Truth exists in art.
Good art will speak to you if you give it a chance.
Make the best of every moment. We’re not evolving. We’re not going anywhere.
I believe that all creative people have more than one passion, more than one creative talent.
Life is tough and if you’re creative, it’s tougher.
MoMA is doubling its space, and I decided to raise the money for it.
A poem is a naked person… Some people say that I am a poet.
Have no fear of perfection. You’ll never reach it.
It is unquestionably true that the need for art is not created by economic conditions. But neither is the need for food created by economics. On the contrary, the need for food and warmth creates economics.
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.
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.
Great art is never produced for its own sake. It is too difficult to be worth the effort.
The Japanese have a wonderful sense of design and a refinement in their art. They try to produce beautiful paintings with the minimum number of strokes.
To this day I’m really not sure if I was playing Ziggy [Stardust] or if Ziggy was exaggerated aspects of my own personality. A fair amount of psychological baggage was undoubtedly coming out through the character. Because I felt awkward and nervous and inadequate with myself, it felt easier to be somebody else.
There is no art without intention.
People with talent are not interested in showing off behind another person.
All art inspires me. Life inspires me. The art of life, thus my own art.
