“The world is crazy. Creative work is hard. Life is short and art is long.”— Austin Kleon, amazon.com
“You're walking. And you don't always realize it, but you're always falling. With each step you fall forward slightly. And then catch yourself from falling. Over and over, you're falling. And then catching yourself from falling. And this is how you can be walking and falling at the same time.”— Laurie Anderson, open.spotify.com
“I never say I do political art. Nor do I do feminist art. I’m a woman who’s a feminist, who makes art.”— Barbara Kruger, interviewmagazine.com
“I think that designers have an incredibly broad creative repertoire. They solve. They create images of perfection for any number of clients. I could never do that. I’m my client. That’s the difference between an artist and a designer; it’s a client relationship.”— Barbara Kruger, interviewmagazine.com
“I have problems with a lot of photography, particularly street photography and photojournalism. There can be an abusive power to photography.”— Barbara Kruger, interviewmagazine.com
“Art and love are the same thing: It’s the process of seeing yourself in things that are not you.”— Chuck Klosterman, amazon.com
“What is bad for the heart is good for the art. The terrible irony of our lives as artists.”— Jandy Nelson, amazon.com
“There are no lines in nature, only areas of colour, one against another.”— Edouard Manet, goodreads.com