Art : (365)

" It used to be that if you stood in front of a painting you didn’t understand, you’d have some obligation to guess. Now you don’t. " - Dave Hickey

" People go to see beautiful paintings to see how much they cost. Wow. The practical value is that it shows you what the human spirit can do. " - John Guare

" I always saw candy as art. " - Dylan Lauren

" 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

" A lot of art can potentially make people uncomfortable, particularly when it deals with different times and hard issues. " - Mary Katharine Ham

" I don’t paint things. I only paint the difference between things. " - Henri Matisse

" I think anytime you see something that’s been brought to life by an artist’s hands, it just has a different kind of quality. " - Travis Knight

" I think we give too much importance to artists talking about the art and the film and the books and the plays and the music – it’s done; the material is there. But we talk about it because it’s part of the game. I’m comfortable with it. " - Jean-Marc Vallee

" I don’t think there’s been any writer like Samuel Beckett. He’s unique. He was a most charming man and I used to send him my plays. " - Harold Pinter

" I don’t feel that rap has been respected as an art form. Because people have seen rappers rap off the top of their heads, they don’t think it is difficult. " - Ice T