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 only way to avoid being unhappy is to close yourself up in Art and to count for nothing all the rest.”
-- Gustave Flaubert
“What you have now is a Hollywood that is pure poison. Hollywood was a central place in the history of art in the 20th century: it was human idealism preserved. And then, like any great place, it collapsed, and it collapsed into the most awful machinery in the world.”
-- Emir Kusturica
“The whole aspect of cinema and film festivals should be a moment to come together and celebrate art and humanity. It would be a shame if there was such a divide.”
-- Keanu Reeves
“All humanity is passion without passion, religion, history, novels, art would be ineffectual.”
-- Honore de Balzac