Controversy is part of the nature of art and creativity. – Yoko Ono
I am an anarchist in politics and an impressionist in art as well as a symbolist in literature. Not that I understand what these terms mean, but I take them to be all merely synonyms of pessimist. – Henry Adams
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
Life is like art. You have to work hard to keep it simple and still have meaning. – Charles de Lint
Ability is the art of getting credit for all the home runs somebody else hits. – Casey Stengel
Interpretation is the revenge of the intellectual upon art. – Susan Sontag
The 1990s, after the reign of terror of academic vandalism, will be a decade of restoration: restoration of meaning, value, beauty, pleasure, and emotion to art and restoration of art to its audience. – Camille Paglia
In an era ruled by materialism and unstable geopolitics, art must be restored to the center of public education. – Camille Paglia
Because most of my career in the classroom has been at art schools (beginning at Bennington in the 1970s), I am hyper-aware of the often grotesque disconnect between commentary on the arts and the actual practice or production of the arts. – Camille Paglia
To me, art supplies are always okay to buy. – Louis C. K.
Art is something to be proud of. Art is no compromise. – Christian Bale
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
The art of healing comes from nature, not from the physician. Therefore the physician must start from nature, with an open mind. – Paracelsus
The new job of art is to sit on the wall and get more expensive. – Robert Hughes
I am not a great cook, I am not a great artist, but I love art, and I love food, so I am the perfect traveller. – Michael Palin
Art must take reality by surprise. – Francoise Sagan
What you have now is a Hollywood that is pure poison. Hollywood was a central place in the history of art in the 20th century: it was human idealism preserved. And then, like any great place, it collapsed, and it collapsed into the most awful machinery in the world. – Emir Kusturica
Art is the concrete representation of our most subtle feelings. – Agnes Martin
Wisdom is nothing but a preparation of the soul, a capacity, a secret art of thinking, feeling and breathing thoughts of unity at every moment of life. – Herman Hesse
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
