Art : (365) " I’ve been taking art lessons since I was little, and I’ve always drawn. I think in pictures. " - Brian Selznick " In this new world where art is willfully misinterpreted to score points and to distract, simply doing the work of an artist has become a political act. " - Corey Stoll " The trains were the beating heart of the New York graffiti scene. " - Adam Mansbach " Life usually tells the best stories – but sometimes it takes an artist to show us what they mean. " - Terry Teachout " ‘Neverwhere,’ by Benjamin Millepied, is set to his favorite composer, Nico Muhly. " - Robert Gottlieb " The black person is the protagonist in most of my paintings. I realized that I didn’t see many paintings with black people in them. " - Jean-Michel Basquiat " The arts capture our insecurities, quicken our instincts, guide us through threats. They help us know ourselves. They help us know each other. They help us know better. " - Agnes Gund " I probably use more grays than any other artist in the history of art. " - Sean Scully " I do tend to use watercolors – I love the splatter sort of thing you can do with watercolors. " - Mini Grey " One of the few things that will remain of this time is what artists are doing. They are the journal and the diary of our time. " - Robert Wilson