My work is not my life. I started writing quite late, I didn't have that 'writing is everything, my art is all.' You have to be able to recognise the difference between the two. Kate Atkinson artdifferencelate Change image and share on social
As Mayor, I will fully support my Arts Commission and its professional selection committees so that they can commission a full range of public art that is daring and, when appropriate, daringly traditional. Gavin Newsom artcommissioncommittee share on social
A work of art can start you thinking about some aesthetic or philosophical problem; it can suggest some new method, some fresh approach to fiction. Francine Prose aestheticapproachart Change image and share on social
Mozart and Neil Diamond may have begun with the same idea, but that a work of art is more than an idea is confirmed by the difference between the 'Soave sia il vento' and 'Kentucky Woman.' We have different words for 'art' and 'idea' because they are two different things. Mark Helprin artbeginconfirm share on social
I think no artist can claim to have any access to the truth, or an authentic version of an event. But obviously they have slightly better means at their disposal because they have their art to energize whatever it is they're trying to write about. They have music. Thom Yorke accessartartist share on social
My argument would be that I don't think there is much that's genuinely political art that is good art. Thom Yorke argumentartgenuinely Change image and share on social
I never had a job. I bought my first house within a year of getting out of school, and I built a custom one four and a half years later. The Art Center didn't teach much about business, but I learned a lot from the Fortune 500 companies that were my clients. Richard MacDonald artbuildbusiness share on social
I am only limited by the amount of life I have left to capture the ideas I am already working on. Another problem is that I am not sure if I would rather create or collect art. Collecting art is another passion of mine. Richard MacDonald amountartcapture share on social
There's a point where art is not subjective, and my example for that is Picasso. If you don't like Picasso, that's your problem. Danny Huston artpicassopoint Change image and share on social
We are concerned with the relationship between art and life. Contemporary art is only intelligible in terms of its relationship to our life. David Elliott artconcerncontemporary Change image and share on social
