Art is about the messy and marvelous business of coming to your senses - and also, to the senses of the world. Michael Leunig artbusinesscome Change image and share on social
I want to make it clear: it's not that I hate mainstream cinema. It's perfectly fine. There are a lot of people who need to escape, because they are in very difficult situations, so they have the right to escape from the world. But this has nothing to do with an art form. Michael Haneke artcinemaclear share on social
I cannot tell good art from bad art. I have no eye for it. Seth MacFarlane artbadeye Change image and share on social
What I would love to see is art that explicitly addresses not personal intimacies but anonymous intimacies: the vast collections of facts about you and me that now exist in giant server banks. Russell Smith addressanonymousart Change image and share on social
No surprise here: Pop music is by far the most conservative art form there is. Russell Smith artconservativeform Change image and share on social
Art must unquestionably have a social value; that is, as a potential means of communication it must be addressed, and in comprehensible terms, to the understanding of mankind. Rockwell Kent addressartcommunication Change image and share on social
Gardening always has been an art, essentially. Robert Irwin artessentiallygarden Change image and share on social
It would make me feel that creative art has a chance in this crazy world that we all live in. Jimmy Carl Black artchancecrazy Change image and share on social
I get the feeling that people from outside the world of contemporary art see it as deserving of mockery, in an emperor's-new-clothes sort of way. I think that's not right and that it's just because they don't understand the discourse. Rachel Kushner artclothecontemporary share on social