I don't feel like literature has the power to alienate. I think that's something people feel if they don't connect with a work of art. But I don't think a work of art can actively reject the person who's looking at it or reading it. Eleanor Catton activelyalienateart share on social
It's an art to live with pain... mix the light into gray. Eddie Vedder artgraylight Change image and share on social
My wife was the first art collector in the family, and I didn't become interested until around 1973. The first important artwork we bought was a Van Gogh drawing of two peasant houses in Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer. Eli Broad artartworkbuy share on social
The work of art assumes the existence of the perfect spectator, and is indifferent to the fact that no such person exists. E. M. Forster artassumeexist Change image and share on social
Poetry is the art which is technically within the grasp of everyone: a piece of paper and a pencil and one is ready. Eugenio Montale artgrasppaper Change image and share on social
Narrative art, the novel, from Murasaki to Proust, has produced great works of poetry. Eugenio Montale artgreatmurasaki Change image and share on social
In general it can be said that a nation's art is greatest when it most reflects the character of its people. Edward Hopper artcharactergeneral Change image and share on social
Artists rarely do the same thing over and over again. Art is about the new, doing things in a new way. Eli Broad artartistrarely Change image and share on social
Bullfighting is the only art in which the artist is in danger of death and in which the degree of brilliance in the performance is left to the fighter's honor. Ernest Hemingway artartistbrilliance Change image and share on social
