Art Quotes
“It took the Metropolitan Museum of Art nearly 50 years to wake up to Pablo Picasso. It didn't own one of his paintings until 1946, when Gertrude Stein bequeathed that indomitable quasi-Cubistic picture of herself - a portrait of the writer as a sumo Buddha - to the Met, principally because she disliked the Museum of Modern Art.”
“You say a new era in art is preparing you sensed it coming continue your studies without weakening. God will do the rest.”
-- Paul Cezanne
“And I have exposed myself to art so that my work has something beyond just the usual potter.”
-- Beatrice Wood
“What can be more foolish than to think that all this rare fabric of heaven and earth could come by chance, when all the skill of art is not able to make an oyster!”
-- Anatole France
“The challenge is to practice politics as the art of making what appears to be impossible, possible.”
-- Hillary Clinton
“You can't but know that if you can capture the emotions of the audience as well as their minds, the play will work better, because it's a narrative art form.”
-- Tom Stoppard
“The forties, seventies, and the nineties, when money was scarce, were great periods, when the art world retracted but it was also reborn.”
-- Jerry Saltz
“The downfall of the industry seems to actually be good for art. I think the industry will find their way once the focus shifts from its greed-based origins, downsizes, and begins to support creative visions that speak to our times and shifting ideals.”
-- Saul Williams