I went to art school in the days when it was what you did if you didn't want to be like everybody else. You wanted to be strange and different, and art school encouraged that. We hated the drama students - they were guys with pipes and cardigans. Peter Capaldi artcardiganday share on social
Art has a double face, of expression and illusion, just like science has a double face: the reality of error and the phantom of truth. Publilius Syrus artdoubleerror Change image and share on social
I am trying to make art that relates to the deepest and most mythic concerns of human kind and I believe that, at this moment of history, feminism is humanism. Judy Chicago artconcerndeep Change image and share on social
Books are my art. The movie is someone else's art. But it's great marketing for books. Barry Eisler artbookgreat Change image and share on social
We shall seek first to tell the truth rather than to study the subtle art of adjusting it to the circumstances of time and person. Vincent McNabb adjustartcircumstance Change image and share on social
I believe in the healing power of the arts, and whenever anyone can bring art into anyone's life, it's a special thing. Austin Nichols artbringheal Change image and share on social
As a political artist, I think you have to learn how to create art, no matter what your ideology is. Amiri Baraka artartistcreate Change image and share on social
Art has been good for my soul. And it's been good for my brain. I think I'm a better painter now than I was a musician growing up. You struggle to see things and translate an image through your hands to a canvas. Anne Sweeney artbraincanvas share on social
And the thing that I always tried to do with important singers when I met them was to sit down and record everything they knew, give them a first real run-through of their art. Alan Lomax artgiveimportant Change image and share on social
It makes me happy to think that this world of art-as-investment is a minuscule fraction of the art world overall. Most people who create, trade and own art do it for a much simpler reason. They just like it. Adam Davidson artcreatefraction share on social
