Art is much less important than life, but what a poor life without it.
Interpretation
Art enhances life, making it richer and more fulfilling.
Robert Motherwell's quote emphasizes the significance of art in our lives, suggesting that while art may not be the most critical aspect of existence, life would be lacking and less meaningful without the presence of creativity and artistic expression. It highlights the essential role of art in enriching human experiences and emotions.
In practice
In a speech about the importance of community, you might say, 'As Robert Motherwell noted, art is much less important than life, but what a poor life without it.'
A main part of the struggle of art has been to make an art that is direct, simple, humane, unconnected with powers that be in their essence... To the degree that it is connected with the bourgeoisie via the marketplace and so on is not necessarily an artist's problem.
To end up with a canvas that is no less beautiful than the empty canvas is to begin with.
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Art is an experience, not an object.
Every year, Hollywood is looking for that new, white leading man and new white starlet that audiences fall in love with. But they're not looking for the next Denzel Washington, Will Smith or Sidney Poitier.
In poetry everything which must be said is almost impossible to say well.
It's a funny thing about stories. It doesn't feel like you make them up, more like you find them. You type and type and you know you haven't got it yet, because somewhere out there, there's that perfect thing -- the unexpected ending that was always going to happen. That place you've always been heading for, but never expected to go.
Somebody said they threw their copy of Dungeons and Dragons into the fire, and it screamed. It's a game! The magic spells in it are as real as the gold. Try retiring on that stuff.
I think women are vital to the future of the superhero comics and the entire industry - as creators, as editors, as consumers, as retailers.
Your audience is one single reader. I have found that sometimes it helps to pick out one person-a real person you know, or an imagined person and write to that one.
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