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I think my masks reference artists who reference primitivism. They're not directly connected to tribal arts. I think they look more like third-grade art projects.

Quotes by Mark Grotjahn

I don't know why we, in the art world, cannot unpack things and sort of make hybrid notions of a practice. We're very rigid. It's funny, though; in music, we have no problem sampling, mixing and remixing. But in the...

Quotes by Mark Bradford

Not only is writing more important than ever, but visual literacy is vital. We don't teach enough design, art, visual things. We have to recognize what we're seeing. It matters if you send someone a cluttered design. It matters more...

Quotes by Marissa Moss

My real background was in art studies. At the beginning I was a painter, then I was this graphic designer, then I became an illustrator, then I was a comic artist. But for me it's a different way of expression,...

Quotes by Marjane Satrapi

Eroticism is born at a time in civilisation when sexual instinct becomes deanimalised and enriched with contributions from art and from literature. A world of theatricality emerges around the act of love.

Quotes by Mario Vargas Llosa

There's a battle between what the cook thinks is high art and what the customer just wants to eat.

Quotes by Mario Batali

It was very useful to learn the history, the theory, and the art of building from a practical background.

Quotes by Mario Botta

A museum is a spiritual place. People lower their voices when they get close to art.

Quotes by Mario Botta

I think art is the only thing that's spiritual in the world. And I refuse to forced to believe in other people's interpretations of God. I don't think anybody should be. No one person can own the copyright to what...

Quotes by Marilyn Manson

I can't satisfy myself with just trying to tie all of my imagination into music, especially when music is not appreciated as an art form as much as it used to be.

Quotes by Marilyn Manson

Art gives me the freedom I don't have when I make music.

Quotes by Marilyn Manson

I am an illusionist. That's why I create art.

Quotes by Marilyn Minter

I really believe that women run the art world.

Quotes by Marilyn Minter

From the very early stage when I started doing performance art in the '70s, the general attitude - not just me, but also my colleagues - was that there should not be any documentation, that the performance itself is artwork...

Quotes by Marina Abramovic

I really think there's no difference between an art piece made by a man and one made by a woman. Is it a good art piece or a bad art piece? Of course, if you're female, you're maybe dealing with...

Quotes by Marina Abramovic

First of all, to do performance art, you really have to give 100 percent. I only know that I have to give 100 percent and then what happens, happens.

Quotes by Marina Abramovic

Performance has to be mainstream art. This is what I'm fighting for.

Quotes by Marina Abramovic

Nature is inside art as its content, not outside as its model.

Quotes by Marilyn French

Poetry is the art of creating imaginary gardens with real toads.

Quotes by Marianne Moore

Art and nature shall always be wrestling until they eventually conquer one another so that the victory is the same stroke and line: that which is conquered, conquers at the same time.

Quotes by Maria Sibylla Merian

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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