When you eliminate vanity from an art form, and I would think that this would be any art form, what is left is an opportunity to be incredibly naked and truthful. Lorraine Toussaint arteliminateform Change image and share on social
I enjoy theater just for the sheer excitement of it and the immediate response that you get, and how every night the audience is a little bit different; but then, it's expensive to work in N.Y., and stage work is limited, so you're just doing it for the art. Dorian Missick artaudiencebite share on social
Art is made to disturb, science reassures. Georges Braque artdisturbmake Change image and share on social
I'd say, if you want to be an artist, start with your art; start with making great music and it will, hopefully, eventually cut through all of the nonsense that is out there. Queen Latifah artartistcut Change image and share on social
With care, and skill, and cunning art, She parried Time's malicious dart, And kept the years at bay, Till passion entered in her heart and aged her in a day! Ella Wheeler Wilcox ageartbay Change image and share on social
You may choose your words like a connoisseur, And polish it up with art, But the word that sways, and stirs, and stays, Is the word that comes from the heart. Ella Wheeler Wilcox artchooseconnoisseur Change image and share on social
The effort to create a work of art that is true and potentially lasting, that is the very best work of art you can create at that point in your life - a book that may only reach or move a few people but will seem to those people somehow transformative. That's the ideal; that's always the motivation. Claire Messud artbookcreate share on social
There's an axiom I live by: 'There is no art without politics.' You either choose to engage it, or you choose political apathy. This ties in with ideas around real-time performance and feedback. Chris Jordan apathyartaxiom Change image and share on social
But in Christianity, by contrast, the freedom of the children of God was also freedom from all important worldly interests, from all art and science, etc. Bruno Bauer artchildchristianity Change image and share on social
I am planning a one-man art show of original Batman oil paintings that I will show in New York City. Bob Kane artbatmancity Change image and share on social