You can calculate the worth of a man by the number of his enemies, and the importance of a work of art by the harm that is spoken of it. Gustave Flaubert artcalculateenemy Change image and share on social
African art is functional, it serves a purpose. It's not a dormant. It's not a means to collect the largest cheering section. It should be healing, a source a joy. Spreading positive vibrations. Mos Def africanartcheer Change image and share on social
Time extracts various values from a painter's work. When these values are exhausted the pictures are forgotten, and the more a picture has to give, the greater it is. Henri Matisse exhaustextractforget Change image and share on social
Tap dancing is like... it's equivalent to music, not only for the African American community, but also for the world. Tap dancing is like language; it's like air: it's like everything else that we need in order to survive. I'm blessed and honored to be knowledgeable of the art form and to be a part of the art form. Savion Glover africanairamerican share on social
I always say film is art, theater is life and television is furniture. Kenny Leon artfilmfurniture Change image and share on social
Art is not merely an imitation of the reality of nature, but in truth a metaphysical supplement to the reality of nature, placed alongside thereof for its conquest. Friedrich Nietzsche alongsideartconquest Change image and share on social
What I am really concerned about is what art is supposed to be - and can become. Bruce Nauman artconcernsuppose Change image and share on social
Being an actor all of my life is kind of a collaborative, social form of interpretive art. Sitting down with a blank page every day by yourself is a different feeling. Michael Beck actorartblank Change image and share on social
I remember I heard it in an interview with Michael Jackson one day, saying the art is gone, everybody makes records just to make a record. See, I always want the artist that try to build a whole body of music on one album, so you can enjoy it. So you could say, 'I went with him here, I went with him here.' Raekwon albumartartist share on social
Popular art is the dream of society; it does not examine itself. Margaret Atwood artdreamexamine Change image and share on social