From the very early stage when I started doing performance art in the '70s, the general attitude - not just me, but also my colleagues - was that there should not be any documentation, that the performance itself is artwork and there should be no documentation. Marina Abramovic 70sartartwork share on social
I just love entertaining. I will do anything - stand-up comedy, video games, fencing, internet shorts - I just want to keep being lucky enough to entertain people anyway I can. I try never to limit my art to a medium. Matthew Gray Gubler artcomedyentertain share on social
I don't need the money, dear. I work for art. Maria Callas artdearmoney Change image and share on social
I began to exercise a lot of cinematic muscle with the precepts I had learned in the New York art world. Film was intriguing. I began to think of art as elitist; film was not. Kathryn Bigelow artbegincinematic Change image and share on social
My dad used to draw these great cartoon figures. His dream was being a cartoonist, but he never achieved it, and it kind of broke my heart. I think part of my interest in art had to do with his yearning for something he could never have. Kathryn Bigelow achieveartbreak share on social
I was at a pretty rough school, and the only thing I was good at was art. Roger Rees artgoodpretty Change image and share on social
In France, cooking is a serious art form and a national sport. Julia Child artcookform Change image and share on social
By denying its musical and artistic merit, hip hop's critics get to have it both ways: they can deny the legitimate artistic standing of rap while seizing on its pervasive influence as an art form to prove what a terrible effect it has on youth. Michael Eric Dyson artartisticcritic share on social
It dawned on me that art was the way I could survive. Maurice Sendak artdawnsurvive Change image and share on social
There was once a time when art history and film were basically the same medium, but art history is frozen in late-19th-century technology that has survived into the early 21st century. Robert Nelson 19th21start Change image and share on social
