Art Quotes
“When I am finishing a picture, I hold some God-made object up to it - a rock, a flower, the branch of a tree or my hand - as a final test. If the painting stands up beside a thing man cannot make, the painting is authentic. If there's a clash between the two, it's bad art.”
“First let me report that the art in the Barnes Collection has never looked better. My trips to the old Barnes were always amazing, but except on the sunniest days, you could barely see the art. The building always felt pushed beyond its capacity.”
-- Jerry Saltz
“Painting, n.: The art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather, and exposing them to the critic.”
-- Ambrose Bierce
“I had wanted a tape recorder since I was tiny. I thought it was a magic thing. I never got one until just before I went to art school.”
-- Brian Eno