The only people left in America who seem not to be artists are illustrators. — Brad Holland Copy Share Image
All the other kids in ninth grade were drawing hot rods and cocker spaniels and getting blue ribbons in art class. I… — Brad Holland Copy Share Image
Cubism is still the most important art movement for the same reason that John D. is still the most important Rockefeller. — Brad Holland Copy Share Image
New Wave art was the rage of the eighties. Now it's exhibited in oldies-but-goodies museums, usually in black-and-pink frames. — Brad Holland Copy Share Image
Political art expresses the cliches you agree with, unlike propaganda, which expresses the cliches you don't. — Brad Holland Copy Share Image
Style is the most valuable asset of the modern artist. That's probably why so many styles are reported lost or stolen each… — Brad Holland Copy Share Image
Many people decorate their homes with designer graffiti, even though most of them would probably have real graffiti scoured off the walls… — Brad Holland Copy Share Image
I've never understood why artists, who so often condescend to the cliches of their own culture, are so eager to embrace the… — Brad Holland Copy Share Image
In aristocratic societies, rich people used to commission exquisite paintings for their walls. — Brad Holland Copy Share Image
Many of the contradictions in Postmodern art come from the fact that we're trying to be artists in a democratic society. This… — Brad Holland Copy Share Image
Fifty years ago, it was the dream of every bohemian artist to be seen getting out of a limousine wearing blue jeans… — Brad Holland Copy Share Image
The truth is, we haven't really figured out yet how artists are going to thrive in modern mass societies. We're all experiments. — Brad Holland Copy Share Image
Commercial art is traditionally delivered to a client in a brown-paper bag with an invoice stapled to the outside. — Brad Holland Copy Share Image
All the other kids in ninth grade were drawing hot rods and cocker spaniels and getting blue ribbons in art class. I was getting… — Brad Holland Copy Share Image
If they were starting their careers today, Rockwell and Picasso would probably both be painting on black velvet. — Brad Holland Copy Share Image
Political art expresses the cliches you agree with, unlike propaganda, which expresses the cliches you don't. — Brad Holland Copy Share Image
Futurism: This was a movement of intellectuals who wanted to replace tradition with the modern world of machinery, speed, violence, and public relations. It… — Brad Holland Copy Share Image
In aristocratic societies, rich people used to commission exquisite paintings for their walls. — Brad Holland Copy Share Image
In America, the only truly popular art form is the movies. Most people consider painting a hobby and literature, schoolwork. — Brad Holland Copy Share Image
Many of the contradictions in Postmodern art come from the fact that we're trying to be artists in a democratic society. This is because… — Brad Holland Copy Share Image
Many people decorate their homes with designer graffiti, even though most of them would probably have real graffiti scoured off the walls of their… — Brad Holland Copy Share Image
In Modernism, reality used to validate media. In Postmodernism, the media validate reality. If you don't believe this, just think how many times you've… — Brad Holland Copy Share Image
Your biggest influences are the earliest ones. When I was young, I was very influenced by the short stories of Nathaniel Hawthorne. — Brad Holland Copy Share Image
Style is the most valuable asset of the modern artist. That's probably why so many styles are reported lost or stolen each year. — Brad Holland Copy Share Image
