Our appreciation of folk art will strengthen our identities, our pride in belonging to a community. People trained in the creative use of their hands... →
F. Sionil Jose
Art, whatever form it takes, requires hard work, craftsmanship and creativity. As a writer, I know my grammar, cadence, the music of prose, and the... →
The heart of the theater is the play itself, how it dramatizes life to make it meaningful entertainment. To achieve depth and universality, the... →
What is needed in the theater, in fact for all our art forms, is a vibrant critical tradition.
In the visual arts, particularly painting, I distrust all those abstractions, those artificial constructions. I have a very simple way of judging... →
We recognize the distinctness of Asian art when we turn to its traditional forms, recognize it as Japanese, Chinese and Indian, even Balinese or Thai.
You perhaps know me as a novelist. Literature is one of the arts - in fact, the noblest of the arts. That is not my opinion; it was first expressed... →
I can remember the moment when I suddenly felt that the camera was a living partner. I suddenly felt this is art, and the camera is a co-operative... →
Erland Josephson
Art is commenting on what's going on around you in your life.
Al Jourgensen
Piano playing is a dying art. I love the fact that I can be one guy with one instrument evoking an emotional and musical experience.
Jon Bon Jovi