Quotes of: Dali Keyword

The parts of graffiti I like are really antagonizing still - it's not something that a museum would really embrace.

Barry McGee

I'm interested in locating the holy grail of the minimum means to express the most complex ideas.

Ben Nicholson

I became interested in photography when I found my own sketching was inadequate.

Ben Shahn

I cry a lot. Usually once a day. I think it's one of the most profound forms of human expression.

Bill Viola

And several galleries - two had asked me and I said no, because I didn't want to leave things on consignment.

Beatrice Wood

You know, acting is very fascinating. But being an actress is not, because you become so concentrated on yourself.

Beatrice Wood

The only abyss that exists is the demonic sphere of consciousness created by the erroneous ideas and beliefs of the collective ego.

Carol Anthony

I will try to account for the degree of my aesthetic emotion. That, I conceive, is the function of the critic.

Clive Bell

I think the problem with the arts in America is how unimportant it seems to be in our educational system.

Chuck Close

Painting is a lie. It's the most magic of all media, the most transcendent. It makes space where there is no space.

Chuck Close

No one was more surprised than me when my paintings started selling, except maybe my dealer.

Chuck Close

Dennis the Menace was probably the most realistic comic book ever done. No space aliens ever invaded!

Gilbert Hernandez

Imagine spending seven years at MIT and research laboratories, only to find out that you're a performance artist.

Golan Levin

I hate flowers - I paint them because they're cheaper than models and they don't move.

Georgia O'Keeffe

My only objective is to paint a Christ so moving that those who see him will be converted.

Georges Rouault

I just recently did a film with Disney, and they put the drawings straight on the computer. And it's all painted on the computer now and not by hand anymore.

Gerald Scarfe

I know sometimes I can come off like a lonely spinster in a tower. That's not me at all.

Daphne Guinness

I think the world's just gone completely mad, with everyone wearing the same things, even celebrities.

Daphne Guinness

Switch off reality TV! I've only ever been able watch about 30 seconds of it.

Daphne Guinness

But whenever I look at the question of how to live, the answer's always staring me in the face. I'm already doing it.

Damien Hirst

I actually think the deafness makes you see clearer. If you can't hear, you somehow see.

David Hockney