In 1983, I was working at an art gallery in Los Angeles and going to film school at Los Angeles City College. At that time, Jean-Michel Basquiat was a young painter and was visiting L.A. for his first show at the Larry Gagosian Gallery. Tamra Davis angelesartbasquiat share on social
I've directed 'Raisin in the Sun' five times. You keep discovering things. You keep on seeing things in the script that you never saw before. That's what great pieces of art do. Kenny Leon artdirectdiscover Change image and share on social
Traditionally, art has been for the select few. We have been brainwashed to believe that Michelangelo had to pat you on the head at birth. Bob Ross artbirthbrainwash Change image and share on social
I guess art itself is insane. Its actual function is rarely clear, and yet people give their hearts and souls and lives to it, and have for all of history. Damien Chazelle actualartclear Change image and share on social
Amazon is a corporation, not a philanthropic trust dedicated to the production of works of art and literature. Nick Harkaway amazonartcorporation Change image and share on social
Great art should be shown with great excitement. Thomas Hoving artexcitementgreat Change image and share on social
My address book of dealers and private collectors, smugglers and fixers, agents, runners and the peculiar assortment of art hangers-on was longer than anyone else's in the field. Thomas Hoving addressagentart Change image and share on social
I think it's difficult to do fashion for men, because either you become very over-homosexual fashion or very boring fashion. You don't want a boy who looks 15 in a little pair of shorts with some strange art... But to see just a jacket and tie is boring. Carine Roitfeld artboreboy share on social
Of course the illusion of art is to make one believe that great literature is very close to life, but exactly the opposite is true. Life is amorphous, literature is formal. Francoise Sagan amorphousartclose Change image and share on social
Most works of art, like most wines, ought to be consumed in the district of their fabrication. Simone Weil artconsumedistrict Change image and share on social
