Painting is easy when you don't know how, but very difficult when you do. Edgar Degas difficulteasypaint Change image and share on social
Your sanity is harder to get back than money or contacts. You are the magic. You are the art. You can't lose that. Esperanza Spalding artbackcontact Change image and share on social
To me, photography is an art of observation. It's about finding something interesting in an ordinary place... I've found it has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them. Elliott Erwitt artfindhave share on social
What cultural revolutionaries do not seem to grasp is that, far from being a grass-roots art form that has been taken over by businessmen, rock itself comes from the commercial exploitation of the blues. Ellen Willis artbluebusinessman share on social
Art goes beyond politics. Even if there are writers who are involved in politics, eventually, in one or two centuries, it's not their politics which is going to count, but the fact of having given life to feelings, of having created characters and made a living work of art. Eugene Ionesco artcenturycharacter share on social
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
I'd like to make as much art as I possibly can before I die, so I'm working on a few things. Ezra Miller artdiemake Change image and share on social
I always said God was against art and I still believe it. Edward Elgar artgod Change image and share on social
The musician is perhaps the most modest of animals, but he is also the proudest. It is he who invented the sublime art of ruining poetry. Erik Satie animalartinvent Change image and share on social
You should trust any man in his own art provided he is skilled in it. Edward Coke artmanprovide Change image and share on social
