Quotes of: Abstract-art Keyword

Art in relation to life is nothing more than a glove turned inside out. It seems to have the same shapes and contours, but it can never be used for the same purpose. Art teaches nothing about life, just as life teaches us nothing about art.

Give My Regards to Eighth Street: Collected Writings

Does art have a future? Performance genres like opera, theater, music and dance are thriving all over the world, but the visual arts have been in slow decline for nearly 40 years. No major figure of profound influence has emerged in painting or sculp...

Camille Paglia

Anyone who relishes art should love the extraordinary diversity and psychic magic of our art galleries. There's likely more combined square footage for the showing of art on one New York block - West 24th Street between Tenth and Eleventh Avenues - t...

Jerry Saltz

I love art dealers. In some ways, they're my favorite people in the art world. Really. I love that they put their money where their taste is, create their own aesthetic universes, support artists, employ people, and do all of this while letting us se...

Jerry Saltz

The great thing about doing art shows is you get to meet the people who are interested in your art, and I think that when you're purchasing a piece of art it's a tremendous bonus to get to meet the artist because you get a chance to pick their brain ...

Paul Stanley

Some one has defined a work of art as a “thing beautifully done.” I like it better if we cut away the adverb and preserve the word “done,” and let it stand alone in its fullest meaning. Things are not done beautifully. The beauty is an integr...

The Art Spirit

...art must must carry man's craving for the ideal, must be an expression of his reaching out towards it; that art must give man hope and faith. And the more hopeless the world in the artist's version, the more clearly perhaps must we see the ideal t...

Sculpting in Time

Art is only important to the extent that it aids in the liberation of our people.

Traditions And Transformations: Contemporary Afro American Sculpture: The Bronx Museum Of The Arts, February 21 May 27, 1989

The more resistance you experience, the more important your unmanifested art/project/enterprise is to you - and the more gratification you will fell when you finally do it.

The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks & Win Your Inner Creative Battles

Because his [Damien Hirst] art is idea art - art drawn on the back of cigarette packets and beer mats, roughed out in airport departure lounges and the back of the taxis, usually delegated to and carried by others - this leaves Damien a lot of time f...

Gordon Burn

My martial arts came a lot from my uncle, who actually taught martial arts through the military. He was a black belt in tae kwon do, but also, he used a lot of military-style fighting where it's not the high kicks or anything like that. It's basicall...

Brian Tee

Resolve, and thou art free.

Flower-de-Luce, and the Masque of Pandora

There are only two things in life,' Bergé said. 'Love and beauty.

The French Art of Revenge

Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak.

The Art of War

The best skill at cards is knowing when to discard.

The Art of Worldly Wisdom

The captured soldiers should be kindly treated and kept.

The Art of War

I conceived in art college at the age of 20, near the end of term.

Joni Mitchell

What is interesting about self-analysis is that it leads nowhere - it is an art form in itself.

Anita Brookner

I have always thought that, of all the arts, the cinema is the most complete art.

Alejandro Jodorowsky

I grew up overseas in Indonesia, and my school had a great art, music, and theatre program.

Angela Kinsey

I love contemporary art, although I wouldn't want a pickled shark in my house.

Bruno Tonioli