Art Quotes
“In the first book of my Discworld series, published more than 26 years ago, I introduced Death as a character there was nothing particularly new about this - death has featured in art and literature since medieval times, and for centuries we have had a fascination with the Grim Reaper.”
“If you do not breathe through writing, if you do not cry out in writing, or sing in writing, then don't write, because our culture has no use for it.”
-- Anais Nin
“He has only half learned the art of reading who has not added to it the more refined art of skipping and skimming.”
-- Arthur Balfour
“Admiration for a quality or an art can be so strong that it deters us from striving to possess it.”
-- Friedrich Nietzsche
“The Dancer believes that his art has something to say which cannot be expressed in words or in any other way than by dancing.”
-- Doris Humphrey
“I am a walking piece of art every day, with my dreams and my ambitions forward at all times in an effort to inspire my fans to lead their life in that way.”
-- Lady Gaga
“Everyone goes to the same exhibitions and the same parties, stays in the same handful of hotels, eats at the same no-star restaurants, and has almost the same opinions. I adore the art world, but this is copycat behavior in a sphere that prides itself on independent thinking.”
-- Jerry Saltz