Art’s a cop. He’s suspended. Which is the only kind of cop I like.
Art is a lie. Art gives the chaos of the world an order that doesn’t exist.
An appreciation of the arts is what lifts us beyond mere animals. It stirs the passions, and moves the spirits.
All great art starts with pain.
A work of art is only good if it arises from necessity, from need. And it can be political need or personal need or, ideally, both. Art should be confrontation. It should shock and scare you.
“I don’t paint for money” means nobody has paid me enough yet. So, if you can’t buy the art, buy the artist.[to Wags]
You don’t always need to understand it to enjoy it.[Nick Nelson: I don’t think I really understand any of the art, but it’s nice to look at.]
You can’t judge the art by the artist.
When describing art, “like,” “dislike,” they’re not really useful terms.
What are you drawing?[Boyd Stevens]Things I’ve seen. It’s good to draw them when you see them. So, even if you forget, the pictures remember. I thought they were dreams, all those things, but the pictures remembered.[Victor Kavanaugh]
This will stun the art world, even more than my marriage.[finds the long lost Fallen Madonna]
There shouldn’t be a separation between art and the objects we interact with in our everyday life.
