Truth exists in art.
Good art will speak to you if you give it a chance.
Mother’s taste was eclectic and ranged from the ancient world to the contemporary from Europe to the U.S.
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.
An artist can only be evaluated after he’s dead. At the 11th hour he might do something that will eclipse everything else.
Artists are people driven by the tension between the desire to communicate and the desire to hide.
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.
Art is self expression. If you are expressing someone else’s personality, that is not art.
We’re here to bring beauty to the world and make a difference on this planet. That’s what art forms are about.
Mother’s interest in contemporary American artists emerged during the 1920s.
If you hold onto the beauty and inspiration and the clarity that is music, you will have an anchor, you will not be too far swayed by what the world is.
Have no fear of perfection. You’ll never reach it.
Without art, the crudeness of reality would make the world unbearable.
I cry out for order and find it only in art.
A museum has to renew its collection to be alive, but that does not mean we give on important old works.
We’ll buy some drugs and watch a band and jump in a river holding hands.
The arts are at the center of a nation’s purpose and a test of civilization.
