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.”
“Art requires neither complaisance nor politeness nothing but faith, faith and freedom.”
-- Gustave Flaubert
“Art begins with resistance - at the point where resistance is overcome. No human masterpiece has ever been created without great labor.”
-- Andre Gide
“For nine years I worked to change what was hairdressing then into a geometric art form with color, perm without setting which had never been done before.”
-- Vidal Sassoon
“The highest art is always the most religious, and the greatest artist is always a devout person.”
-- Abraham Lincoln
“In seeking wisdom thou art wise in imagining that thou hast attained it - thou art a fool.”
-- Lord Chesterfield
“Chance gives rise to thoughts, and chance removes them no art can keep or acquire them.”
-- Blaise Pascal