Read quote“My work can represent links in the evolving narrative of memory and identity.”
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About Art
Creative expression through visual, literary, performing, or other forms, used to communicate ideas, emotions, experiences, or perspectives.
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Words on Art
Read quote“For me, it’s like the same way you’re going to say Nas is an R&B singer because he’s from America or Whitney Houston was a rapper because rap is the most popping thing now.”
Read quote“عابوا قريضي وما عابوا بمعرفةِ ولن ترى الشمسَ أبصارَ الخفافيشِ”
Read quote“Ich wollte am liebsten alles in einem Satz sagen, nicht in zwanzig.”
Read quote“Le beau est toujours bizarre.”
Read quote“I thought I’m going to make an album from Puerto Rico, for Puerto Ricans.”
Read quote“There’s something inherently cringe about writing fiction.”
Read quote“We're like a nation's kidney. We help everyone metabolize not just facts but feelings around facts or ideas. And jokes are just a shorthand for all of that.”
Read quote“You can’t buy swag. You can’t buy vision and you can’t buy aesthetic.”
Read quote“Я, гений Игорь-Северянин”
Read quote“It made it possible for me to continue to make art every day, and this has saved my life.”
Read quote“I believe in the music. I don't have to beg you.”
Read quote“There is ultimately no space in which art cannot work.”
Read quote“the poet is first and foremost the heart of his people”
Read quote“Art is, like science and technique, a method of organising life in general.”
Read quote“My heart is in telling stories. And it's like therapy for me.”
Read quote“L’artiste existe en lui-même, et ne prend fond que sur sa sensibilité.”
Read quote“Если что меня спасает от ненависти к жизни, это именно моя прирожденная любовь к поэзии, к красоте всего мимолетного, к тихим маленьким радостям, заключающимся в пожатии руки и в глубоком взгляде.”
Read quote“The worst thing for an artist is to be judged by a standard that you don't want to be judged by.”
Read quote“Our vision for Canva has always been to empower the whole world to design.”
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Quote Stories about Art
Paint That Keeps Moving
Ansel expected to repaint a delivery van. Instead, a florist, an apprentice, and a handful of favorite flowers persuaded him to let his craft change with the seasons.
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A Kiln with Many Hands
When a potter inherits a failing communal kiln, she plans to work alone. Then cracked bowls, muddy boots, and a crowd of determined neighbors teach her what the kiln was built to hold.
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What the Lanterns Learned
Otta knew how to save a puppet’s past. The young performers needed her to help invent its next step.
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