Cultural confinement takes place when a curator imposes his own limits on an art exhibition, rather than asking an artist to set his limits. Robert Smithson artartistconfinement Change image and share on social
Art is so wonderfully irrational, exuberantly pointless, but necessary all the same. Pointless and yet necessary, that's hard for a puritan to understand. Gunter Grass artexuberantlyhard Change image and share on social
Movies become art after editing. Instead of just reproducing reality, they juxtapose images of it. That implies expression; that's art. Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu arteditexpression Change image and share on social
It is the function of art to renew our perception. What we are familiar with we cease to see. The writer shakes up the familiar scene, and, as if by magic, we see a new meaning in it. Anais Nin artceasefamiliar Change image and share on social
Comic art is just different. It's art on its own terms. Joe Simon artcomicterm Change image and share on social
What I hear every day on talk radio is America's lack of education - and I don't mean lack of college degrees. I mean lack of the basic art of democracy, the ability to seek the great truths that can come only by synthesizing the small truths possessed by each of us. Donella Meadows abilityamericaart share on social
The house has to please everyone, contrary to the work of art which does not. The work is a private matter for the artist. The house is not. Adolf Loos artartistcontrary Change image and share on social
Art evokes emotion. It doesn't have to be a thing of beauty. Eli Broad artbeautyemotion Change image and share on social
There's this shop in New York I go to; it has bones and fossils and insects that are like works of art. I have a few on my wall. Eva Green artbonefossil Change image and share on social
Envy is the art of counting the other fellow's blessings instead of your own. Harold Coffin artblessingcount Change image and share on social
