Age Quote by Anthony Burgess

It is obvious that art cannot teach anyone anything, since in four thousand years humanity has learnt nothing at all.

— Andrei Tarkovsky

We need art. We've been telling stories since the beginning. As human beings, we need it for our survival.

— Lili Taylor

One never finishes learning about art. There are always new things to discover. Great works of art seem to look different every time one…

— Ernst Gombrich

Everywhere in the modern world there is neglect, the need to be recognized, which is not satisfied. Art is a way of recognizing oneself,…

— Louise Bourgeois

Much modern art is, at first sight, unnerving... in the contemporary world, we have come to expect instant response and immediate understanding.

— Nicholas Serota

Writers want to summarize: What does this mean? What did we learn from this? That's a very 19th-century way of thinking about art, because…

— Laurie Anderson

Modern art is childish - not childlike, remember, childish; not innocent but stupid, insane, pathological. We have to get rid of this trend. We…

— Rajneesh

As children, we come into the world with a natural desire to both speak and draw. Society makes sure that we learn language properly,…

— Charles de Lint

It's a waste to not say anything with art.

— Yoko Ono

“The culture of our world, right now, is crafted by little boys who only recall being stood up on their first date, and nothing…

— Ta-Nehisi Coates

And what, you ask, does writing teach us? First and foremost, it reminds us that we are alive and that it is gift and…

— Ray Bradbury

We don't need to be taught to make art, but sometimes we need permission to do so. Following instructions is overrated.

— Seth Godin