Art Quotes
“Art is the concrete representation of our most subtle feelings.”
“All works of art are commissioned in the sense that no artist can create one by a simple act of will but must wait until what he believes to be a good idea for a work comes to him.”
-- W. H. Auden
“In an era ruled by materialism and unstable geopolitics, art must be restored to the center of public education.”
-- Camille Paglia
“I have never denied my background or my culture. I have taught my child to embrace her Mexican heritage, to love my first language, Spanish, to learn about Mexican history, music, folk art, food, and even the Mexican candy I grew up with.”
-- Salma Hayek
“For as long as I can remember I have suffered from a deep feeling of anxiety which I have tried to express in my art.”
-- Edvard Munch
“Criticism is the windows and chandeliers of art: it illuminates the enveloping darkness in which art might otherwise rest only vaguely discernible, and perhaps altogether unseen.”
-- George Jean Nathan
“Music is your own experience, your own thoughts, your wisdom. If you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn. They teach you there's a boundary line to music. But, man, there's no boundary line to art.”
-- Charlie Parker