It's often difficult for us to act compassionately, but sacred art eases the difficulty by ennobling us. Huston Smith actartcompassionately Change image and share on social
Censorship is to art as lynching is to justice. Henry Louis Gates artcensorshipjustice Change image and share on social
Art saved me; it got me through my depression and self-loathing, back to a place of innocence. Jeanette Winterson artbackdepression Change image and share on social
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
In an artwork you're always looking for artistic decisions, so an ashtray is perfect. An ashtray has got life and death. Damien Hirst artisticartworkashtray Change image and share on social
All my life, my girlfriends are always skinny. Beauty in art has nothing to do with beauty in reality. Why do you like primitive art? Because there is beauty in the deformity. Sometimes paintings that people consider realistic are not at all. Raphael figures look realistic, but in real life, they were deformed. Fernando Botero artbeautydeform share on social
I have seen Colonial churches since I was very small, Colonial painting and polychrome sculpture. And that was all I saw. There was not a single modern painting in any museum, not a Picasso, not a Braque, not a Chagall. The museums had Colombian painters from the eighteenth century and, of course, I saw Pre-Columbian art. That was my exposure. Fernando Botero artbraquecentury share on social
Nobody ever told me, 'Art is this.' This was good luck in a way because I would have had to spend half of my life forgetting everything that I had been told, which is what happens with most students in schools of fine arts. Fernando Botero artfineforget share on social
Art is important because when people start to forget, art reminds them what happened. Like 'Guernica.' People would not remember the tragedy of Guernica today if it were not for that painting. Fernando Botero artforgetguernica Change image and share on social