Artists who seek perfection in everything are those who cannot attain it in anything.
Gustave Flaubert
Of all lies, art is the least untrue.
There are neither good nor bad subjects. From the point of view of pure Art, you could almost establish it as an axiom that the subject is... →
You can calculate the worth of a man by the number of his enemies, and the importance of a work of art by the harm that is spoken of it.
The only way to avoid being unhappy is to close yourself up in Art and to count for nothing all the rest.
Art requires neither complaisance nor politeness; nothing but faith, faith and freedom.
The cult of art gives pride; one never has too much of it.
One might not think of light as a matter of fact, but I do. And it is, as I said, as plain and open and direct an art as you will ever find.
Dan Flavin
All I knew about Ethiopia was from a few records that I like, as well as what I read about the famine. But you get there and it's another world.... →
Flea
My worry is that opera will become an historic art form as opposed to a living, breathing thing.
Renee Fleming