Never, never be an artist If you think you can make one cent; Never, never be an artist If there’s no one to pay your rent; Never, never be an artist If you like roast beef called “prime;” Never, never be an artist – Unless – You want to have a marvelous time.
Art Quotes
Art comes to you proposing frankly to give nothing but the highest quality to your moments as they pass.
I paint objects as I think them, not as I see them.
If your friend says of some picture, “Yes, but what does it mean?” ask him, what his carpet means or the circular patterns on his shoes.
All art constantly aspires towards the condition of music, because, in its ideal, consummate moments, the end is not distinct from the means, the form from the matter, the subject from the expression; and to it therefore, to the condition of its perfect moments, all the arts may be supposed constantly to tend and aspire.
We all know that Art is not truth. Art is a lie that makes us realize the truth, at least the truth that is given to us to understand.
The artist picks up the message of cultural and technological challenge decades before its transforming impact occurs. He then builds models or Noah’s arks for facing the challenge at hand.
A man paints with his brains and not with his hands.
Science and art have that in common that everyday things seem to them new and attractive.
The new age of education is programmed for discovery rather than instruction. Art as radar environment, radar feedback, early warning system: the antennae of the race.
