In order to become a master, you need to emulate. If you're going to be as big as Warhol has become in art, then you have to have younger generations who are exploring your work and trying to understand it like a language. Mike Bidlo artbigemulate share on social
Why must art be static? You look at an abstraction, sculptured or painted, an entirely exciting arrangement of planes, spheres, nuclei, entirely without meaning. It would be perfect, but it is always still. The next step in sculpture is motion. Alexander Calder abstractionarrangementart share on social
In any art, you don't know in advance what you want to say - it's revealed to you as you say it. That's the difference between art and illustration. Aaron Siskind advanceartdifference Change image and share on social
I believe in the healing power of the arts, and whenever anyone can bring art into anyone's life, it's a special thing. Austin Nichols artbringheal Change image and share on social
I was always exploring relationships between art and science. Ariel Garten artexplorerelationship Change image and share on social
What can be more foolish than to think that all this rare fabric of heaven and earth could come by chance, when all the skill of art is not able to make an oyster! Anatole France artchanceearth Change image and share on social
Blue thou art, intensely blue; Flower, whence came thy dazzling hue? James Montgomery artbluedazzle Change image and share on social
My career? I never think of it as a 'career.' Art and music and all those things that I'm creating are just part of me. Yoko Ono artcareercreate Change image and share on social
The sculptor produces the beautiful statue by chipping away such parts of the marble block as are not needed - it is a process of elimination. Elbert Hubbard beautifulblockchip Change image and share on social
New voices in an old art - and women poets have been that for much more than a century - do not diminish the art through the category. They enrich it. They renew it with common quandaries of craft and innovation. The category simply allows the quandaries to be seen more clearly. Eavan Boland artcategorycentury share on social