Art for art's sake is a philosophy of the well-fed.

Art for art's sake is a philosophy of the well-fed.

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.

Pictures deface walls more often than they decorate them.

Pictures deface walls more often than they decorate them.

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.

The first mistake of Art is to assume that it's serious.

The first mistake of Art is to assume that it's serious.

The refusal to rest content, the willingness to risk excess on behalf of one's obsessions, is what distinguishes artists from read more

The refusal to rest content, the willingness to risk excess on behalf of one's obsessions, is what distinguishes artists from entertainers, and what makes some artists adventurers on behalf of us all.

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.

Art is the most passionate orgy within man's grasp.

Art is the most passionate orgy within man's grasp.

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.