Truth exists in art.
Good art will speak to you if you give it a chance.
Art is constant tension and release. That is where artists live, between the two or at times, submerged in either.
He knows all about art, but he doesn’t know what he likes.
I’m terribly intuitive-I always thought I was intellectual about what I do, but I’ve come to the realization that I have absolutely no idea what I’m doing half the time.
The conventional notions of art have changed, and a lot of things done today are considered works of art that would have been rejected in the past.
Can anybody be given creativity? No. Only equipment to develop it if it’s in them in the first place.
I cry out for order and find it only in art.
I got more publicity for not doing a festival than for doing the festival.
I think of art as the highest level of creativity. To me, it is one of the greatest sources of enjoyment.
The arts are not just a nice thing to have or to do if there is free time or if one can afford it. Rather, paintings and poetry, music and fashion, design and dialogue, they all define who we are as a people and provide an account of our history for the next generation.
MoMA is doubling its space, and I decided to raise the money for it.
People with talent are not interested in showing off behind another person.
There’s no collection that has a better representation of post-war American art than David Geffen’s.
Mother’s taste was eclectic and ranged from the ancient world to the contemporary from Europe to the U.S.
Surrealism had a great effect on me because then I realised that the imagery in my mind wasn’t insanity. Surrealism to me is reality.
I’ve always felt that a lot of modern art is a con, and that the most successful painters are often better salesmen and promoters than they are artists.
