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Parks are works of art just as a painting or sculpture is.

A piece of art is a compact form of the universe.

I think the art world... is a very small pond, and it's a very inbred pond. They rely on information from an elect elite sect of galleries, primarily in New York.

Art transcends cultural boundaries.

When I got saved, God became my art agent.

My whole life was absorbed with my art. I was known by my schoolmates as the kid who could draw.

I began my career creating art for an animated feature film, and it has been a life-long dream to tell some of the story of my own life - the story behind my art - through the medium of motion pictures.

The whole Modernist lie is that art is about the artist.

I've had so much positive reaction and emotional fulfillment from the creation of my art and sharing it with everyday people that I never paid too much attention to the opinion of critics.

Art is forever.

Poetry is emotion put into measure. The emotion must come by nature, but the measure can be acquired by art.

Every man should follow the bent of his nature in art and letters, always provided that he does not offend against the rules of morality and good taste.

It is difficult to make political art work.

Architecture is a negotiated art, and it's highly political, and if you want to make buildings, there is diplomacy required.

It's too simplistic to advance the notion of the autonomy of art as a reason for turning away from the public. You can have autonomy and simultaneously have connections with the social and political world.

So at a time in which the media give the public everything it wants and desires, maybe art should adopt a much more aggressive attitude towards the public. I myself am very much inclined to take this position.

The huge problem in our society is the enormous ignorance of the ideas that underlie modern art.

So I am totally aware that when I defend the autonomy of art I'm going counter to my own development. It's more an instinctive reaction, meant to protect the private aspect of the work, the part I am most interested in and which nowadays is at risk in our culture.

The art and science of asking questions is the source of all knowledge.

I go to museums. I buy art, even. You should see my house; we don't have any wall space left.

Does art have to have high foot traffic to get funded in a recession? A lot of people, I am sure, would say absolutely not. And those postmodern art-loving loners surely would argue that even if one person likes a piece of art, that would make a museum worthwhile.