The pain is bad magicians ripping off good ones, doing magic badly, and making a mockery of the art. Ricky Jay artbadbadly Change image and share on social
To me, architecture is an art, naturally, and it isn't architecture unless it's alive. Alive is what art is. If it's not alive, it's dead, and it's not art. John Lautner alivearchitectureart Change image and share on social
It took me twenty years to get Steven Parrino's work. From the time I first saw his art, in the mid-eighties, I almost always dismissed it as mannered, Romantic, formulaic, conceptualist-formalist heavy-metal boy-art abstraction. Jerry Saltz abstractionartboy share on social
The giant white cube is now impeding rather than enhancing the rhythms of art. It preprograms a viewer's journey, shifts the emphasis from process to product, and lacks individuality and openness. It's not that art should be seen only in rutty bombed-out environments, but it should seem alive. Jerry Saltz aliveartbomb share on social
Can space break? I mean the space of art galleries. Over the past 100 years, art galleries have gone from looking like Beaux Arts salons to simple storefronts to industrial lofts to the gleaming giant white cubes of Chelsea with their shiny concrete floors. Jerry Saltz artbeaubreak share on social
No great art has ever been made without the artist having known danger. Rainer Maria Rilke artartistdanger Change image and share on social
Let's say intelligence is your ability to compose poetry, symphonies, do art, math and science. Chimps can't do any of that, yet we share 99 percent DNA. Everything that we are, that distinguishes us from chimps, emerges from that one-percent difference. Neil deGrasse Tyson abilityartchimp share on social
I've been called many names like perfectionist, difficult and obsessive. I think it takes obsession, takes searching for the details for any artist to be good. Barbra Streisand artistcalldetail Change image and share on social
When the uncreative tell the creative what to do, it stops being art. Tony Bennett artcreativestop Change image and share on social
We are cutting things kids like-music, art, and gym classes; stuff that kept me in school. This country can't survive without you kids. It's all about you kids. Tony Danza artclasscountry Change image and share on social