As for the degenerate artists, I forbid them to force their so-called experiences upon the public. If they do see fields blue, they are deranged, and should go to an asylum. If the only pretend to see them blue, they are criminals, and should go to prison. I will purge the nation of them, and […]
Art Quotes
In every artist there is a touch of audacity without which no talent is conceivable.
No more than a famous master can be replaced and another take over the completion of the half-finished painting he has left behind can the great poet and thinker, the great statesman and the great soldier, be replaced. For their activity lies always in the province of art. It is not mechanically trained but inborn […]
A painting in a museum hears more ridiculous opinions than anything else in the world.
If we are to change our world view, images have to change. The artist now has a very important job to do. He’s not a little peripheral figure entertaining rich people, he’s really needed.
Nature scarcely ever gives us the very best; for that we must have recourse to art.
Creativity is discontent translated into arts.
Art is either a plagiarist or a revolutionist.
Fashion is only the attempt to realize art in living forms and social intercourse.
When this girl at the art museum asked me whom I liked better, Monet or Manet, I said, “I like mayonnaise.” She just stared at me, so I said it again, louder. Then she left. I guess she went to try to find some mayonnaise for me.
