art Quotes

Every artist writes his own autobiography.

Art is parasitic on life, just as criticism is parasitic on art.

The waking mind is the least serviceable in the arts.

Advertising is the greatest art form of the 20th century.

Works of art, in my opinion, are the only objects in the material universe to possess internal order, and that is why, though I don’t believe that only art matters, I do believe in Art for Art’s sake.

What art offers is space – a certain breathing room for the spirit.

Pictures deface walls more often than they decorate them.

I’ve been called many names like perfectionist, difficult and obsessive. I think it takes obsession, takes searching for the details for any artist to be good.

Rules and models destroy genius and art.

Immature artists imitate. Mature artists steal.