Paul Valery on Art / Music
A poem is never finished, only abandoned.
Inside of a Pepsi cap on Art / Music
2,400,000 Americans play the accordion - hopefully not at the same time.
William on Art / Music
Each painting has its own ay of evolving...When the painting is finished, the subject reaveals itself.
W. Somerset Maugham on Art / Music
Art is merely the refuge which the ingenious have invented, when they were supplied with food and women, to escape the tediousness of life.
Stephen Nachmanovitch on Art / Music
Creative work is play. It is free specultaion using materials of one's chosen form.
Scott Adams on Art / Music
Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.
Ralph Waldo Emerson on Art / Music
Every artist was first an amateur.
Piet Mondrian on Art / Music
The position of the artist is humble. He is essentially a channel.
Paul Gauguin on Art / Music
I shut my eyes in order to see.
Paul Gauguin on Art / Music
Art is either plagiarism or revolution.