“To me, a painter, if not the most useful, is the least harmful member of our society.”— Man Ray, amazon.com
“I'm always very honest with the people I photograph. I open up a lot and tell people about my own experiences and answer their questions honestly. I'm asking my subjects for something, so I want to give something in return.”— Naomi Harris, independent.co.uk
“I'm always very honest with the people I photograph. I open up a lot and tell people about my own experiences and answer their questions honestly. I'm asking my subjects for something, so I want to give something in return.”— Naomi Harris, independent.co.uk
“I think art history is crucial for anyone in the visual arts. You have to understand how ideas evolve.”— David LaChapelle, independent.co.uk
“My work is about seeing — seeing things like they haven't been seen before.”— Robert Mapplethorpe, nytimes.com
“I'm sympathetic insofar as I think the 'cultural appropriation' critique has often gone too far. But what needs to be known is that African-American artists have created incredible, magical intellectual property -- only to have it monetized by white people, while the black artist gets nothing. That'…”— PieChart Guy, nytimes.com
“[Cultural] appropriation suggests theft, and a process analogous to the seizure of land or artifacts. In the case of culture, however, what is called appropriation is not theft but messy interaction. Writers and artists necessarily engage with the experiences of others. Nobody owns a culture, but ev…”— Kenan Malik, nytimes.com
“Best compliment for a photo: looks like a painting. Best compliment for a painting: looks like a photo.”— Jesse Herzog, twitter.com
“I used to tell people that I was going to be a creative director when I graduated. In my defence I didn’t realise at the time how pretentious that sounded. Almost like saying ‘When I graduate I want to be the editor in chief at a magazine’ or the director of a gallery.”— Angelica Hicks, nssmag.com
“When we think of beds, we usually think of them as neatly made, waiting to be used. I wanted to undo that, to pull back the covers and sculpt a monumental shape out of the fabric where our bodies would be, and where our bodies have been, as both a still-life (of the materials of sleep) and a portrai…”— Noah Kalina, noahkalina.com
“I have to remember everyday to keep pushing myself and putting myself in uncomfortable situations. To not stop looking and to keep exploring beauty. I've been working 12 years now at a 24/ 7 pace. I've got to always remember not to become too comfortable for fear of becoming irrelevant. You've got t…”— Ryan McGinley, ryanmcginley.com
“In the age of algorithms and social media, can we create an enclave where creative and intellectual sophistication still matter?”— Chris Lavergne, techcrunch.com
“Time, memory, loss, and love are my artistic concerns, but time, among all of them, becomes the determinant.”— Sally Mann, theguardian.com
“Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art.... It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things which give value to survival.”— C. S. Lewis, amazon.com
“I don’t know what it is like to be black in America, but I do know what it is like to be a mother. Emmett was Mamie Till’s only son. The thought of anything happening to your child is beyond comprehension.”— Dana Schutz, theguardian.com
“The massive power of commercial media can only be countered by alternative images from world art and culture.”— Camille Paglia, amazon.com
“I do not know anything about Art with a capital A. What I do know about is my art. Because it concerns me. I do not speak for others. So I do not speak for things which profess to speak for others. My art, however, speaks for me. It lights my way.”— Mark Z. Danielewski, amazon.com
“There are images that strike the heart and set it blooming like a flower, images that open up some much, much larger beauty that you can spend your whole life looking for and never find.”— Donna Tartt, Theodore Decker, amazon.com
“If a painting really works down in your heart and changes the way you see, and think, and feel, you don’t think, ‘oh, I love this picture because it’s universal.’ ‘I love this painting because it speaks to all mankind.’ That’s not the reason anyone loves a piece of art. It’s a secret whisper from an…”— Donna Tartt, James “Hobie” Hobart, amazon.com