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You just have to do your art. Nothing can stop you.

Quotes by Robert Zemeckis

Working with actors who are directors is magnificent. Because they understand the art form intimately, and they know exactly how everything works.

Quotes by Robert Zemeckis

A certain rough-around-the-edges improvisational looseness - a sense of something coming together before your eyes, or not quite - may be one of the things that distinguishes performance art from theater.

Quotes by Roberta Smith

You never know when contemporary art is going to insinuate itself into a normally art-free zone.

Quotes by Roberta Smith

Take a martial art that you enjoy. Don't worry about the end result; just enjoy getting up and going to training. And there is no right martial art to do. They are all good.

Quotes by Robert Whittaker

Something happened when I was in elementary school. A Disney artist named Bruce McIntyre retired, and he had done drawings for 'Pinocchio' and 'Snow White' that was just classic stuff. He moved to the town I grew up in, Carlsbad,...

Quotes by Robert Stromberg

As a director, the biggest job is to discern the imperfections in emotional tone and then view it in the global picture of what you're trying to do, if that makes sense. It's a rhythm, like music is a rhythm...

Quotes by Robert Stromberg

Cultural confinement takes place when a curator imposes his own limits on an art exhibition, rather than asking an artist to set his limits.

Quotes by Robert Smithson

Artists themselves are not confined, but their output is.

Quotes by Robert Smithson

A work of art when placed in a gallery loses its charge, and becomes a portable object or surface disengaged from the outside world.

Quotes by Robert Smithson

A vacant white room with lights is still a submission to the neutral. Works of art seen in such spaces seem to be going through a kind of esthetic convalescence.

Quotes by Robert Smithson

Art's development should be dialectical and not metaphysical.

Quotes by Robert Smithson

I am for an art that takes into account the direct effect of the elements as they exist from day to day apart from representation.

Quotes by Robert Smithson

Objects in a park suggest static repose rather than any ongoing dialectic. Parks are finished landscapes for finished art .

Quotes by Robert Smithson

Art history is less explosive than the rest of history, so it sinks faster into the pulverized regions of time.

Quotes by Robert Smithson

Painting, sculpture and architecture are finished, but the art habit continues.

Quotes by Robert Smithson

Most of the appearance of mirth in the world is not mirth, it is art. The wounded spirit is not seen, but walks under a disguise.

Quotes by Robert South

To send light into the darkness of men's hearts - such is the duty of the artist.

Quotes by Robert Schumann

Nothing right can be accomplished in art without enthusiasm.

Quotes by Robert Schumann

Mendelssohn I consider the first musician of the day; I doff my hat to him as my superior. He plays with everything, especially with the grouping of the instruments in the orchestra, but with such ease, delicacy and art, with...

Quotes by Robert Schumann

Frequently Asked Questions

What perspectives on art are covered in this collection?
A few distinct takes - being an artist "to the core" with a goal of elevating humanity, art shaping personal character, and two versions of the idea that film "is not the art of scholars but of illiterates" and should be watched straight on.
Is there a quote about art and personal identity?
Yes, two of them. One speaker calls themselves "an artist to the core," aiming to elevate humanity through their art. Another says their art has had a strong influence on the kind of person they are. For more on personal growth, see the Life page.
Is there a quote specifically about film as art?
Yes - in fact there are two closely related versions of the same idea, both arguing that film "is not the art of scholars but of illiterates" and should be looked at straight on rather than over-analyzed.
Is there anything here about art's broader purpose or ambition?
Yes, one quote frames the speaker's whole objective as using their talents "to elevate humanity through my art" - a big-picture statement about art's purpose. For more ambitious, purpose-driven quotes, check out the Great page.
Where can I read more about how art is perceived or valued?
For a closer look at how art and status intersect, see the Status page. For more general uplifting quotes, the Good page is also worth browsing.

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