Quotes About Art

I think that when a film does its job, it poses questions rather than gives answers. It should act as a frustrating counselor who, at your bidding for advice, says, 'What do you think?' I think that's some of what the culture critic Greg Tate meant by art leaving a 'metaphysical stain.'

More people go to Tate Modern than watch the Arsenal.

Museums are for dead artists. I'd never show my work in the Tate. You'd never get me in that place.

Some comic artists I've known are better than most contemporary artists with work hanging in Tate Modern.

I don't sit under the tattoo gun unless I'm sold on it completely and it will define me as a person.

I got a tattoo saying 'Made in England' above my foot to represent that, that I felt like a doll for so long.

Every tattoo on my body symbolizes a phase in my career.

I actually have an Avenged Sevenfold tattoo on my body.

I got my first piercing at the age of 13, my first tattoo at the age of 15.

I had a tattoo of Jaden Smith. A very accurate portrait of a 15-year-old Jaden Smith.

I have a tattoo of Joy Division on my chest, and I like One Direction.

I have a heart tattoo on the inside of my middle finger on my left hand.

I can't think of many places I'd rather spend Saturday afternoon than in a tattoo parlor.

I look at other people's tats for probably the idea, or like, where to put it or something. But, at the end of the day, all my tats gotta mean something back to me. The moment you get something that don't mean something to you, you're gonna regret that tattoo.

My first tattoo was on my right shoulder/tricep, it says 'The City of H-Town.'

Getting a tattoo would probably make me cry.

I love my tattoo and I think it looks great. It's like an old pair of jeans, it's beat up. I remember when I first got it outlined. I'm like 'why don't more guys do this?' Then I realized the pain.

Having the tattoo itself is not really for the end result for me. I like having them done.

A tattoo doesn't make you look like an individual.

I designed a tattoo for a girl once, and she got it, which I thought was pretty cool. We no longer speak. She'll always remember me, though - I can guarantee that.

Getting a tattoo is arguably one of the most insane decisions a sensible human can make.

I've always been the type of person - you know, I kind of am extreme. So you know, I'm not like, 'Oh, let me get one tattoo.' It's, like, my old whole arm has to be covered.

I have a Superman tattoo on my right arm.

I'm never gonna get it, but I always wanted a tattoo that says: 'This is my tattoo.'