Top 496 Art Quotes

I had had no art training.

We're here to bring beauty to the world and make a difference in this planet. That's what art forms are about.

You say a new era in art is preparing; you sensed it coming; continue your studies without weakening. God will do the rest.

I used to have a list of things from my school buddies of what kind of art material they wanted. I'd go up to the West End of London and spend the whole day knocking stuff off.

My father was invited to play on a television show when I was 17 or 18 that was an early equivalent of educational television, a Sunday afternoon kind of variety art show.

And luckily, therefore the good old days return. The traditional art of driving counts again, and it is all about good tactics, skills and reflexes instead of simple power.

Yes, 85 percent of the art you see isn't any good. But everyone has a different opinion about which 85 percent is bad. That in turn creates fantastically unstable interplay and argument.

Galleries began growing in both number and size in the late seventies, when artists who worked in lofts wanted to exhibit their work in spaces similar to the ones the art was made in.

I do worry because it takes all types to make our culture, to make our art. We need it to be available to all.

It seems likely that many of the young who don't wait for others to call them artists, but simply announce that they are, don't have the patience to make art.