I love color. When I paint, I use a lot of color. I love art that has a vibrancy of color and compositions. I adore the Impressionists, and I'm influenced strongly by them as a self-taught artist. Pierce Brosnan adoreartartist Change image and share on social
A movie star is not an artist, he is an art object. Richard Schickel artartistmovie Change image and share on social
The task of art today is to bring chaos into order. Theodor Adorno artbringchaos Change image and share on social
I did a film called 'Floating' early on that had a scene which was similar to a real-life situation I was in at the time. It involved me having a conversation with my father, who was dying. It was close to home and it made me realise acting wasn't just making faces for the cameras, it was a real art form. Norman Reedus actartcall share on social
To choose art means to turn one's back on the world, or at least on certain of its distractions. Melvin Maddocks artbackchoose Change image and share on social
The arts, as a reflection of human existence at its highest, have always and spontaneously lived up to this demand of plenitude. No mature style of art in any culture has ever been simple. Rudolf Arnheim artculturedemand Change image and share on social
Man's striving for order, of which art is but one manifestation, derives from a similar universal tendency throughout the organic world; it is also paralleled by, and perhaps derived from, the striving towards the state of simplest structure in physical systems. Rudolf Arnheim artderiveman share on social
My dad is an art director for BBC TV shows, and my mum does screen printing workshops. Both of my parents played instruments, too, and my mum used to have crazy house parties when me and my brother were young - dub and garage would be banging through my house. King Krule artbangbbc 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
In art, scandal is a false narrative, a smoke screen that camouflages rather than reveals. When we don't know what we're seeing, we overreact. Jerry Saltz artcamouflagefalse Change image and share on social