Not to say people shouldn't get rich from art. I adore the alchemy wherein artists who cast a complex spell make rich people give them their money. (Just writing it makes me cackle.) But too many artists have been making money without magic. Jerry Saltz adorealchemyart share on social
I started playing guitar and writing songs when I was 15. I think what mainly sparked my interest was just the fact that I grew up listening to Cheryl King, Joni Mitchell, and James Taylor, and was just always inspired by that sort of organic art, and organic songs and just very natural songwriting that came out of some of those artists. Kate Voegele artartistcheryl share on social
Poetry consists in a rhyming dictionary and things seen. Gertrude Stein consistdictionarypoetry Change image and share on social
Art to me is an anecdote of the spirit, and the only means of making concrete the purpose of its varied quickness and stillness. Mark Rothko anecdoteartconcrete Change image and share on social
I really just started buying art as a passion. I never considered it an investment, but it ended up being a good investment. Daniel S. Loeb artbuyconsider Change image and share on social
You never know when contemporary art is going to insinuate itself into a normally art-free zone. Roberta Smith artcontemporaryfree Change image and share on social
The ability to get to the verge without getting into the war is the necessary art. If you try to run away from it, if you are scared to go to the brink, you are lost. John Foster Dulles abilityartbrink Change image and share on social
I think that the first part of the art is making the art, but when art really becomes art is when it belongs to somebody else. Pete Wentz artbelongmake Change image and share on social
It is commonly supposed that the art of pleasing is a wonderful aid in the pursuit of fortune; but the art of being bored is infinitely more successful. Nicolas Chamfort aidartbore Change image and share on social
Art has a way of confronting us, of reminding us, of engaging us, in what it means to be human, and what it means to be human is to be flawed, is to be contradictory, is to be often weak, and yet despite all of these what we would consider drawbacks, that we're also quite beautiful. Spin is the opposite. Junot Diaz artbeautifulconfront share on social