It is now life and not art that requires the willing suspension of disbelief. Lionel Trilling artdisbelieflife Change image and share on social
I'm awake as soon as the sun crests the eastern hills. I guess I'm motivated because I love just about everything about my life - the writing, the many critters, the art, and all the rest. Linda Lael Miller artawakecrest Change image and share on social
I never can pass by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York without thinking of it not as a gallery of living portraits but as a cemetery of tax-deductible wealth. Lewis H. Lapham artcemeterydeductible Change image and share on social
Art is man's distinctly human way of fighting death. Leonard Baskin artdeathdistinctly Change image and share on social
No, I never had any dreams. The process of art is a dream in itself. The artist just doesn't... you work out something. It's yours. You don't have to go to sleep to do that. You do that on the canvas. LeRoy Neiman artartistcanvas Change image and share on social
Performance art is about joy, about making something that's so full of kind of a wild joy that you really can't put into words. Laurie Anderson artfulljoy Change image and share on social
Some of modern engineering is necessary to good art. But I think of myself is a cultural artist. Larry Wall artartistcultural Change image and share on social
I am of the opinion that the appreciation and the desire for what is good takes more study and insight than does the understanding and test for the best music and art. Laurance Rockefeller appreciationartdesire Change image and share on social
Everybody thinks they know what art should be. But very few of them have the sense that is necessary to experience painting, that is the sense of sight, that sees colors and forms as living reality in the picture. Otto Dix artcolorexperience share on social
I respect the system out there in Hollywood, I really do, but I'm very intent on art versus commerce. I want to do it all - film, TV and theatre - if it's the right job. Laura Donnelly artcommercefilm Change image and share on social
