Quotes About Art

The state is not competent in artistic matters... When the state leaves us free, it will have carried out its duty.

There's always a down side with any freedom. It's not just homosexual freedom, but any sexual freedom comes at a price, and that is usually art.

The dean of the American Film Institute has written that I'm one of the very few auteurs in America. I've had freedom for 40 years to create art that is totally personal and is what I believe in.

But in Christianity, by contrast, the freedom of the children of God was also freedom from all important worldly interests, from all art and science, etc.

I think when you get all the money and all the freedom, rarely do you get a good movie out of it or a movie that you're proud of.

I'm an artist because that's what I was best at as a kid. It was fun... I continue to be an artist... for the freedom that an art career can bring. I don't need an alarm clock and I am my own boss.

It is through beauty that we arrive at freedom.

I feel like there's a space of personal freedom for me where my art-making happens. When I go to that space, I'm completely in this world of possibility.

My definition of art has always been the same. It is about freedom of expression, a new way of communication. It is never about exhibiting in museums or about hanging it on the wall.

Being able to channel my creativity, emotions and experience through a character was and is freedom for me.

The writer doesn't need economic freedom. All he needs is a pencil and some paper.

I coined this term 'freedom thru limitation' back in the '90s because I was sick of art being treated like pop, because of this boring 'anything can be art' theory.

I think the definition of an artist is not necessarily tied into excellence or talent; an artist is somebody who, if you took away their freedom to make art, would lose their mind.

My music is like my freedom space.

Nast is an artist of uncommon abilities. His works evince originality of conception, freedom of manner, lofty appreciation of national ideas and action, and a large artistic instinct.

We have creative freedom because of budgets. Ever since I have been doing low budget movies, we've really had creative freedom.

Kaz's art is a powerful example of discipline and freedom. His classical calligraphy captures the inner movement and stillness of the brush and mind.

One is a painter because one wants so-called freedom one doesn't want to go to the office every morning.

Diplomacy means the art of nearly deceiving all your friends, but not quite deceiving all your enemies.

Propaganda is that branch of the art of lying which consists in nearly deceiving your friends without quite deceiving your enemies.

Make friendship a fine art.

Some good, some so-so, and lots plain bad: that's how a book of poems is made, my Friend.

I also photographed Maggie Cheung - but these didn't develop into a friendship either.

Friendship is an art and very few persons are born with a natural gift for it.