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" We work in the dark - we do what we can - we give what we have. Our doubt is our passion and our passion is our task. The rest is the madness of art. "

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" Music is an expression of individuality; it's how you see the world. All art is, for that matter. You take how you experience the world, interpret it, and send it out there - express it - whether it's sculpture, dance or singing. "

" From the very early stage when I started doing performance art in the '70s, the general attitude - not just me, but also my colleagues - was that there should not be any documentation, that the performance itself is artwork and there should be no documentation. "

Marina Abramovic

" O, you men who think or say that I am malevolent, stubborn or misanthropic, how greatly do you wrong me. You do not know the secret cause which makes me seem that way to you, and I would have ended my life - it was only my art that held me back. Ah, it seemed impossible to leave the world until I had brought forth all that I felt was within me. "

Ludwig van Beethoven

" The work ethic at art school is completely different than the work ethic amongst people who get into music. People who paint, it's an honorable thing to spend all day and all night in front of your canvas - that is the romantic vision of the painter. "

" Ninety percent of games lose money; 10 percent make a lot of money. And there's a consistency around the competitive advantages you create, so if you can actually learn how to do the art, the design, and the programming, you would be consistently very profitable. "

" What goes on in abstract art is the proclaiming of aesthetic principles... It is in our own time that we have become aware of pure aesthetic considerations. Art never can be imitation. "

" Every happening, great and small, is a parable whereby God speaks to us, and the art of life is to get the message. "

Malcolm Muggeridge

" Art is too serious to be taken seriously. "

" Fashion is only the attempt to realize art in living forms and social intercourse. "

" Art depends on luck and talent. "

Francis Ford Coppola

" Draw your pleasure, paint your pleasure, and express your pleasure strongly. "

" There is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept. "

" The concept of commercialism in the fashion and art world is looked down upon. You know, just to think, 'What amount of creativity does it take to make something that masses of people like?' And, 'How does creativity apply across the board?' "

" A painting that is well composed is half finished. "

" Art is basically communication, and I think everyone who's a music lover has had that experience where a record or a recording has kept you company when no one else is around. And I think that is what I'm hoping that people get out of my music. "

" I'm the type of person who far prefers a vacation filled with trips to museums and art galleries, shopping and exploring vintage flea markets, people-watching at cafes, and discovering delicious restaurants as opposed to lounging on a beach for days on end. "

Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman

" The essence of all beautiful art, all great art, is gratitude. "

Friedrich Nietzsche

" For me, art is about learning and about living with people. It's alive. "

" It is the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors. "

" If you know somethin' well, you can always paint it but people would be better off buyin' chickens. "

" Good art provides people with a vocabulary about things they can't articulate. "

" But I am a lover of all kinds of art. And I just can't stick to one thing. I guess I could if I made myself, but I'd always be looking the other way, for other things. "

" Just as pure abstract art is not dogmatic, neither is it decorative. "

" I do not regard advertising as entertainment or an art form, but as a medium of information. "

" Every other artist begins with a blank canvas, a piece of paper the photographer begins with the finished product. "

Edward Steichen

" Use the creative process - singing, writing, art, dance, whatever - to get to know yourself better. "

" Modesty: the gentle art of enhancing your charm by pretending not to be aware of it. "

" An artist is a dreamer consenting to dream of the actual world. "

George Santayana

" I cry out for order and find it only in art. "

" I'm free. I just do what I want, say what I want, say how I feel, and I don't try to hurt nobody. I just try to make sure that I don't compromise my art in any kind of way, and I think people respect that. "