My failure, during the first five or six years of my art training, to get set in the right direction, and the disappointment which it caused me, drove me the more persistently into writing as an alternative. Laurence Housman alternativeartcause share on social
Because most people are not sufficiently employed in themselves, they run about loose, hungering for employment, and satisfy themselves in various supererogatory occupations. The easiest of these occupations, which have all to do with making things already made, is the making of people: it is called the art of friendship. Laura Riding artcalleasy share on social
If a writer is to tell his own story - tell it slowly, and as if it were a story about other people - if he is to feel the power of the story rise up inside him, if he is to sit down at a table and patiently give himself over to this art - this craft - he must first have been given some hope. Orhan Pamuk artcraftfeel share on social
Art is a mind-game that we do to make our lives easier. If it isn't for that, it becomes superfluous. Yoko Ono arteasygame Change image and share on social
People ask about art and commercialism. I think that if someone tries to sell their work at a high price, that is the wrong way of doing it. Yayoi Kusama artcommercialismhigh Change image and share on social
I wanted to start a revolution, using art to build the sort of society I myself envisioned. Yayoi Kusama artbuildenvision Change image and share on social
My art originates from hallucinations only I can see. I translate the hallucinations and obsessional images that plague me into sculptures and paintings. Yayoi Kusama arthallucinationimage Change image and share on social
While producing art works, illusions appear from time to time due to my mental illness. Every day is a struggle for me. Yayoi Kusama artdaydue Change image and share on social
I didn't want to be an actress. I wasn't trying to be in film or an art gallery for me. Yasmine Al Masri actressartfilm Change image and share on social
How do you live with evil? Art is traditionally - certainly with my secular background - the answer, but art is very self-referential, whereas religion claims to go beyond the bounds of human existence. Yann Martel answerartbackground share on social