Unlike film and TV, theater is a luxury object, but one that ordinary middle-class people can still afford. Above all, it isn't a mass medium: Live theater is a small-scale, handmade art form. Intimacy is what makes it special. Terry Teachout affordartclass share on social
The purpose of art is to collide the intellectual and visceral together at the highest speed possible. Penn Jillette artcollidehigh Change image and share on social
There's a lot of thought in art. People get to talk about important things. There's a lot of sex, you know, in art. There's a lot of naked women and men, and there's intrigue, there's fakery. It's a real microcosm of the larger world. Steve Martin artfakeryimportant share on social
I used to agonise over what to do next, but now I'm making a movie a year. It's insane, but it's only a movie after all. You just hang in there, and occasionally you might make something which you can call art... briefly. Ridley Scott agoniseartbriefly share on social
There may be people who try to imitate art when they get dressed and people who just get dressed to cover themselves up, but I guess that both send out messages and communicate their ideas and feelings through their looks. Margherita Missoni artcommunicatecover share on social
An artist's only concern is to shoot for some kind of perfection, and on his own terms, not anyone else's. J. D. Salinger artistconcernkind Change image and share on social
I enjoy seeing how my friends - Proenza Schouler, Zac Posen, Rodarte - use clothes to create their vision and art. Gia Coppola artclothecreate Change image and share on social
My first film was a movie shot in 1974. I was 18 on that movie set. It was called 'Big Bad Mama.' I turned 19 on the next movie I worked on, which was a black 'Blazing Saddles.' I worked in the art department. It was called 'Darktown Strutters.' Bill Paxton artbadbig share on social
The fact that biological, or 'natural' rules might help in the creation of a computer generated work of art is interesting, but even a wonderful work of art made in this fashion isn't the same as a person, with all his or her experiences and emotions involved, making art. Steven Levy artbiologicalcomputer share on social