can't be deterred by what people think of your work.

Art is very subjective and having to put numbers on it seems counterintuitive.

Music is so subjective and personal, I don't expect people to like everything I do. But that's life and you have to live unapologetically.

You don't know you've got a hit when you write it - because music is all subjective, you know?

I didn't want to lose my subjectivity and my objectivity about my work.

When you put the subjectivity of the art together with the context of the science, you have this very powerful conjunction of opposites and together they are greater than either one could ever be.