You are welcome to your intellectual pastimes and books and art and newspapers; welcome, too, to your bars and your whisky that only makes me ill. Here am I in the forest, quite content. Knut Hamsun artbarbook Change image and share on social
Art, like real estate, is half science, half gut. We go to a lot of art fairs. We have two full-time art experts who help me make all the decisions about how to build the corporate and personal collection and what we put in our developments. We don't let interior designers pick art for us. Jorge M. Perez artbuildcollection share on social
I didn't want to be the kind of man that my father was. So I've tried, my entire life, to be the complete and utter opposite of that. And it has served not only the art well, but I think the audience well. Tyler Perry artaudiencecomplete share on social
We may not like our times or many aspects of the time we live in but that is not the fault of art as such. David Elliott artaspectfault Change image and share on social
People don't buy and sell art based on the personality of the artist. Or there wouldn't be much art bought and sold. David L. Wolper artartistbase Change image and share on social
I wasn't an academic looking in books for ideas. But I educated myself about historical work that was similar to mine, to provide a frame of reference that wasn't the usual frame of reference of the New York art world and Europe. Michael Heizer academicartbook share on social
Melbourne, where I grew up, is one of the street art capitals of the world. Something about discovering freshly painted walls always fills me with optimism; it's autonomous and democratic, and reminds me that maybe people are paying attention after all. Penelope Mitchell artattentionautonomous share on social
In art and music, particularly in the 20th century, there was a big period there where for something to be called profound you had to not be able to understand it. Joshua Bell 20thartbig Change image and share on social
My individual power is limited. I want to use my high-profile way to wake people up to take action together to do good things. I can only awake them with my performance art and creativity. Chen Guangbiao actionartawake Change image and share on social
We're all so mauled by information, but it's recycled information. We need to shut it out. So, you've got to get bizarre. This is an artist's purpose - to break away from the recycled. Performance art can do that. Jack Bowman artartistbizarre share on social