Quotes about art
art
I am interested in the art. I'm a professional woman Claire Bloom
artist excellence wanted
I've spent my life pursuing excellence as an artist, which is what I always wanted to do anyhow. Claire Bloom
art never-stop-learning
In any of the arts, you never stop learning. Claire Bloom
art interest traditional
I didn't have any interest in traditional art. Cindy Sherman
art ideas use
I was meticulously copying other art and then I realized I could just use a camera and put my time into an idea instead. Cindy Sherman
art believe harder
Believing in one’s own art becomes harder and harder when the public response grows fonder. Cindy Sherman
artist want males
I want[ed] to make a show of really big pictures, because you see male artists doing it all the time. It just seemed like such a big egotistical thing. I thought, 'I don't know that many women that really do that.... Damn it, I'm gonna do that-make this really big picture.' Cindy Sherman
art book people
I wanted to create something that people could relate to without having read a book about it beforehand. Cindy Sherman
art thinking knowing
I didn't want to make 'high' art, I had no interest in using paint, I wanted to find something that anyone could relate to without knowing about contemporary art. I wasn't thinking in terms of precious prints or archival quality; I didn't want the work to seem like a commodity. Cindy Sherman
art drug important
Judson Church was a very important place because they believed in art. They also took care of drug addicts. Without the Judson, nothing could have happened. Claes Oldenburg
art new-york fall
I knew I had to take my ambition more seriously, so I enrolled at the Art Institute of Chicago. Then, in the fall, I went on a tour of my own. I didn't go to New York because that was too well known for its art scene. Claes Oldenburg
art people together
The art world was very small and the people got together at parties. There was less commercialism. Claes Oldenburg
art calling pops
Duchamp is known for calling a thing art, rather than making it. A lot of that is picked up in pop art, too. Claes Oldenburg
art pops changed
Mine was not pop art. I maybe started with a subject, but I changed the subject. Claes Oldenburg
art interesting abstract
I don't do abstract art because I don't find it as interesting as I do subjects and depictions. Claes Oldenburg
art flags cigarette
I am for an art of things lost or thrown away. . . I am for an art that one smokes like a cigarette. . . I am for an art that flutters like a flag. Claes Oldenburg
art ice-cream underwear
I am for the art of underwear and the art of taxicabs. I am for the art of ice cream cones dropped on concrete. Claes Oldenburg
art thinking goes-on
If I didn't think what I was doing had something to do with enlarging the boundaries of art, I wouldn't go on doing it. Claes Oldenburg
art real character
I am preoccupied with the possibility of creating art which functions in a public situation without compromising its private character of being antiheroic, antimonumental, antiabstract, and antigeneral. The paradox is intensified by the use on a grand scale of small-scale subjects known from intimate situations--an approach which tends in turn to reduce the scale of the real landscape to imaginary dimensions. Claes Oldenburg
art helping old-lady
I am for an art that tells you the time of day, or where such and such a street is. I am for an art that helps old ladies across the street. Claes Oldenburg
art communication technique
Art is a technique of communication. The image is the most complete technique of all communication. Claes Oldenburg
art growing-up knowing
I am for an art that grows up not knowing it is art at all. Claes Oldenburg
art school college
I had no idea what art was. There was one art class in high school, but it didn't make a big impression on me. Then I went to college and thought I'd become a writer. Claes Oldenburg
art fun museums
I'm in favor of an art that does something other than just sit on its ass in a museum. Claes Oldenburg
art kids made
Everything I do is completely original-I made it up when I was a kid. Claes Oldenburg
artist use
I don't use the word 'artists' lightly. Ciaran Hinds
art literature opinion
I'm interested in pressure, I'm interested in duress. All the great works of art, or film or literature, in my opinion, have elements of those in them. Cillian Murphy
art sex mean
Love, sex, food, friendship, art, play, beauty and the simple pleasure of a cup of tea are all well and good, but never forget that God/the universe is determined to kill you by whatever means necessary. Chuck Lorre
art school korea
It wasn't until I went to Korea out of high school and got exposed to the martial arts for the first time and was just completely enamored with the physical ability of the martial arts and making my black belt. Chuck Norris
art mean determined-to-succeed
Sometimes the things we want most are the hardest to get. That means you need to be even more determined to succeed. That's what it takes to be a winner. You have to want it bad enough to stick with it no matter how tough things get. Chuck Norris
art helping-others way
One of my life's principles is to develop myself to the maximum of my potential in all ways and to help others do the same. Chuck Norris
art trying failing
The only time we fail is when we stop trying. Chuck Norris
art goal lines
There is no finish line. When you reach one goal, find a new one. Chuck Norris