When I was a kid and started to be obsessed by art in the 1980s, the art world was in this polarity Warhol/Beuys, Beuys/Warhol. Both expended the notion of art extremely, but in very different ways. Hans-Ulrich Obrist 1980sartbeuy Change image and share on social
In my regular life, I am very involved in commissions for cities and sometimes countries. And I think of public art as a team sport. The outcome is only possible with the interaction of all the players. Janet Echelman artcitycommission share on social
I believe people can have a profound experience by being surrounded by something beautiful - that's what I aim for. My sculpture is about the way you feel when you're standing under it and inside it. It's experiential art. Janet Echelman aimartbeautiful share on social
I like a lot of modern art. I like Chuck Close a lot. It doesn't necessarily directly influence the work I draw on the page. Jim Lee artchuckclose Change image and share on social
I was always confident in my art and in myself as an artist. Kim Weston artartistconfident Change image and share on social
Reading is a majority skill but a minority art. Yet nothing can replace the exact, complicated, subtle communion between absent author and entranced, present reader. Julian Barnes absentartauthor Change image and share on social
Without art, the crudeness of reality would make the world unbearable. George Bernard Shaw artcrudenessmake Change image and share on social
The whole reason one wants to do lower budget films is because the lower the budget, the bigger the ideas, the bigger the themes, the more interesting the art. Francis Ford Coppola artbigbudget Change image and share on social
'Art or anti-art?' was the question I asked when I returned from Munich in 1912 and decided to abandon pure painting or painting for its own sake. I thought of introducing elements alien to painting as the only way out of a pictorial and chromatic dead end. Marcel Duchamp abandonalienanti share on social
We all agree now - by 'we' I mean intelligent people under sixty - that a work of art is like a rose. A rose is not beautiful because it is like something else. Neither is a work of art. Roses and works of art are beautiful in themselves. Clive Bell agreeartbeautiful share on social
