Art Quote by Jimmy Carter

Objects of every sort are materials for the new art: paint, food, chairs, electric and neon lights, smoke, water, old socks, a dog, movies,…

— Allan Kaprow

“Our fine arts were developed, their types and uses were established, in times very different from the present, by men whose power of action…

— Paul Valéry

A lot of art and visual crafts are based on appropriating things.

— Lazaro Hernandez

I’m interested in vernacular cultures, where people lived a little closer to the source of materials and the making of objects for use. And…

— Martin Puryear

“We want our artists to take the mundane materials of our lives, run it through their imaginations, and surprise us.”

— Twyla Tharp

I love taking prints, embroidery, appliques - precious things that seem to be from another time - and using them to create a contemporary,…

— Alessandro Michele

To me, craft work is the ultimate. Maybe I got this idea from the autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini, who was employed as a sculptor…

— Cass McCombs

Our advanced art approaches a fragile but marvelous life, one that maintains itself by a mere thread, melting into an elusive, changeable configuration, the…

— Allan Kaprow

“Craft is what we are expected to know; art is the unexpected use of our craft.”

— Ed Catmull

Well-crafted things inspire me, whether it's pottery or art or music.

— Rodney Yee

Art is a refining and evocative translation of the materials of the world.

— Gwendolyn Brooks

“The most important factor of art is the love of it; the rest will come. If you enjoy your craft, the end product is…

— Elizabeth Isaacs