arts

"To me, photography is the simultaneous recognition, in a fraction of a second, of the significance of an event."

"Rationalism is the enemy of art, though necessary as a basis for architecture."

"Art has a double visage: it looks before and after. Romance is its forward-looking face. The germ of growth is in romanticism. Formalism, on the other hand, consolidates tradition; gleans what has been gained and makes it facile to the hand or the mind; economizes the energy of genius."

"Painting is the passage from the chaos of the emotions to the order of the possible."

"The vitality of a new movement in Art must be gauged by the fury it arouses."

"Eating and reading are two pleasures that combine admirably."

"Dying is an art, like everything else. I do it exceptionally well. I do it so it feels like hell. I do it so it feels real. I guess you could say I've a call."

"Color is my day-long obsession, joy and torment."

"I will preach with my brush."

"Whether it be personal or musical, I just think I'm a walking art piece, just a ball of creativity."

"Sculpture is the art of the intelligence."

"Art in the classroom not only spurs creativity, it also inspires learning."

"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."

"Actually I think Art lies in both directions - the broad strokes, big picture but on the other hand the minute examination of the apparently mundane. Seeing the whole world in a grain of sand, that kind of thing."

"Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those the art of living well."

"The principles of true art is not to portray, but to evoke."

"I wasn't exposed to art as I was growing up, and can't recall the first time I saw a work of art. However, I remember very clearly a vision I had of a little green reindeer when I was a child, and visions emanate from the same mythical area where painting resides. Whatever the reason, I immediately felt comfortable working with visual materials."

"Dancers are a work of art - they are the canvas on which their work is painted."

"Patience is the art of concealing your impatience."

"Figure skating is a mixture of art and sport."