I probably spent the first 20 years of my life wanting to be as American as possible. Through my 20s, and into my 30s, I began to become aware of how... →
Maya Lin
I was always making things. Even though art was what I did every day, it didn't even occur to me that I would be an artist.
You have to have conviction and completely question everything and anything you do. No matter how much you study, no matter how much you know, the... →
The role of art in society differs for every artist.
The highest art is always the most religious, and the greatest artist is always a devout person.
Abraham Lincoln
Every mind which has given itself to self-expression in art is aware of a directing agency outside its conscious control which it has agreed to label... →
Norman Lindsay
It's disappointing to see films become pure entertainment, so that it's not an art form.
Richard Linklater
The beginning of a friendship, the fact that two people out of the thousands around them can meet and connect and become friends, seems like a kind... →
Charles de Lint
Life is like art. You have to work hard to keep it simple and still have meaning.
All my life as an artist I have asked myself: What pushes me continually to make sculpture? I have found the answer. art is an action against death.... →
Jacques Lipchitz