I went to art school, I think it helped me a great deal because it taught me who I am.
Sincerity and the correct use of the voice are the greatest things in the art of acting.
No art can be noble which is incapable of expressing thought, and no art is capable of expressing thought which does not change.
I did a B.A. with a major in fine arts and a minor in psychology. I wanted to become a teacher or do art therapy for the elderly. But then I realised I wanted to travel instead.
The more one reads poetry, the less tolerant one becomes of any sort of verbosity, be that in political or philosophical discourse, be that in history, social studies or the art of fiction.
Art should be serious, not a joke. I don't like to laugh about art.
Modernity is the transient, the fleeting, the contingent; it is one half of art, the other being the eternal and the immovable.
I make static art, not dynamic art. That's what I do.
We have no other means of recognising a work of art than our feeling for it.
A suit is just a suit: a practical garment, not a ceremonial robe; it can be worn out to dinner with friends or for a visit to an art gallery. Its beauty and craftsmanship are utterly wasted if you think of it as something magical and symbolic.
Art is the signature of civilizations.
A movie star is not an artist, he is an art object.
Censorship is to art as lynching is to justice.
Romantic art deals with the exception and with the individual. Good people, belonging as they do to the normal, and so, commonplace type, are artistically uninteresting.
There is a definite argument to be made that videogames are becoming an art form put together by artists of different types.
I am quite certain in my heart of hearts that modern music and modern art is not a conspiracy, but is a form of truth and integrity for those who practise it honestly, decently and with all their being.
I have nothing to hide in art. The initial force alone can bring anyone to the end he must attain.
The end of the trial and the 'not guilty' verdicts on all counts, clearing Michael of all charges, mean that he can now concentrate on the future and his art.
I'd like to do some crazy art installations and design some weird synthesizers and work with other people and make some fun stuff for a bit. Maybe tap into virtual reality stuff or maybe write another record... We'll see.
Just as there is no substitute for original works of art, there is no substitute for the world of direct sensual experience.
I'd like to make as much art as I possibly can before I die, so I'm working on a few things.
Which implies that the real issue in art is the audience's response. Now I claim that when I make things, I don't care about the audience's response, I'm making them for myself. But I'm making them for myself as audience, because I want to wake myself up.
It is through art, and through art only, that we can realise our perfection.
The best advice on the art of being happy is about as easy to follow as advice to be well when one is sick.
I like to pretend that my art has nothing to do with me.
Art is beauty, the perpetual invention of detail, the choice of words, the exquisite care of execution.
The orbit of human vision has widened and art has annexed fresh territories that were formerly denied to it.
Food can be expressive and therefore food can be art.
I was at the Royal Art School. That was a preparatory school specially for art teachers. You see, it was not so much for the development of artists. But we had there terribly stiff training.
I love making healthy lean foods delicious - that's an art!
I don't think art is propaganda; it should be something that liberates the soul, provokes the imagination and encourages people to go further. It celebrates humanity instead of manipulating it.
The public history of modern art is the story of conventional people not knowing what they are dealing with.
I was in art school once a week from six to 16, which was essential in shaping my artistic sensitivity.
Repetitiveness and discipline are the secrets of cake decorating. The art comes from the meticulous technique, the way it does for a dancer.
I agree that Ruskin has done much harm to counter balance much good in giving people the trick of talking about Art instead of really doing a little of it to enable them to understand.
I hope to live all my life for my art, without abandoning my principles one iota.
