I'm opening gyms around the world to encourage people to get in shape and feel good about themselves; bringing art through dance to gyms to make my gyms different from other people's. Madonna Ciccone artbringdance Change image and share on social
Writing for myself and writing for another artist are two very different experiences. When I handle both the story and the art, I have full control. I can endlessly tweak every word and every line. Gene Luen Yang artartistcontrol Change image and share on social
I went to an art school in Brooklyn and painted Fine Art, if that's what you'd call it for eight years in New York, until I saw the first underground comics in the East Village Other. Bill Griffith artbrooklyncall Change image and share on social
Paint the essential character of things. Camille Pissarro characteressentialpaint Change image and share on social
One performer whose band played my music better than I could myself was Art Farmer. He recorded 'Sing Me Softly of the Blues' and 'Ad Infinitum'. Carla Bley artbandblue Change image and share on social
When I judge art, I take my painting and put it next to a God made object like a tree or flower. If it clashes, it is not art. Paul Cezanne artclashflower Change image and share on social
One of the things I've been most excited by is U.S. television drama. For my money, it's some of the greatest narrative art of our time. Each series is like a 19th-century Russian novel: you need to do a lot of work in the first few episodes, just as you do in the first 50-60 pages of those books. Kevin Barry 19thartbook share on social
The distinctions of fine art bore me to death. Maurice Sendak artbeardeath Change image and share on social
I think good art should always be entertaining, or at least give pleasure of some sort. And my chief goal as a writer has always been to tell a good story and give my readers a good time. Kenneth Oppel artchiefentertain Change image and share on social
I think it's always hard for people to get their head around the fact that populist, commercial films can also actually be great works of art. Helen Mirren artcommercialfact Change image and share on social