Art Quotes
“There was a big drive when I was at art school to make you aware of the economy of meaning - after all, this was still during the tail end of minimalism. Being responsible for everything you put in your picture, and being able to defend it. Keeping everything clear around you so you know what is operating. To open the wound and keep it clean.”
“The details are the very source of expression in architecture. But we are caught in a vice between art and the bottom line.”
-- Arthur Erickson
“Take care to sell your horse before he dies. The art of life is passing losses on.”
-- Robert Frost
“Because most of my career in the classroom has been at art schools (beginning at Bennington in the 1970s), I am hyper-aware of the often grotesque disconnect between commentary on the arts and the actual practice or production of the arts.”
-- Camille Paglia