Art is a deception that creates real emotions - a lie that creates a truth. And when you give yourself over to that deception, it becomes magic.
I grew up wanting only to be an illustrator. I studied art at Laurel School in Cleveland and at Smith College.
I was brought up in a car family, my dad loved cars and I was taught the art of making an Austin 7 operate.
When you save book reports, art projects and put them in a scrapbook, it shows a kid you care and you are taking an interest in their lives.
Whatever art form you're working in, it's crucial to see it clearly, to feel it clearly, and not to worry about the results, or how someone else will see it.
Love and business and family and religion and art and patriotism are nothing but shadows of words when a man's starving!
The moment you think you understand a great work of art, it's dead for you.
What we have to do, what at any rate it is our duty to do, is to revive the old art of Lying.
And as I reinvent myself and I'm constantly curious about everything, I can't wait to see what's around the corner in newfound art and entertainment and exploration.
Performers have the right to say what they want to, and anyone paying money has the right to accept or reject the art and entertainment that's available.
The art of mastering life is the prerequisite for all further forms of expression, whether they are paintings, sculptures, tragedies, or musical compositions.
I'm always trying to find 'connections' between things. That art is the juxtaposition of a lot of things that seem unrelated but add up to something recognizable.
Even though you can't expect to defeat the absurdity of the world, you must make the attempt. That's morality, that's religion, that's art, that's life.
There is no abstract art. You must always start with something. Afterward you can remove all traces of reality.
I felt obligated to change music to art, the same way that Galileo proved the Earth was round to the world and that the Sun did not stand still.
I'd say, if you want to be an artist, start with your art; start with making great music and it will, hopefully, eventually cut through all of the nonsense that is out there.
Art is about the 'I' in life not the 'we', about private life rather than public. A public life that doesn't acknowledge the private is a life not worth having.
The art of living your life has a lot to do with getting over loss. The less the past haunts you, the better.
Take care to sell your horse before he dies. The art of life is passing losses on.
It seems to me that many writers, by virtue of environments of culture, art and education, slip into writing because of their environments.
All different forms of human expression, art, science, are going to become expanded, by expanding our intelligence.
