Art Quotes
“While a large segment of the art world has obsessed over a tiny number of stars and their prices, an aesthetic shift has been occurring. It's not a movement - movements are more sure of themselves. It's a change of mood or expectation, a desire for art to be more than showy effects, big numbers, and gamesmanship.”
“The reward of art is not fame or success but intoxication: that is why so many bad artists are unable to give it up.”
-- Jean Cocteau
“The art world is an all-volunteer force. No one has to be here if he or she doesn't want to be, and we should be associating with anyone we want to.”
-- Jerry Saltz
“A sculptor is a person who is interested in the shape of things, a poet in words, a musician by sounds.”
-- Henry Moore
“The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of young minds for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards.”
-- Anatole France