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
Let's say intelligence is your ability to compose poetry, symphonies, do art, math and science. Chimps can't do any of that, yet we share 99 percent DNA. Everything that we are, that distinguishes us from chimps, emerges from that one-percent difference. Neil deGrasse Tyson abilityartchimp 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
An artist is born like a priest is born. If they are born an artist, I would tell them art is not a game: it is something very serious which completely requires everything you have to give. Fernando Botero artartistbear Change image and 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
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
When the uncreative tell the creative what to do, it stops being art. Tony Bennett artcreativestop Change image and share on social
Architecture is a negotiated art, and it's highly political, and if you want to make buildings, there is diplomacy required. Thom Mayne architectureartbuilding Change image and share on social
What I didn't know was I was deeply attracted to the big space. David Hockney attractbigdeeply Change image and share on social
I'm very happy to be a part of a very successful piece of art, as the 'Saw' films have been. One gets into this to participate. It's the coming together of a good story. So, that aspect of it has been just splendid. It really has nothing to do with me or my popularity. I'm fascinated. Tobin Bell artaspectcome share on social
