Quote by Steve Martin
I believe entertainment can aspire to be art, and can become art,

I believe entertainment can aspire to be art, and can become art, but if you set out to make art youre an idiot. – Steve Martin

Other quotes by Steve Martin

I did stand-up comedy for 18 years. Ten of those years were spent learning, four years were spent refining, and four years were spent in wild success. I was seeking comic originality, and fame fell on me as a byproduct. The course was more plodding than heroic. – Steve Martin

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Learning
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I feel good about being able to take bluegrass on to television like Letterman and The View, and Ive heard nice things about being able to do that. I really havent felt any negativity toward me or my music. – Steve Martin

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Music
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I thought Borat was a breakthrough comedy, because it was really funny. It wasnt some studio-produced script with 14 writers. – Steve Martin

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Art
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History has remembered the kings and warriors, because they destroyed art has remembered the people, because they created. – William Morris

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Art

I just wish the crowd I was associated with was more passionate about what they were doing and less consumed with the commerce of the art form. – Shia LaBeouf

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Art

An artist cannot speak about his art any more than a plant can discuss horticulture. – Jean Cocteau

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Art

Art is an experience, not the formulation of a problem. – Lindsay Anderson

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Art

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To make oneself an object, to make oneself passive, is a very different thing from being a passive object. – Simone de Beauvoir

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