Sometimes when you've reached a peak experience, you look for other peak experiences... I'd always been interested in art. I was looking for other experiences outside of sports. Art was a form of expression I had always liked a great deal. Bob Beamon artdealexperience share on social
Photography does not create eternity, as art does; it embalms time, rescuing it simply from its proper corruption. Andre Bazin artcorruptioncreate Change image and share on social
I went to art and design high school with a lot of people taking fashion. They would get up in the morning, and what they put on meant a lot to them. Amy Heckerling artdesignfashion Change image and share on social
Man loves everything that satisfies his comfort. He hates everything that wants to draw him out of his acquired and secured position and that disturbs him. Thus he loves the house and hates art. Adolf Loos acquireartcomfort Change image and share on social
The work of art is brought into the world without there being a need for it. The house satisfies a requirement. The work of art is responsible to none; the house is responsible to everyone. The work of art wants to draw people out of their state of comfort. Adolf Loos artbringcomfort share on social
I went to school at the San Francisco Art Institute, thinking I was going to become an art teacher. Within the first six months I was there, I was told that I couldn't be an art teacher unless I became an artist first. Annie Leibovitz artartistfrancisco share on social
I started to understand that for me, art was no longer about self-expression but about creative engagement with the world. I started to respond in an excited way to making work inside an industry and not feeling the constraints of audience expectation as some kind of thing that I should avoid. Ayad Akhtar artaudienceavoid share on social
I value above all the ability of art to move me emotionally and psychically, without answers. I make art that makes me question, that derives its power from being vulnerable to interpretation, that is intuitive, that is beautiful. April Gornik abilityanswerart share on social
Art, in the first place, has to connect with yourself. Andrew Brown artconnectplace Change image and share on social
If you do not breathe through writing, if you do not cry out in writing, or sing in writing, then don't write, because our culture has no use for it. Anais Nin breathecryculture Change image and share on social