Acquisition Quote by Fritz Kreisler

It takes intelligence and training, self-discipline and fine-sensibility, to gain renewed life through leisure occupation. America now suffers spiritual poverty, and art must become…

— Hans Hofmann

“Like every other good thing in this world, leisure and culture have to be paid for. Fortunately, however, it is not the leisured and…

— Aldous Huxley

The secret to the city is integration. Every area of the city should combine work, leisure and culture. Separate these functions and parts of…

— Jaime Lerner

Like every other good thing in this world, leisure and culture have to be paid for. Fortunately, however, it is not the leisured and…

— Aldous Huxley

The entire routine of our memorized acquisitions, for example, is a consequence of nothing but the Law of Contiguity. The words of a poem,…

— William James

What really drives me mad about art is that, in America, the only thing you can do is to take it apart.

— M.I.A

There is only one reason for art in America, and that is that the people of America learn the means of expressing themselves in…

— Robert Henri

Making art in America is about saving one's soul.

— Charles Simic

The only works of art America has given are her plumbing and her bridges.

— Beatrice Wood

I just get the feeling that if Jesse Helms was in charge of art in America, you'd go into a museum and see nothing…

— Elayne Boosler

Making art in America is sort of a political statement in and of itself. It's not the best environment for that sometimes.

— Steve Earle

Art in America has always been regarded as a luxury.

— Hallie Flanagan

But, you see, the theatre is not always art in America.

— Beatrice Wood

Art in America should be American, drawn from American sources, memorializing American achievement.

— Gutzon Borglum

The Barnes Foundation is the only sane place to see art in America.

— Henri Matisse