arts

"In mathematics the art of proposing a question must be held of higher value than solving it."

"I'm inspired by artists and musicians. There are so many wonderful and talented people in the world. I love discovering new music, new writers, or new art."

"Art must take reality by surprise."

"I think most art comes out of poverty and hard times."

"Art is parasitic on life, just as criticism is parasitic on art."

"Art is the child of Nature; yes, her darling child, in whom we trace the features of the mother's face, her aspect and her attitude."

"Perhaps it's good for one to suffer. Can an artist do anything if he's happy? Would he ever want to do anything? What is art, after all, but a protest against the horrible inclemency of life?"

"There is no abstract art. You must always start with something. Afterward you can remove all traces of reality."

"The art of the cuisine, when fully mastered, is the one human capability of which only good things can be said."

"I went into the business for the money, and the art grew out of it. If people are disillusioned by that remark, I can't help it. It's the truth."

"I'm happy to be a writer - of prose, poetry, every kind of writing. Every person in the world who isn't a recluse, hermit or mute uses words. I know of no other art form that we always use."

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

"Madness is the absolute break with the work of art; it forms the constitutive moment of abolition, which dissolves in time the truth of the work of art."

"An artist cannot fail; it is a success to be one."

"I'm a disciple of Raymond Chandler, who said in his essays that there's a quality of redemption in anything that can be called art."

"I really believe there are things nobody would see if I didn't photograph them."

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

"The highest art is always the most religious, and the greatest artist is always a devout person."

"In art, the hand can never execute anything higher than the heart can imagine."

"There's no art to find the mind's construction in the face."