Approach Quote by Allan Kaprow

The work of art itself is . . . a vibrant, magical, and exemplary object which returns us to the world in some way…

— Susan Sontag

“Art requires a delicate adjustment of the outer and inner worlds in such a way that, without changing their nature, they can be seen…

— Flannery O'Connor

Works of art always spring from those who have faced the danger, gone to the very end of an experience, to the point beyond…

— Rainer Maria Rilke

Art is a reflection on life. Life isn’t something we can cut and fix. It’s always in a state of flux.

— El Anatsui

Art is the nearest thing to life; it is a mode of amplifying experience and extending our contact with our fellow men beyond the…

— George Eliot

Artists, whatever their medium, make selections from the abounding materials of life, and organize these selections into works that are under the control of…

— Jane Jacobs

In a sense, as we are creative beings, our lives become our work of art.

— Julia Cameron

Art in its execution and direction is dependent on the time in which it lives, and artists are creatures of their epoch. The highest…

— Richard Huelsenbeck

The idea is that what an artist lives through should broaden his notion of what it is possible for a human being to live…

— George Saunders

Art has to be able to match life, to respond to the ever-changing forms of the world, to electrify the audience.

— Haris Pasovic

“Life, raw life, the kind we lead every day, whether it leads us into the past or the future, has the curious property of…

— Wright Morris

In human life, art may arise from almost any activity, and once it does so, it is launched on a long road of exploration,…

— Susanne Katherina Langer