Joyce for all his devotion to his art, terrible in its austerity, was a lad born with a song on one side of him, a dance on the other; two gay guardian angels every human ought to have. Sean O'Casey angelartausterity Change image and share on social
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. Richard Foreman artaudiencecare share on social
I think all art is about control - the encounter between control and the uncontrollable. Richard Avedon artcontrolencounter Change image and share on social
Since 'concepts' are closely bound up with language, concept art is a kind of art of which the material is language. Henry Flynt artbindclosely Change image and share on social
The type of work I do, which is often called 'Pop Surrealism,' is very separate from Gagosian and Mary Boone type of gallery art. Molly Crabapple artboonecall Change image and share on social
Yes, I would loved to have just sustained myself through my art, but less than one in a billion musicians gets that life. So rather than being like, 'I'm an exception!', like a moron, I thought I'd get a real job. Mary Lambert artbillionexception share on social
I think the definition of an artist is not necessarily tied into excellence or talent; an artist is somebody who, if you took away their freedom to make art, would lose their mind. Richard Price artartistdefinition Change image and share on social
We could go work on curing cancer. We could go work on building spaceships. We could go work on art projects. What's fun about working at Asana is we get to work on all of them at the same time. Justin Rosenstein artasanabuild Change image and share on social
I think good art happens on that edge between comfortable and in a lot of pain, you know what I mean? Liz Phair artcomfortableedge Change image and share on social
If you believe in your art, and you love what you do, that energy will go out, and people will respond. Ray Conniff artenergylove Change image and share on social
