I think the sensation of being moved by a piece of art is something that is really good for a person's soul.
My art will reflect not necessarily conscious politics but the unanalysed politics of my life.
Art is man's constant effort to create for himself a different order of reality from that which is given to him.
Just because people can express themselves through their art doesn't mean they are great communicators in person.
All sensitive people agree that there is a peculiar emotion provoked by works of art.
We have no other means of recognising a work of art than our feeling for it.
Simplicity is not an objective in art, but one achieves simplicity despite one's self by entering into the real sense of things.
I have discovered the art of deceiving diplomats. I tell them the truth and they never believe me.
Film is a very young art that is still evolving. Soon, we shall reach a balance between content and technology.
My exposure to visual art all my life was intensive.
I think it's always difficult to reconcile the needs of art and business.
What motivates me in art is the ugly and beautiful nature of the truth. It has to be truthful and honest, even if it is ugly and grotesque.
Observe that it is a great error to believe that all mediums of art are not closely tied to their time.
My hobbies away from horse racing would be reading and painting; I love art.
Art does imitate life, it has to come from somewhere. To put boundaries and limitations on it doesn't make a lot of sense to me.
To me, art's highest purpose is to entertain, to enlighten, to inspire, to evoke emotion and to change an audience in some way, big or small.
No one blames themselves if they don't understand a cartoon, as they might with a painting or 'real' art; they simply think it's a bad cartoon.
It's true that there are people who live the idea of being an artist, as opposed to the idea of making art.
Fashion often starts off beautiful and becomes ugly, whereas art starts off ugly sometimes and becomes beautiful.
I was at Emily Carr College of Art and Design in Vancouver for four years, and I loved it.
Writing is largely about time, while visual art is largely about space.
