Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials. Lin Yutang artconsistelimination Change image and share on social
Everything that has ever been called folk art has always reflected domination. Theodor Adorno artcalldomination Change image and share on social
Our Father which art in heaven - Stay there - And we will stay on earth - Which is sometimes so pretty. Jacques Prevert artearthfather Change image and share on social
To catch a husband is an art; to hold him is a job. Simone de Beauvoir artcatchhold Change image and share on social
It's high time for the art world to admit that the avant-garde is dead. It was killed by my hero, Andy Warhol, who incorporated into his art all the gaudy commercial imagery of capitalism (like Campbell's soup cans) that most artists had stubbornly scorned. Camille Paglia admitandyart share on social
I am still a victim of chess. It has all the beauty of art - and much more. It cannot be commercialized. Chess is much purer than art in its social position. Marcel Duchamp artbeautychess Change image and share on social
I wrote 'The Painted Word,' about modern art, and was denounced as reactionary. In fact, it is just a history, although a rather loaded one. Tom Wolfe artdenouncefact Change image and share on social
With an apple I will astonish Paris. Paul Cezanne appleastonishparis Change image and share on social
In art, theories are as useful as a doctor's prescription; one must be sick to believe them. Maurice de Vlaminck artdoctorprescription Change image and share on social
I do see myself as the heir to a vast, great, rich culture of painting - of art in general - which we have lost, but which places obligations on us. Gerhard Richter artculturegeneral Change image and share on social