Art Quote by Jordan Mechner

What I do in films is really special work but it doesn't happen everyday. On the other hand, art is completely my domain. It…

— Shefali Shah

The making of art is a profoundly social activity, even if it’s one-on-one with some sort of ideal reader who doesn’t exist.

— August Kleinzahler

As art and/or design is often treated strictly as a hobby. But there are many who follow their passion and go ahead with that…

— Shweta Basu Prasad

It's not like since I make comics I only read comics and since I make movies I will only go out and watch movies.…

— Marjane Satrapi

Most of my work comes from ideas. I can usually do only a few versions of each idea. Land Art and Body Art were…

— Dennis Oppenheim

The idea of "making art for art's sake" makes no sense for me. Each area of my life, all the roles I play, influences…

— Ben Sollee

It's not ideal when art is seen as just some passing entertainment quickly thrown out into the market, like a consumer object. You have…

— Christine Leunens

You can disseminate your art, and it's all such easy access now. The upside to it is that more people are creating than ever…

— Stanley Clarke

If you have something you do that's unique, you just end up in situations. Your art can take you to places without you working…

— Reggie Watts

I think with art you have to do a bit of transforming of the subject to make the art worth having.

— Matthew Collings

If you try to go beyond your interests just for the sake of pretensions or wealth, your art becomes less legitimate.

— Vincent D'Onofrio

Perhaps whatever there is in my work that may be really interesting to others and surely what is interesting to me, is the result…

— Robert Henri