A classic is a book that has never finished saying what it has to say.

A classic is a book that has never finished saying what it has to say.

Life beats down and crushes the soul and art reminds you that you have one.

Life beats down and crushes the soul and art reminds you that you have one.

I didn't have any interest in traditional art.

I didn't have any interest in traditional art.

I don't want life to imitate art. I want life to be art.

I don't want life to imitate art. I want life to be art.

I am for an art that is political-erotical-mystical, that does something other than sit on its ass in a museum.

I am for an art that is political-erotical-mystical, that does something other than sit on its ass in a museum.

The aim of every artist is to arrest motion, which is life, by artificial means and hold it fixed so read more

The aim of every artist is to arrest motion, which is life, by artificial means and hold it fixed so that a hundred years later, when a stranger looks at it, it moves again since it is life.

A great artist is always before his time or behind it.

A great artist is always before his time or behind it.

The art and science of asking questions is the source of all knowledge.

The art and science of asking questions is the source of all knowledge.

When Michelangelo finished the painting of the Sistine Chapel's ceiling, he spent the rest of his life trying to remove read more

When Michelangelo finished the painting of the Sistine Chapel's ceiling, he spent the rest of his life trying to remove the paint that had poured into his sleeve.