Art Quote by Georg Baselitz

The arts in America exist in spite of America, not because of America.

— Henry Rollins

America and Europe are so different in the way they conceive of themselves and art and cinema.

— Tom Hiddleston

There is something very special about this part of the world [U.S], which is the openness and the curiosity and the lack of prejudice…

— Esa-Pekka Salonen

In Europe they understand that the arts are incredibly important both culturally and economically.

— Tina Weymouth

The arts are part of a nation's identity, they are part of a nation's soul and when we look at a country from the…

— George Brandis

Sometimes the European and North American public like some things to be exotic and kept at arm's length. They don't want sometimes to know…

— David Byrne

As a result of World War II, European artists migrated to America, enlarging the scene and diminishing Paris as the center. America was beginning…

— Arne Glimcher

The artist is something of an outsider in America. I have always felt that America does not value its artists, certainly not in the…

— Carlisle Floyd

A country like Belgium, or socialist countries in central Europe spend more money on art education than the United States, which is a really…

— Mikhail Baryshnikov

I think the problem with the arts in America is how unimportant it seems to be in our educational system.

— Chuck Close

“In Europe, being an artist is a form of behavior; in America, being an artist is an excuse for a form of behavior.”

— William Faulkner

The only art form that Americans have created that's recognized around the world is jazz music born in a community that had the peculiar…

— Ken Burns