Argument Quote by Kimberly Peirce

In government they learned their lesson. They don't trust artists anymore. Now the money has to go through arts organizations. But, yeah, back then…

— Glenn Ligon

With the Ford Foundation grant all of a sudden instead of being an artist that had made a couple of short films, I became…

— Bruce Conner

Most of my contemporary grant-getters are now doing something other than painting.

— Robert Genn

If you're an artist, it's OK to put your money into your art. The advantage, in hindsight, is that you become the film, and…

— Anton Corbijn

A young artist can become popular more quickly with the Internet providing instant access to ones work. That might lead to more opportunity and…

— Jillian Mayer

I think it's the same thing for a country. We are lucky then that we can get some financing from the government, because it…

— Philippe Falardeau

As a philanthropist, I give away a lot of money every year. Yet I thought there was a higher leverage to come in and…

— Jeffrey Skoll

I think it can be difficult to get funding for a film, but I was lucky.

— Konkona Sen Sharma

I cannot belong to a nonprofit organization because when you receive grants, you have to make such great compromises with your artistic plans.

— Mikhail Baryshnikov

It's wonderful to make a lot of money, to be able to take care of my family, to have the facilities I have and…

— Jeff Koons

We're under the Arts Council under the Minister for the Arts. The Minister for the Arts and the Minister for Industrial Development have great…

— Ann Macbeth

Truthfully, my films don't get funded, they get adopted - and are made thanks to the generosity of others.

— Josephine Decker