Art Quotes
“The contemporary thing in art and literature is the thing which doesn't make enough difference to the people of that generation so that they can accept it or reject it.”
“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