The entire world of art has reached such a low level, it has been commercialized to such a degree that art and everything related to it has become one of the most trivial activities of our epoch. Marcel Duchamp activityartcommercialize Change image and share on social
Distortion came first from the fauves, who, in turn, were under the strong influence of primitive art. Marcel Duchamp artdistortionfauve Change image and share on social
Art is all a matter of personality. Marcel Duchamp artmatterpersonality Change image and share on social
I don't have anything to say about other people's art and their work. Dolly Parton artpeoplework Change image and share on social
Every human being in this world is interested in certain things. Everybody has a hobby. Some people like art; I know nothing about it. Some people like books, some people like fishing, some people like music. I like to look at cars. Bikram Choudhury artbookcar share on social
A rose is the visible result of an infinitude of complicated goings on in the bosom of the earth and in the air above, and similarly a work of art is the product of strange activities in the human mind. Clive Bell activityairart share on social
I collect art. I just recently bought two gorgeous photographs of Marilyn Monroe by international photographer Eve Arnold and I know it sounds horrible but when she dies all her pictures are going to be worth triple. But I won't tell you how much I got them for - let's just say it was a lot. Melanie Brown arnoldartbuy share on social
In my gap year between college and drama school, I taught art at a hospice and worked at a little coffee shop across the street from Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London when everything around it was still a construction zone. Juliet Rylance artcoffeecollege share on social
It is significant that one says book lover and music lover and art lover but not record lover or CD lover or, conversely, text lover. James Gleick artbookconversely Change image and share on social
People expect things from art that are horrible for us who make it! They put the things we make in these restrictive places called 'museums,' then don't want to hear another word from us. Sigmar Polke artcallexpect Change image and share on social