I never studied sculpture, engineering or architecture. In fact, after college I applied to seven art schools and was rejected by all seven.
Janet Echelman
I recognize that it is through the engagement with my craft - by recognizing an idea and drawing it out, building physical models, collaborating with... →
In my regular life, I am very involved in commissions for cities and sometimes countries. And I think of public art as a team sport. The outcome is... →
It's good for art to make us think, to give us a shared experience that creates a dialogue, makes us talk to each other, including strangers.
The most powerful part of the art is experiential, yet it's the hardest to describe because it's nonverbal.
Obviously, there's the seedy side of the strip club world and pole dancing. But, pole dancing, as an art form, is really beautiful. It's been... →
Megalyn Echikunwoke
Translation is the art of failure.
Umberto Eco
I would no more quarrel with a man because of his religion than I would because of his art.
Mary Baker Eddy
To my mind the old masters are not art; their value is in their scarcity.
Thomas A. Edison
What lists and awards don't measure - and I feel this strongly - is the lasting value of any work of art. They're a snapshot of a moment, and... →
Jennifer Egan