Art Quotes
“Mild autism can give you a genius like Einstein. If you have severe autism, you could remain nonverbal. You don't want people to be on the severe end of the spectrum. But if you got rid of all the autism genetics, you wouldn't have science or art. All you would have is a bunch of social 'yak yaks.'”
“The web, then, or the pattern, a web at once sensuous and logical, an elegant and pregnant texture: that is style, that is the foundation of the art of literature.”
-- Robert Louis Stevenson
“I owe much to mother. She had an expert's understanding, but also approached art emotionally.”
-- David Rockefeller
“It is a mistake for a sculptor or a painter to speak or write very often about his job. It releases tension needed for his work.”
-- Henry Moore
“The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science.”
-- Albert Einstein
“I often find myself privately stewing about much British art, thinking that except for their tremendous gardens, that the English are not primarily visual artists, and are, in nearly unsurpassable ways, literary.”
-- Jerry Saltz