The best advice on the art of being happy is about as easy to follow as advice to be well when one is sick. Sophie Swetchine advicearteasy Change image and share on social
Making lyrics feel natural, sit on music in such a way that you don't feel the effort of the author, so that they shine and bubble and rise and fall, is very, very hard to do. Whereas you can sit at the piano and just play and feel you're making art. Stephen Sondheim artauthorbubble share on social
I see guys with, like, eyebrow art, and I wanna tell them, 'You don't have to go too crazy on your brows. Take it easy, man!' Ryan Reynolds artbrowcrazy Change image and share on social
I am for an art that takes into account the direct effect of the elements as they exist from day to day apart from representation. Robert Smithson accountartday Change image and share on social
Artists themselves are not confined, but their output is. Robert Smithson artistconfineoutput Change image and share on social
I think of my peace paintings as one long poem, with each painting being a single stanza. Robert Indiana longpaintpainting Change image and share on social
If you want to look at a cheap shot, look at Mr. Koons's or Mr. Gober's art. By no definition is it art. Morley Safer artcheapdefinition Change image and share on social
Diversity: the art of thinking independently together. Malcolm Forbes artdiversityindependently Change image and share on social
I wouldn't be here if it were not for the grant system that paid for me to go to art school - because my parents couldn't have afforded it. Peter Capaldi affordartgrant Change image and share on social
Too often, complaint is not about principled objection on moral grounds, but opportunistic objection on grounds of self-interest. To rectify this, we need to work on mastering the art of complaint. Julian Baggini artcomplaintground Change image and share on social