Analysis Quote by Anne Truitt

Industry in art is a necessity - not a virtue - and any evidence of the same, in the production, is a blemish, not…

— Anonymous

We have come to think of art and work as incompatible, or at least independent categories and have for the first time in history…

— Ananda Coomaraswamy

Hard work IS its own reward. Integrity IS priceless. Art DOES feed the soul.

— Marcus Samuelsson

Unless the work of art has wholly exhausted its makers attention, it fails. This is why works of great significance are demanding and why…

— Guy Davenport

I think of art as coming from daily life, daily experience. I think it's very important not to have it become work for some…

— Ai Weiwei

Unless the work of art has wholly exhausted its maker's attention, it fails. This is why works of great significance are demanding and why…

— Guy Davenport

The downfall of the industry seems to actually be good for art. I think the industry will find their way once the focus shifts…

— Saul Williams

... we have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and providing for their…

— Hannah Arendt

One cannot demand of art that it pay you in any other way than in the satisfaction of the work itself.

— Uta Hagen

It's hard to fathom the psychology of the economics of art. I don't quite understand it, and I don't necessarily want to understand it.

— Philip Taaffe

“Art needs motives that are more profound than profit if it is to maintain its difference from—and position above—other cultural forms.”

— Sarah Thornton

Art is fundamental, unique to each of us...Even in difficult economic times - especially in difficult economic times, the arts are essential.

— Maria Shriver