Hollywood is a very liberal community. There are a lot of guys that are also conservative that are frightened or fearful of being able to come out. A….

When artists make art, they shouldn't question whether it is permissible to do one thing or another..

Certainly being in California has encouraged a sustained commitment to rethinking the nature, purposes, and relevance of the contemporary arts, speci….

A literary creation can appeal to us in all sorts of ways-by its theme, subject, situations, characters. But above all it appeals to us by the presen….

When the uncapped potential of a student meets the liberating art of a teacher, a miracle unfolds..

Obviously a drawing of a person is not a real person, but a drawing of a line is a real line..

Art is interested in life at the moment when the ray of power is passing through it..

I used to go and flatten my nose against that window and absorb all I could of his art. It changed my life. I saw art then as I wanted to see it..

A form of art that I like is portraiture. I've been thinking about portraiture, and its relationship to writing and literature, biography and autobio….

It changed my life. I saw art then as I wanted to see it..

When it comes to art, buy with your eyes, not your ears. I tried very hard not to 'decorate' with art. Art should be reflective of your personality a….

The system is the work of art; the visual work of art is the proof of the System. The visual aspect can't be understood without understanding the sys….

I took no money to make art, but my woman backed me up on it and I want my children to see their father happy..

The art world is a very prissy little thing over in the corner, while the major cultural forces are being determined by techno science..

When you start a company, it's more an art than a science because it's totally unknown. Instead of solving high-profile problems, try to solve someth….

Unlike with any other art form, filmmakers have this unique web of festivals. There are hundreds. It is a democratic system in which you submit films….

When I first moved to L.A., I discovered Roy London. I didn't know anything about the arts, the profession; I had no technique, I knew nothing, I'm f….

If Americans thought music and art belonged together, they wouldn't have the Grammys..

The extraordinarily facile and in literary terms long lived works tend to be about ordinary people. Even Sappho writes about the utterly insignifican….

It's a myth that older writers can't write for younger audiences. Shakespeare wasn't 15 when he wrote Romeo and Juliet..

I was so used to doing art that my fingers were like albino spiders. So it was just natural for me to go to a typewriter and write poetry..