Art Quotes

A few quotes about art in general, painting, drawing, music, architecture:

I tend to like things that already exist.
::: Jasper Johns :::

Conversation in real life is full of half-finished sentences and overlapping talk. Why shouldn't painting be too?
::: Edgar Degas :::

The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.
::: Aristotle :::

Art is idea. It is not enough to draw, paint, and sculpt. An artist should be able to think.
::: Gordon Woods :::

Art is made to disturb. Science reassures. There is only one valuable thing in art: the thing you cannot explain.
::: Georges Braque ::: (colleague of Picasso)

To draw, you must close your eyes and sing.
::: Pablo Picasso :::

Believe it or not, I can actually draw. :)
::: Jean Michel Basquiat :::

We shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us.
::: Sir Winston Churchill :::

The music that really turns me on is either running toward God or away from God. Both recognize the pivot, that God is at the center of the jaunt.
::: Bono :::

The day is coming when a single carrot, freshly observed, will set off a revolution.
::: Paul Cezanne :::