Art and mass entertainment and propaganda, they can all be plotted on the same graph, but there is a difference. David Mamet artdifferenceentertainment Change image and share on social
I think it's harder than ever to be an artist. I think that you end up, especially as a middle-aged person, you pay such big consequences for saying, 'I'm just going to devote my life to making art,' or 'I'm going to devote my life to writing novels.' You end up with no resources. Dana Spiotta ageartartist share on social
People think it's suspect and self-indulgent to make art, and I don't think that's true. Some people think you should be busy making something that you can sell in the marketplace, and if nobody wants to buy it, it must be crap. And that's not true. Dana Spiotta artbusybuy share on social
The party is a true art form in Sydney and people practise it a great deal. You can really get quite lost in it. Baz Luhrmann artdealform Change image and share on social
Dancing was my sport when I was younger. So I chose that over everything. And then, I just had to keep going because it became a competitive thing. But I'm not trying to impress anyone anymore. Dancing is more like my art, now. Heather Morris anymoreartchoose share on social
Because the stuff that they feed kids now, they'll have a bunch of idiots in the next millennium as far as art and culture is concerned. Billy Higgins artbunchconcern Change image and share on social
A work of art has no importance whatever to society. It is only important to the individual. Vladimir Nabokov artimportanceimportant Change image and share on social
Art was carrying me a lot of the time. When you're accustomed to playing with Art, and you play with other drummers, it's as if the bottom dropped out. Benny Green accustomartbottom Change image and share on social
Art is not a handicraft, it is the transmission of feeling the artist has experienced. Leo Tolstoy artartistexperience Change image and share on social
I have a master's degree in photography as a fine art, and I would call my work primarily conceptual. I don't carry cameras with me wherever I go. I get an idea of a subject matter I want to deal with and I pull out my cameras. Leonard Nimoy artcallcamera share on social
