What goes on in abstract art is the proclaiming of aesthetic principles... It is in our own time that we have become aware of pure aesthetic considerations. Art never can be imitation. Hans Hofmann abstractaestheticart Change image and share on social
Art is magic... But how is it magic? In its metaphysical development? Or does some final transformation culminate in a magic reality? In truth, the latter is impossible without the former. If creation is not magic, the outcome cannot be magic. Hans Hofmann artcreationculminate share on social
The artist is a receptacle for emotions that come from all over the place: from the sky, from the earth, from a scrap of paper, from a passing shape, from a spider's web. Pablo Picasso artistearthemotion Change image and share on social
You can understand nothing about art, particularly modern art, if you do not understand that imagination is a value in itself. Milan Kundera artimaginationmodern Change image and share on social
Movie making is not like other art forms, like painting, or writing a novel, because that can be digested or interpreted... It takes two years to make each one of these, and it's always judged on money. M. Night Shyamalan artdigestform share on social
I was truly ignorant about art before the film. Claire Forlani artfilmignorant Change image and share on social
To change your phrase somewhat, I know that I like an art where disparate elements form an entity. James Schuyler artchangedisparate Change image and share on social
My role in kung fu - in the art of kung fu, not the series - is not as a practitioner. My role is that of an evangelist, which is an entirely different thing. David Carradine artevangelistkung Change image and share on social
We're all going about trying to make beauty in the world and trying to make order out of chaos. And that's what art is. Rebecca Makkai artbeautychaos Change image and share on social
