Fine art, that exists for itself alone, is art in a final state of impotence. If nobody, including the artist, acknowledges art as a means of knowing the world, then art is relegated to a kind of rumpus room of the mind and the irresponsibility of the artist and the irrelevance of art to actual living becomes part and parcel of the practice of art.
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Giving jazz the Congressional seal of approval is a little like making Huck Finn an honorary Boy Scout.
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Art is... a question mark in the minds of those who want to know what's happening.
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Every other artist begins with a blank canvas, a piece of paper the photographer begins with the finished product.
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What is art but a way of seeing?.
What is art but a way of seeing?.
Art is permitted to survive only if it renounces the right to be different, and integrates itself into the omnipotent read more
Art is permitted to survive only if it renounces the right to be different, and integrates itself into the omnipotent realm of the profane.
There is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept.
There is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept.
I'm a study of a man in chaos in search of frenzy.
I'm a study of a man in chaos in search of frenzy.
Why should I paint dead fish, onions and beer glasses? Girls are so much prettier.
Why should I paint dead fish, onions and beer glasses? Girls are so much prettier.
