I realised the bohemian life was not for me. I would look around at my friends, living like starving artists, and wonder, 'Where's the art?' They weren't doing anything. And there was so much interesting stuff to do, so much fun to be had... maybe I could even quit renting. P. J. O'Rourke artartistbohemian share on social
I love art, and it plays a huge role in my life. It's definitely one of my greatest joys, and I'm a bit fanatical about certain painters and poets and musicians and sculptors. Jandy Nelson artbitefanatical 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
The forms of art are inexhaustible; but all lead by the same road of aesthetic emotion to the same world of aesthetic ecstasy. Clive Bell aestheticartecstasy Change image and share on social
Art is a process of delivering or arranging elements that appeal to the emotions of a person looking at it. It's what you feel. Shaquille O'Neal appealarrangeart Change image and share on social
Many of the contradictions in Postmodern art come from the fact that we're trying to be artists in a democratic society. This is because in a democracy, the ideal is compromise. In art, it isn't. Brad Holland artartistcompromise Change image and share on social
The movie medium will eventually take its place as art because there is no other medium of interest to so many people. Irving Thalberg arteventuallyinterest Change image and share on social
The value of writing about art is its effect on the imagination. Paintings allow us to inhabit another culture, place, and time period, and address the issues of those time periods that resonate with our own time. Susan Vreeland addressartculture share on social
Two of my grandfathers had been artists, lifelong oil painters, so I was exposed to art very young. I've always been interested in it, although I never pursued it as a career or even as an avocation. Susan Vreeland artartistavocation Change image and share on social
Art history looks at art works and the people who have created them. Susan Vreeland artcreatehistory Change image and share on social
