Quotes by Art You can't make a perfect painting. We can see perfection in our minds. But we can't make a perfect painting. Agnes Martin perfectmindart Pollock was terrific. I think he freed himself of all kinds of worry about this world. Ran around and dripped, and then he managed to express ecstasy. Agnes Martin worryartthinking The worst in life, we are told, is compatible with the best in art. So too the worst in life is compatible with the best in humour. Agnes Repplier humourlife-isart While art may instruct as well as please, it can nevertheless be true art without instructing, but not without pleasing. Agnes Repplier pleasuremayart Art... does not take kindly to facts, is helpless to grapple with theories, and is killed outright by a sermon. Agnes Repplier doefactsart The boundaries between contemporary art and cinema are so rigid. It's unbelievable. The film critics don't know my artwork and the art world doesn't know my films. Agnes Varda cinemafilm-criticsart Look at life all around; everything is growing, everything is moving forward. Therefore I recommend keeping in touch with life and with art. Agrippina Vaganova looksartmoving Can art be completely invented? It's a matter of shaping reality with the help of imagination. Aharon Appelfeld imaginationrealityart We like to think of film and music as art, but actually art is something that is not restricted. Ahmed Best filmartthinking My definition of art has always been the same. It is about freedom of expression, a new way of communication. It is never about exhibiting in museums or about hanging it on the wall. Art should live in the heart of the people. Ordinary people should have the same ability to understand art as anybody else. I don’t think art is elite or mysterious. I don’t think anybody can separate art from politics. The intention to separate art from politics is itself a very political intention. Ai Weiwei wallcommunicationart The purpose of art is the fight for freedom. Ai Weiwei fightingpurposeart The art always wins. Anything can happen to me, but the art will stay. Ai Weiwei anything-can-happenwinningart Everything is art. Everything is politics. Ai Weiwei changing-the-worldworldart I think art certainly is the vehicle for us to develop any new ideas, to be creative, to extend our imagination, to change the current conditions. Ai Weiwei ideasartthinking If my art has nothing to do with people's pain and sorrow, what is 'art' for? Ai Weiwei painpeopleart This so-called contemporary art is not a form, but a philosophy of society. Ai Weiwei formphilosophyart I think art is a very important weapon to achieve human freedom Ai Weiwei importantartthinking I think everybody deserves freedom. Freedom is such an abstract word, but it's all we need. Ai Weiwei artneedsthinking Art should live in the heart of the people. Ordinary people should have the same ability to understand art as anybody else. I don't think art is elite or mysterious. Ai Weiwei should-haveartthinking My definition of art has always been the same. It is about freedom of expression. I don’t think anybody can separate art from politics. The intention to separate [the two] is itself a very political intention. Ai Weiwei expressionartthinking«678910111213141516»
