art – Page 47 – Purpee Quotes

I had wanted a tape recorder since

Posted on December 17, 2012December 17, 2007 by admin

“I had wanted a tape recorder since I was tiny. I thought it was a magic thing. I never got one until just before I went to art school.”

— Brian Eno

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All art is exorcism. I paint dreams

Posted on December 15, 2012December 15, 2007 by admin

“All art is exorcism. I paint dreams and visions too; the dreams and visions of my time. Painting is the effort to produce order; order in yourself. There is much chaos in me, much chaos in our time.”

— Otto Dix

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A great artist is always before his

Posted on December 13, 2012December 13, 2007 by admin

“A great artist is always before his time or behind it.”

— George Edward Moore

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Art must take reality by surprise.

Posted on December 11, 2012December 11, 2007 by admin

“Art must take reality by surprise.”

— Francoise Sagan

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Art is the desire of a man

Posted on December 10, 2012December 10, 2007 by admin

“Art is the desire of a man to express himself, to record the reactions of his personality to the world he lives in.”

— Amy Lowell

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Madonna remains the most visible performer on

Posted on December 6, 2012December 6, 2007 by admin

“Madonna remains the most visible performer on the planet, as well as one of the wealthiest, but would anyone seriously say that artistic self-development is her primary motivating principle? She is too busy with Kabbalah, fashion merchandising, adoption melodramas, the gym, and ill-starred horseback riding to study art.”

— Camille Paglia

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