Standards wars involve lots of variables, and understanding them often seems more an art than a science. They generally involve just two big players, and end in a winner-take-all situation. James Surowiecki artbigend Change image and share on social
Whether it be in comics, games or film, you can trace the art direction and influences back to some earlier, real-life historic period or artistic movement. Jim Lee artartisticback Change image and share on social
The pursuit of perfection always implies a definite aristocracy, which is as much a goal of effort as a noble philosophy, an august civil polity or a great art. Ralph Adams Cram aristocracyartaugust Change image and share on social
I don't like to say I have given my life to art. I prefer to say art has given me my life. Frank Stella artlifeprefer Change image and share on social
I want to make exalted art. A successful image has pictorial lift. I am looking for whatever is up there. Frank Stella artexaltimage Change image and share on social
I don't go to New York. I don't go to parties. I just do my business and study nature. My career is 28 years in an obscure art school, with limited staff and no perks. All I am is a teacher. Camille Paglia artbusinesscareer Change image and share on social
If your choice enters into it, then taste is involved - bad taste, good taste, uninteresting taste. Taste is the enemy of art, A-R-T. Marcel Duchamp artbadchoice Change image and share on social
We must not show to all and sundry the secrets of the waters flowing in ocean and river, or the devices that work on these waters. Let there be convened a council of experts and masters in mechanical art to deliberate what is needed to compose and construct these works. Filippo Brunelleschi artcomposeconstruct share on social
Real art is basic emotion. If a scene is handled with simplicity - and I don't mean simple - it'll be good, and the public will know it. John Wayne artbasicemotion Change image and share on social
We are misery-making machines! Homo sapiens has perfected the art of causing suffering. Pain is humankind's collective GDP. Henry Rollins artcausecollective Change image and share on social
