Quotes of: Van Keyword

On the grounds of prestigious musical organizations that come and go, New York has the edge.

Jeffrey Tate

I maintain that two and two would continue to make four, in spite of the whine of the amateur for three, or the cry of the critic for five.

James Whistler

The tempo is the suitcase. If the suitcase is too small, everything is completely wrinkled. If the tempo is too fast, everything becomes so scrambled you can't understand it.

Daniel Barenboim

In my mother's belly, I remember not liking the tempi my father played the Beethoven Sonatas in.

Daniel Barenboim

I thought it would be very nice to become Picasso or Rembrandt, or a van Gogh.

Dick Bruna

My concerns have been about myself and not about giving something back and putting something in, even though that's been in the back of my head.

Donald Byrd

Here in Seattle, I'm the most productive I've ever been. I don't allow myself personal distractions. I'm extremely disciplined here.

Donald Byrd

All of these mechanisms we have for celebrating are so double-edged. So much sorrow comes out of joy.

Dan Colen

I think that artworks are like these spiritual objects: I think that they have energies and powers beyond what the eye can see.

Dan Colen

I've always been interested in moments of disbelief... I don't know if they possess any magic, but they do have something.

Dan Colen

You don't restore 'The Last Supper' by filling in the missing bits - you preserve. You accept the material that has somehow survived.

David Chipperfield

Painting is so poetic, while sculpture is more logical and scientific and makes you worry about gravity.

Damien Hirst

As a father, I would say I am more like a mother. I do a lot of hugging.

Damien Hirst

There was a point I could have just churned out the spot and spin paintings for ever and laughed all the way to the bank.

Damien Hirst

A painting probably is the most shocking increase in value, from what it costs to make to what you sell it for.

Damien Hirst

I think cubism has not fully been developed. It is treated like a style, pigeonholed and that's it.

David Hockney

On the iPhone I tended to draw with my thumb. Whereas the moment I got to the iPad, I found myself using every finger.

David Hockney

As for the world of fashion and celebrity, I have the usual interest in the human comedy, but the problems of depiction absorb me more.

David Hockney

In fact, most artists want to make things a bit more difficult for themselves as they go along, to challenge themselves.

David Hockney

People tell me they open my e-mails first, because they aren't demands and you don't need to reply. They're simply for pleasure.

David Hockney

Yes, I did, I mean I painted er, in a kind of abstract expressionist way, because of course that was exciting.

David Hockney