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.”
“The giant white cube is now impeding rather than enhancing the rhythms of art. It preprograms a viewer's journey, shifts the emphasis from process to product, and lacks individuality and openness. It's not that art should be seen only in rutty bombed-out environments, but it should seem alive.”
-- Jerry Saltz
“Any work that aspires, however humbly, to the condition of art should carry its justification in every line.”
-- Joseph Conrad
“Religion and art spring from the same root and are close kin. Economics and art are strangers.”
-- Nathaniel Hawthorne
“Art! Who comprehends her? With whom can one consult concerning this great goddess?”
-- Ludwig van Beethoven
“I'm very much into the costuming of any character that I portray and it's one of the great things about making movies is it's a collaborative art form so you get all these artists who are looking specifically about for this instance your character's costume and what that might tell about your character.”
-- Jeff Bridges