Art Quotes
“To speak of morals in art is to speak of legislature in sex. Art is the sex of the imagination.”
“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