Art Quote by Brice Marden

Western art has a certain relationship to nature.

— Brice Marden

When I go to China I see many artists whose work reflects on aspects of contemporary popular culture but obviously the history of Western…

— Michael Craig-Martin

The artists of Asia have spiritually realized form, rather than aesthetically invented or imitated form, and from them I have learned that art and…

— Morris Graves

“These [Asian] paintings I could get into and they made me wonder who I was. By contrast, Western painters tried to tell me who…

— John McLaughlin

Western art is built on the biographical passion of one artist for another.

— Jim Dine

I'm very much involved with Asian art and its theory and practice, mainly Chinese because that was quite sophisticated. I tend to look at…

— Brice Marden

The art from the East is influenced by nature and touch. That comes from being more attuned to the environment.

— Billy Al Bengston

It's very hard to find artists in the history of western art who don't make portraiture ideological in some way.

— Hilton Als

This is the birth of the modern human soul. The artists are like us, not like the Neanderthals, who had no culture - and…

— Werner Herzog

Being an artist isn't a genetic disposition or a specific talent. It's an attitude we can all adopt. It's a hunger to seize new…

— Seth Godin

As an artist, you're just observing the world around you. So much is overwhelming and it's all so inescapable that it can't all speak…

— Laura Jane Grace

Most people just want to be part of the world, they want to live, love, and enjoy themselves - to take part in the…

— Paul Auster