Journalism is always the art of the incomplete. You get bits and pieces. Anthony Shadid artbitincomplete Change image and share on social
Capitalists work hard to produce what consumers want. Artists who work too hard to produce what consumers want are often accused of selling out. Thus, even the languages of capitalism and art conflict: a firm that has 'sold out' has succeeded, but an artist that has 'sold out' has failed. Alex Tabarrok accuseartartist share on social
Art is difficult. It's not entertainment. Anselm Kiefer artdifficultentertainment Change image and share on social
Historically, art has always had a market. When one medieval fiefdom defeated another they would drag back its jewels, gold, tapestries and art objects as the spoils of war. Art equaled power, riches and culture. Arne Glimcher artbackculture share on social
I was an actor as a kid in Boston. Then I went to art school with Brice Marden, the Massachusetts College of Art. So the hybrid of being an actor and artist is a director. Arne Glimcher actorartartist Change image and share on social
In the early 1990s we witnessed the emergence of a revitalized contemporary Chinese art world that began as a reaction against the government-approved Social Realist style. Zhang Xiaogang, Huang Yong Ping, Ai WeiWei, Yue Minjun, and Wang Guangyi were among the first group of artists to establish a movement that became known as Cynical Realism. Arne Glimcher 1990sapproveart share on social
Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we rather have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit. Aristotle actartexcellence share on social
After art college, I got a job as a medical illustrator, and I was pretty good. I had to imagine what was going on in the operations because the photographs just showed a mess. Anthony Browne artcollegegood Change image and share on social
The sole substitute for an experience which we have not ourselves lived through is art and literature. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn artexperienceliterature Change image and share on social
Nothing retains less of desire in art, in science, than this will to industry, booty, possession. Andre Breton artbootydesire Change image and share on social