If a building becomes architecture, then it is art. Arne Jacobsen architectureartbuild Change image and share on social
You have to make a choice when you start to sing and decide whether you want to service the music, and be at the top of your art, or if you want to be a very popular tenor. Alfredo Kraus artchoicedecide Change image and share on social
One science only will one genius fit; so vast is art, so narrow human wit. Alexander Pope artfitgenius Change image and share on social
The job at Brooklyn is interesting because Brooklyn reflects what happened to university art departments everywhere. It might be the worst department now, and yet at one point it was the best in the country. Ad Reinhardt artbadbrooklyn share on social
There's always the influence of music, film, art and the other things that drive me. I'm usually inspired by my environment and whatever is making me happy or mad. Adam Jones artdriveenvironment Change image and share on social
It makes me happy to think that this world of art-as-investment is a minuscule fraction of the art world overall. Most people who create, trade and own art do it for a much simpler reason. They just like it. Adam Davidson artcreatefraction share on social
Whether art is defined as a representation of or response to reality, it demands an intense engagement with things we haven't managed to understand fully. Joanna Scott artdefinedemand Change image and share on social
There are some centuries which - apart from everything else - in the art and other disciplines presume to remake everything because they know how to make nothing. Giacomo Leopardi artcenturydiscipline Change image and share on social
So many gods, so many creeds, so many paths that wind and wind while just the art of being kind is all the sad world needs. Ella Wheeler Wilcox artcreedgod Change image and share on social
There are periods in history when change is necessary, and other periods when it is better to keep everything for the time as it is. The art of life is to be in the rhythm of your age. Oswald Mosley ageartchange Change image and share on social
