Top 496 Art Quotes

I love when violent, dangerous art is done by people who are not violent and dangerous. I love that when George Romero was making 'Dawn of the Dead,' he was coaching his son's little league team.

The history of modern art is also the history of the progressive loss of art's audience. Art has increasingly become the concern of the artist and the bafflement of the public.

Art is either plagiarism or revolution.

Art requires philosophy, just as philosophy requires art. Otherwise, what would become of beauty?

I am an artisan. I only became an artist when people watch what I do. That is when it becomes art.

The purpose of art actually is, in many cases, to make you feel quite uncomfortable. Or at least to go to that place that's already of discomfort inside of you and tap into that.

Songwriting is a mysterious art. When I sit down to write a song, the end result should be mysterious and have this dark quality.

I was born in a world of opera, theatre, films, poetry, art, and therefore, out of the wire, I made a stage. That's why they call me a high wire artist.

Art is maybe a subversive activity. There is a certain rebellion when you are an artist at heart, even if only in the art of living.

I was in art school once a week from six to 16, which was essential in shaping my artistic sensitivity.