Quotes About Art

Remember," she repeated, "magic is Chaos, Art and Science. It is a curse, a blessing and progress. It all depends on who uses magic, how they use it, and to what purpose. And magic is everywhere. All around us. Easily accessible.

That's the role of poetry, Ciri. To say what others cannot utter.

Fear always accompanies the making of art, generated by the shock of seeing an idea taking its form. A sculpture in the mind is safe and secure--the actual work rarely behaves as intended.

A tension develops between what I want and what is emerging. This tension is important to the feeling of the piece.

It's the only job I can think of where I get to be both an engineer and an artist. There's an incredible, rigorous, technical element to it, which I like because you have to do very precise thinking. On the other hand, it has a wildly creative side where the boundaries of imagination are the only real limitation.

We are creatures made as much by art as by experience and what we read in books is the sum of both.

I felt the unmistakable certainty that I had been in the presence of great art, and that my heart had opened in reply.

When we find a painting or a novel or a musical we love, we are briefly connected to the best that human beings are capable of, in ourselves and others, and we are reminded that our path through the world must intersect with others. Whether we like it or not, we are not alone.

Performance capture is a technology, not a genre it's just another way of recording an actor's performance.

I understand why people went nuts for 'The Artist.' We use words so much, it's nice to be able to explore a different way of communication, to be able to express silently what someone - or something - is thinking or feeling.

What are your main inspirations when drawing? The news, nature, other people, day-to-day events, music, sounds, art, everything is potentially inspirational. All you have to do is go outside, read a newspaper or watch contemporary television or movies. The cartoons write themselves! (2014 interview with iamhiphop)

Death is never more than a breath away from the act of playing music. Each note on a guitar represents a small curve: birth, life, and death-and then you start over.

My instinct about painting says, "If you don't think about it, it's right."

I'd asked around 10 or 15 people for suggestions. Finally one lady friend asked the right question, 'Well, what do you love most?' That's how I started painting money.

Being good in business is the most fascinating kind of art. Making money is art and working is art and good business is the best art.

My idea of a good picture is one that's in focus and of a famous person.

I want to be a machine.

An artist is somebody who produces things that people don't need to have.

An artist is someone who produces things that people don't need to have but that he — for some reason — thinks it would be a good idea to give them.

I'm bored with that line. I never use it anymore. My new line is 'In 15 minutes everybody will be famous.'

Making money is art and working is art and good business is the best art of all.

I think having land and not ruining it is the most beautiful art that anybody could ever want.

An artist is somebody who produces things that people don't need to have.

I just do art because I'm ugly and there's nothing else for me to do.