Art is not the application of a canon of beauty but what the instinct and the brain can conceive beyond any canon. When we love a woman we don't star….

No one expects to attain to the height of learning, or arts, or power, or wealth, or military glory, without vigorous resolution, strenuous diligence….

There is no logical reason why the camel of great art should pass through the needle of mob intelligence..

Art and propaganda have this much connection, that if a propaganda makes art impossible, it is clearly damned..

works of art feel towards human beings exactly as we do towards ghosts. The transparency of spectres, the diffuseness in space which lets them drift ….

Growing up and applying to college, I just imagined that I would study acting. But then, once I went to college, I realized I was more interested in ….

Any authentic work of art must start an argument between the artist and his audience..

The delight we find in art amounts to recognition of a saving grace, to an acknowledgment that the problem of life has a solution implicit in its own….

There is a point, and it is reached more easily than is supposed, where interference with freedom of the arts and literature becomes an attack on the….

A good face they say, is a letter of recommendation. O Nature, Nature, why art thou so dishonest, as ever to send men with these false recommendation….

When you know your work sells, then seeking a gallery or outdoor show is fine. Then, if an event or art gallery kicks sand in your face don't give up….

We want to take a hard look at the ease with which wrongdoers can get their hands on deadly weapons and the frequency with which they use them..

The secret of a successful art career is to make more art that folks think they need than pieces they just want. When a piece of art emotionally conn….

Great work comes from great joy. Leave the angst for the movies; do art - that is fun..

Art doesn't sell itself, it has to be sold..

It is a myth that art has to be sold. It is not like stocking a grocery store where people fill a pushcart. Art is a product that has no apparent nee….

I love the way art moves people emotionally. I love the fact that when someone purchases art it is the one thing that will last for generations..

I hate irony, particularly when it is used because there isn't any message or to hide that someone hasn't any story to tell. Just like when someone o….

Luck is when preparation meets opportunity. I'll share the formula I learned while forging my way forward as a full-time painter for forty-four years….

Art leaves something to the listener; that's what separates art from craft..

I have a long history with Soho: even when I was at art college, I came down to Soho to work in the summer..