Quotes About Art

Never use the word 'audience.' The very idea of a public, unless the poet is writing for money, seems wrong to me. Poets don't have an 'audience'. They're talking to a single person all the time.

Quality is subjective. There are quality blockbusters; there are quality versions of every genre and it doesn't necessarily mean money.

I want to carve out a serious period of time to focus on the next opera without any distractions. And to do that you need money.

The art business is a rarified business and appeals to an audience capable of spending money on a luxury. Too often the atmosphere in a gallery borders on snobbishness.

I did a handful of photo shoots and I never made any money for it just because I was trying to build a portfolio. I decided that that's not what I wanted to do.

I came up with more money, took all the footage, got a great editor and made this film [Dream of Life]. But I really didn't go into it with the intention of making a movie.

Writing wasn't about making money. I wanted to find fulfillment in writing and telling stories, and that's what's driven me.

I don't (do) the paintings for the money at all. I just love to paint, even if I don't sell them.

Being creative and making money in the theater is very challenging.

I grew up in an artists community in New York, in a building that was government-subsidised for artists. No one made any money, but they made art for the sake of art.

The say money talks, but I've seen it sing, and even seen it dance.

There ain't no money in poetry, that's what keeps the poet free. I've had all the freedom I can stand.

There is no money in poetry, but then there is no poetry in money.

Before civilization, artists painted for the living. Today, most paint for a living.

This was never about the money... Don't you understand? A world without good art is a far more dangerous place than one you don't get paid for making it in.

Nobody should ever receive more money for a work of art than the artist who produced it.

Artists are never poor, they just don't get enough time to make money !

You will do well not to write for money, not because you won't get rich doing it, but because writing fueled by that sort of motivation becomes dull and lifeless and mediocre.

Being rich is an untalented artist's consolation prize.

What's the use of writing poetry for your peers? I don't think I should sell my poetry to other poets. If that's who my audience is, I'm dead, I'm not going to make any money.

It's not the job of the art to accommodate me and make me more money, make me more famous and get me more girls.

'Swallow My Gift' is all about music being its own reward. I don't do it to become more famous I don't do it to make money. I don't do it from an ego-driven point of view.

It's a sad fact about our culture that a poet can earn much more money writing or talking about his art than he can by practicing it.

If there's no money in poetry, neither is there poetry in money.