All art began as sacred art, you know? I mean, all painting began as religious painting. All writing began as religious writing. Salman Rushdie artbeginpaint Change image and share on social
There is nothing, Sir, too little for so little a creature as man. It is by studying little things that we attain the great art of having as little misery and as much happiness as possible. Samuel Johnson artattaincreature Change image and share on social
Any work of art that can be understood is the product of journalism. Tristan Tzara artjournalismproduct Change image and share on social
The newsprint thesp celebrity interview as a middle-brow art form suffers from desperate overproduction. There'll be at least 10 in the broadsheets today and every Sunday hereafter. Peter York artbroadsheetbrow Change image and share on social
Language, after all, is only the use of symbols, and Art also can only affect us through symbols. George Henry Lewes affectartlanguage Change image and share on social
It is unhappily true that much insincere Literature and Art, executed solely with a view to effect, does succeed by deceiving the public. George Henry Lewes artdeceiveeffect Change image and share on social
The first 10 years of my professional life had only to do with running away from my father. He was a wonderful cabinet-maker, and me being the eldest son, I had to take over his shop, his profession and so on and so on. I tried to escape by going to art school and then going on to industrial design and then interior design. Peter Zumthor artcabinetdesign share on social
What I try to do is the art of building, and the art of building is the art of construction; it is not only about forms and shapes and images. Peter Zumthor artbuildconstruction Change image and share on social
If you are going to break a Law of Art, make the crime interesting. Mason Cooley artbreakcrime Change image and share on social
The question of truth is forever in the air, and people look for it with particular fervor in art. Duane Michals airartfervor Change image and share on social