The biographical novel is a true and documented story of one human being's journey across the face of the years, transmuted from the raw material of life into the delight and purity of an authentic art form. Irving Stone artauthenticbiographical share on social
I don't make a division between an art film and commercial art. Joe Wright artcommercialdivision Change image and share on social
With its fluctuating forms and needless decoration, fashion epitomizes the supposedly unproductive waste that inspired 20th-century technocrats to dream of central planning. It exists for no good reason. But that's practically a definition of art. Virginia Postrel 20thartcentral share on social
All art at a certain level is entertainment. We go to a tragedy by Sophocles to be entertained. John Banville artentertainentertainment Change image and share on social
The art of war is simple enough. Find out where your enemy is. Get at him as soon as you can. Strike him as hard as you can, and keep moving on. Ulysses S. Grant artenemyfind Change image and share on social
The differences between revolution in art and revolution in politics are enormous. Revolution in art lies not in the will to destroy but in the revelation of what has already been destroyed. Art kills only the dead. Harold Rosenberg artdeaddestroy share on social
The notion that the public accepts or rejects anything in modern art is merely romantic fiction. The game is completed and the trophies distributed long before the public knows what has happened. Tom Wolfe acceptartcomplete Change image and share on social
Fashion is only the attempt to realize art in living forms and social intercourse. Francis Bacon artattemptfashion Change image and share on social
When I am finishing a picture, I hold some God-made object up to it - a rock, a flower, the branch of a tree or my hand - as a final test. If the painting stands up beside a thing man cannot make, the painting is authentic. If there's a clash between the two, it's bad art. Marc Chagall artauthenticbad share on social
I think it's unreasonable to expect kids at 17 to know what they want to do with the rest of their lives. And actually, I guess I had a desire to be an artist, and I did enroll in art school out of high school. Jonathan LaPaglia artartistdesire share on social
