Fine art, that exists for itself alone, is art in a final state of impotence. If nobody, including the artist, acknowledges art as a means of knowing the world, then art is relegated to a kind of rumpus room of the mind and the irresponsibility of the artist and the irrelevance of art to actual living becomes part and parcel of the practice of art.
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A painting in a museum hears more ridiculous opinions than anything else in the world.
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Art is either plagiarism or revolution.
Art is either plagiarism or revolution.
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I think that one of the qualifications of artists should be a vow of celibacy. They should be confined to ruining only their own lives.
What garlic is to salad, insanity is to art.
What garlic is to salad, insanity is to art.
The first mistake of Art is to assume that it's serious.
The first mistake of Art is to assume that it's serious.
Ads are the cave art of the twentieth century.
Ads are the cave art of the twentieth century.
Pictures must not be too picturesque.
Pictures must not be too picturesque.
