The artist, like the idiot, or clown, sits on the edge of the world, and a push may send him over it.
Art Quotes
Christian, you may see me only as a drunken, vice-ridden gnome whose friends are just pimps and girls from the brothels. But I know about art and love, if only because I long for it with every fiber of my being.
The painter is, as to the execution of his work, a mechanic; but as to his conception and spirit and design he is hardly below even the poet.
To sit for one’s portrait is like being present at one’s own creation.
If that’s art, I’m a Hottentot!
In the third year of the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln ordered work to go ahead on the completion of the dome of the Capitol. When critics protested the diversion of labor and money from the prosecution of the war, Lincoln said, “If people see the Capitol going on, it is a sign that we intend […]
Love the art in yourself, not yourself in the art.
Art imitates nature in this: not to dare is to dwindle.
The notes I handle no better than many pianists. But the pauses between the notes – ah, that is where the art resides.
Fashion is a potency in art, making it hard to judge between the temporary and the lasting.
