Accepting Quote by Andy Goldsworthy

Art is either revolution or plagiarism

— Paul Gauguin

It is the highest form of culture and craftmanship in art to use local materials. That way you stand a chance of adding to…

— Miles Franklin

Art is either plagiarism or revolution.

— Paul Gauguin

Art is either a plagiarist or a revolutionist.

— Paul Gauguin

Our work should be a reflection of society, and if you're not concerned with including all of society, then I don't really know what…

— Sasheer Zamata

In the art world, originality is seen as a precious commodity and its increasingly difficult to get because the territory of art is so…

— Grayson Perry

Now culture being a social product, I firmly believe that any work of art should have a social function to beautify, to glorify, to…

— Carlos Bulosan

“Although the art world reveres the unconventional, it is rife with conformity. Artists make work that "looks like art" and behave in ways that…

— Sarah Thornton

I believe that artists should be part of the culture. I think that my work clearly bears that out.

— Kehinde Wiley

One often forgets that even if art is a very successful field in contemporary culture, there are still a lot of people alienated by…

— Tino Sehgal

Art is a deliberate recreation of a new and special reality that grows from your response to life. It cannot be copied; it must…

— Charles F Kettering

Art doesn't exist if you just do what you're told. It only exists as an exercise of individual taste and freedom.

— Jane Smiley