Ever since childhood, I've been interested in history and myth. Not just the facts and figures of the past, but everything that contributes to shape our perception of an age: architecture, art, literature and so forth. Anne Fortier agearchitectureart share on social
Art is something that grows and breathes and lives, and it shouldn't be predicated on the success of box office - but it is. But within that, you have to give people a chance to find their voice, to play, to continue to create. Ava DuVernay artboxbreathe share on social
Musical practice is too young an art in America to warrant a search for men with a conductor's gift. Anton Seidl americaartconductor Change image and share on social
I think a lot of times our culture has an attitude toward art and the production of art that separates artists from the rest of us, like making art or music or painting or whatever is some magical thing that you have to be inspired to do, and special people do it. Ann Leckie artartistattitude share on social
My fascination with women's clothes began very early. My mother was a very fashionable woman. She also made her own clothes. She had these fashion magazines, and I would draw the women in them. My middle school art teacher suggested that I have a fashion drawing show. Alexander Chee artbeginclothe share on social
Every work of art belongs to his time. I would not paint again the Mona Lisa in the third dimension. Alejandro Jodorowsky artbelongdimension Change image and share on social
Nothing is as dangerous in architecture as dealing with separated problems. If we split life into separated problems we split the possibilities to make good building art. Alvar Aalto architectureartbuild Change image and share on social
There is probably nothing wrong with art for art's sake if we take the phrase seriously, and not take it to mean the kind of poetry written in England forty years ago. Allen Tate agoartengland Change image and share on social
I have always looked at the world through the prism of money to some degree. If you could follow the money, it explains a lot of things, in all sorts of aspects of the world. You can look at politics through the prism of money. You can look at art through the prism of money. You can look at sports through the prism of money. Andrew Ross Sorkin artaspectdegree share on social