Art

The art which we may call generally art of the wayside, as opposed to that which is the business of mens lives, is, in the best sense of the word, Grotesque. – John Ruskin

Growing up going to Christian school and the concept that youre born a sinner and you dont really have a choice to change who you are has been hammered into my head and created the entire reason why I made art and made a band and made records called Antichrist Superstar. – Marilyn Manson

To me, photography is an art of observation. Its about finding something interesting in an ordinary place… Ive found it has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them. – Elliott Erwitt

Cunning is the art of concealing our own defects, and discovering other peoples weaknesses. – William Hazlitt

I realised the bohemian life was not for me. I would look around at my friends, living like starving artists, and wonder, Wheres the art? They werent doing anything. And there was so much interesting stuff to do, so much fun to be had… maybe I could even quit renting. – P. J. ORourke

People who dont like me talk about it as though Im trash because I have tattoos. I find that insane because its 2008, not the 1950s. Tattoos arent limited to sailors. Its a form of art I find beautiful. I love it. – Megan Fox

Art is mans constant effort to create for himself a different order of reality from that which is given to him. – Chinua Achebe

Its clever, but is it Art? – Rudyard Kipling

Mens magazines often feature pictures of naked ladies. Womens magazines also often feature pictures of naked ladies. This is because the female body is a beautiful work of art, while the male body is hairy and lumpy and should not be seen by the light of day. – Richard Roeper

The only honest art form is laughter, comedy. You cant fake it… try to fake three laughs in an hour – ha ha ha ha ha – theyll take you away, man. You cant. – Lenny Bruce

Courtesy is a silver lining around the dark clouds of civilization it is the best part of refinement and in many ways, an art of heroic beauty in the vast gallery of mans cruelty and baseness. – Bryant H. McGill

Mild autism can give you a genius like Einstein. If you have severe autism, you could remain nonverbal. You dont want people to be on the severe end of the spectrum. But if you got rid of all the autism genetics, you wouldnt have science or art. All you would have is a bunch of social yak yaks. – Temple Grandin

The first mistake of art is to assume that its serious. – Lester Bangs

Death be not proud, though some have called thee Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so. For, those, whom thou thinkst thou dost overthrow. Die not, poor death, nor yet canst thou kill me. – John Donne

I consider skateboarding an art form, a lifestyle and a sport. Action sport would be the least offensive categorization. – Tony Hawk

People are surprised at how down-to-earth I am. I like to stay home on Friday nights and listen to The Art of Happiness by the Dalai Lama. – Carmen Electra

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

Art, as far as it is able, follows nature, as a pupil imitates his master thus your art must be, as it were, Gods grandchild. – Dante Alighieri

The beginning of a friendship, the fact that two people out of the thousands around them can meet and connect and become friends, seems like a kind of magic to me. But maintaining a friendship requires work. I dont mean that as a bad thing. Good art requires work as well. – Charles de Lint

Deliver me from writers who say the way they live doesnt matter. Im not sure a bad person can write a good book, If art doesnt make us better, then what on earth is it for. – Alice Walker