arts

"A love of classical music is only partially a natural response to hearing the works performed, it also must come about by a decision to listen carefully, to pay close attention, a decision inevitably motivated by the cultural and social prestige of the art."

"What I wanted to do was to paint sunlight on the side of a house."

"Religion is the everlasting dialogue between humanity and God. Art is its soliloquy."

"My goal is to be one with the music. I just dedicate my whole life to this art."

"It may be that the deep necessity of art is the examination of self-deception."

"Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others."

"An artist carries on throughout his life a mysterious, uninterrupted conversation with his public."

"Philosophically considered, the universe is composed of Nature and the Soul. Strictly speaking, therefore, all that is separate from us, all which Philosophy distinguishes as the 'Not Me,' that is, both nature and art, all other men and my own body, must be ranked under this name, 'Nature.'"

"Simplicity and repose are the qualities that measure the true value of any work of art."

"A guilty conscience needs to confess. A work of art is a confession."

"Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life."

"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.'"

"'Untitled' is a time machine that can transport you to 1992, an edgy moment when the art world was crumbling, money was scarce, and artists like Tiravanija were in the nascent stages of combining Happenings, performance art, John Cage, Joseph Beuys, and the do-it-yourself ethos of punk. Meanwhile, a new art world was coming into being."

"In art the best is good enough."

"Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy."

"Life imitates art far more than art imitates Life."

"An empty canvas is full."

"Drawing is the honesty of the art. There is no possibility of cheating. It is either good or bad."

"Yes, the Bible should be taught in our schools because it is necessary to understand the Bible if we are to truly understand our own culture and how it came to be. The Bible has influenced every part of western culture from our art, music, and history, to our sense of fairness, charity, and business."

"Good art is art that allows you to enter it from a variety of angles and to emerge with a variety of views."