arts

"Surrealism: An archaic term. Formerly an art movement. No longer distinguishable from everyday life."

"Dance is the most fundamental of all art forms."

"With an apple I will astonish Paris."

"What strikes me is the fact that in our society, art has become something which is only related to objects, and not to individuals, or to life."

"Photograph: a picture painted by the sun without instruction in art."

"Science is spectral analysis. Art is light synthesis."

"The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls."

"A picture is worth a thousand words."

"I am my own experiment. I am my own work of art."

"History repeats itself, but the special call of an art which has passed away is never reproduced. It is as utterly gone out of the world as the song of a destroyed wild bird."

"Every other artist begins with a blank canvas, a piece of paper the photographer begins with the finished product."

"Just as the development of earth art and installation art stemmed from the idea of taking art out of the galleries, the basis of my involvement with public art is a continuation of wall drawings."

"Listen to your inner-voice: Surround yourself with loving, nurturing people. Fall in love with your art and find yourself. Music is the great communicator."

"Why must art be static? You look at an abstraction, sculptured or painted, an entirely exciting arrangement of planes, spheres, nuclei, entirely without meaning. It would be perfect, but it is always still. The next step in sculpture is motion."

"The art of effective listening is essential to clear communication, and clear communication is necessary to management success."

"There are so many awful things in this world, but I wanted readers to share with me the small, beautiful, enjoyable things. Things like cute clothes, beautiful art and pretty flowers; items that are overflowing with beauty. If you just become obsessed with your own problems, you miss these things. When you discover them, you become happy."

"We all know that the great memories of our childhood are the little triumphs - it doesn't really matter whether that was in writing, art, on the hockey field or on the football field. It's something that makes you feel - 'I can do this stuff.'"

"Jazz music is America's past and its potential, summed up and sanctified and accessible to anybody who learns to listen to, feel, and understand it. The music can connect us to our earlier selves and to our better selves-to-come. It can remind us of where we fit on the time line of human achievement, an ultimate value of art."

"Nude nail polish wins hands down over intricate nail art."

"I've constantly tried new things, even as a child, and have always been obsessed with pink. Now I'm just a little more ladylike and fearless. You should never feel afraid to become a piece of art. It's exhilarating."