You can't visit readers where you think they are. You have to invite them home to where you are and try to lure them into your universe. That's the art of storytelling. Jo Nesbo arthomeinvite Change image and share on social
Really, I think that going out and playing with your friends is kind of becoming a lost art, with the kids in the neighborhood. Frank Shorter artfriendkid Change image and share on social
I think art is good at looking back and looking forward. I don't think art is good at looking head-on. At the end of the day, people are more important than paintings. Damien Hirst artbackday Change image and share on social
There's nothing more superficial to do than to paint a beautiful woman. The most beautiful portraits in art were of ugly women. If you paint Brigitte Bardot, it's a disaster. Sunsets, you have to stay away from sunsets. You paint a sunset, you are in great danger. Fernando Botero artbardotbeautiful share on social
The chief function of the city is to convert power into form, energy into culture, dead matter into the living symbols of art, biological reproduction into social creativity. Lewis Mumford artbiologicalchief Change image and share on social
To curb the machine and limit art to handicraft is a denial of opportunity. Lewis Mumford artcurbdenial Change image and share on social
When the uncreative tell the creative what to do, it stops being art. Tony Bennett artcreativestop Change image and share on social
The moment you cheat for the sake of beauty, you know you're an artist. David Hockney artistbeautycheat Change image and share on social
In the 1970s when I started in the art world, no self-respecting artist would have stood in line to try to get on a television show. It never would have happened. Jeffrey Deitch 1970sartartist Change image and share on social
Overall, I think any opportunity to expose people to art on a mass level - to have some kid in Oklahoma say to his mother, 'I want to be an artist' - is a good thing. Jeffrey Deitch artartistexpose Change image and share on social
