Art Quotes
“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.”
“Creative without strategy is called 'art.' Creative with strategy is called 'advertising.'”
-- Jef I. Richards
“Mission accomplished. The Museum of Modern Art's wide-open, tall-ceilinged, super-reinforced second floor was for all intents and purposes built to accommodate monumental installations and gigantic sculptures, should the need arise. It has arisen.”
-- Jerry Saltz
“A great city, whose image dwells in the memory of man, is the type of some great idea. Rome represents conquest Faith hovers over the towers of Jerusalem and Athens embodies the pre-eminent quality of the antique world, Art.”
-- Benjamin Disraeli
“True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, as those who move easiest have learned to dance.”
-- Alexander Pope