As much as I hate his movies, Oliver Stone has an aspiration I admire, and that is that he wants his art to be part of what makes and changes public policy and cultural practice. Tony Kushner admireartaspiration Change image and share on social
I don't want to deal with big, grand themes in my stories; art has nothing to do with themes. When you deal with themes, you are not creating; you are lecturing. Tatyana Tolstaya artbigcreate Change image and share on social
Some painters transform the sun into a yellow spot, others transform a yellow spot into the sun. Pablo Picasso painterspotsun Change image and share on social
If you want to do what you want to do, you cannot work. So art is going to be finished, and this is the will of the Islamic republic: to not have any artists or art and close the doors of all the cinemas and music and everything. Golshifteh Farahani artartistcinema share on social
The New York playgoer is a child of nature, and he has an honest and wholesome regard of whatever is atrocious in art. Frank Moore Colby artatrociouschild Change image and share on social
Indeed the three prophecies about the death of individual art are, in their different ways, those of Hegel, Marx, and Freud. I don't see any way of getting beyond those prophecies. Harold Bloom artdeathfreud Change image and share on social
The construction of Europe is an art. It is the art of the possible. Jacques Chirac artconstructioneurope Change image and share on social
The price of a work of art has nothing to do with what the work of art is, can do, or is worth on an existential, alchemical level. Jerry Saltz alchemicalartexistential Change image and share on social
I see 30 to 40 gallery shows a week, and no matter what kind of mood I'm in, no matter how bad the art is, I almost always feel better afterward. I can learn as much from bad art as from good. Jerry Saltz afterwardartbad Change image and share on social
