You are only an actor if you absolutely love it and can not do anything else. Starving for your art is great in your 20s, but it's not so great at 35. It has to be absolute love. You can't worry about being a movie star or anything else. Just love. That's it. James Avery 20sabsoluteabsolutely share on social
After I left school, where I studied art, photography and textiles at A-level, I started doing an apprenticeship in interior design, but I wasn't really enjoying it very much, so I decided to do something creative, and in 2009, I began blogging. Zoe Sugg apprenticeshipartbegin share on social
What the art world has done, it has been constantly been pushing the boundaries about what art can be. It's like expanding its territory. Tom Rachman artboundaryconstantly Change image and share on social
Dumbing down takes many forms: art that is good for you, museums that flatter you, universities that increase your self-esteem. Culture, after all, is really about you. Denis Dutton artculturedumb Change image and share on social
I paint digitally now. A pity, in some ways, as the biggest price one pays is that you no longer have a finished piece of physical art to hang on a wall. I miss that terribly. Berkeley Breathed artbigdigitally Change image and share on social
I think the art world... is a very small pond, and it's a very inbred pond. They rely on information from an elect elite sect of galleries, primarily in New York. Thomas Kinkade artelectelite Change image and share on social
The whole Modernist lie is that art is about the artist. Thomas Kinkade artartistlie Change image and share on social
Great art would have 'head': it would have interesting intellectual ideas and concepts. It would have 'heart' in that it would have passion and heart and soul. And it would have 'hand' in that it would be greatly crafted. Shea Hembrey artconceptcraft share on social
Art is such an important part of our culture. Rosanna Arquette artcultureimportant Change image and share on social
But really, it was reading that led me to writing. And in particular, reading the American classics like Twain who taught me at an early age that ordinary lives of ordinary people can be made into high art. Russell Banks ageamericanart share on social