Art Quotes
“If only we could persuade galleries to observe a fallow period in which, for two months every other year, new and old works of art could be sold in back rooms and all main galleries would be devoted to revisiting shows gone by.”
“Every bit of me is devoted to love and art. And I aspire to try to be a teacher to my young fans who feel just like I felt when I was younger. I just felt like a freak. I guess what I'm trying to say is I'm trying to liberate them, I want to free them of their fears and make them feel that they can make their own space in the world.”
-- Lady Gaga
“Let's talk of a system that transforms all the social organisms into a work of art, in which the entire process of work is included... something in which the principle of production and consumption takes on a form of quality. It's a Gigantic project.”
-- Joseph Beuys
“The art world is molting - some would say melting. Galleries are closing museums are scaling back.”
-- Jerry Saltz
“I want to serve chess through games, books that are works of art. I would like to bring the game closer to many people all over the world.”
-- Garry Kasparov
“The sole art that suits me is that which, rising from unrest, tends toward serenity.”
-- Andre Gide