Women's bodies are used to sell anything and everything because it works, it grabs people's attention, and advertisers aren't going to stop using something that works.
I've always looked to other women for inspiration and kicks. When a woman stands up and does her thing, it never ceases to excite and inspire me.
Black women have always been these vixens, these animalistic erotic women. Why can't we just be the sexy American girl next door?
Everyone is political in his or her own way.
No matter where we come from or where we're going, we've all got memories to contend with, and it's always best not to do this alone!
Well, we were all in high school and we got together, and in college - we were in art college together.
The most wonderful time to be in the art world was in the sixties, because it wasn't a business - there was no business of doing art.
I was an actor as a kid in Boston. Then I went to art school with Brice Marden, the Massachusetts College of Art. So the hybrid of being an actor and artist is a director.
There arose a belief in style - and in banality. Banality encompassed politics, too, because it was a common belief that politics were not worthy of art.
The movie medium will eventually take its place as art because there is no other medium of interest to so many people.
I went to art school, I think it helped me a great deal because it taught me who I am.
Anybody can direct a picture once they know the fundamentals. Directing is not a mystery, it's not an art. The main thing about directing is: photograph the people's eyes.
I'm not gonna give the British Government the joy of keeping taxing me. They don't tax art. And all my cars are just a collection of art.
I think good art happens on that edge between comfortable and in a lot of pain, you know what I mean?
Salad can get a bad rap. People think of bland and watery iceberg lettuce, but in fact, salads are an art form, from the simplest rendition to a colorful kitchen-sink approach.
I think that the first part of the art is making the art, but when art really becomes art is when it belongs to somebody else.
I see things like they've never been seen before. Art is an accurate statement of the time in which it is made.
My argument would be that I don't think there is much that's genuinely political art that is good art.
The Rolling Stones were one of the best bands ever, and 'Sticky Fingers' is one of the best rock albums I've ever heard.
Yeah, the industry has always been both the enemy and the best friend of the artist. They need each other. That's the bottom line.
I don't know any guitar player, any of the real greats, who don't rate Joni Mitchell up there with the best of them.
