I never studied art, but taught myself to draw by imitating the New Yorker cartoonists of that day, instead of doing my homework.
Drawings, paintings, and sculptures. That's the three pillars of art academia.
A lot of what making art is, is just being open, and empty. And putting yourself in the right place for things to, literally, come together.
Disco deserved a better name, a beautiful name because it was a beautiful art form. It made the consumer beautiful. The consumer was the star.
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.
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.
We're here to bring beauty to the world and make a difference in this planet. That's what art forms are about.
Jackie Gleason said that comedy is the most exacting form of dramatic art, because it has an instant critic: laughter.
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.
