American Quote by Rumaan Alam

Many artists who don't go off to art school come to New York. It's about what you learn when you're here.

— Urs Fischer

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

— Chuck Close

American art, like America, must wait and live a while longer.

— Raoul Dufy

Art is not to be taught in Academies. It is what one looks at, not what one listens to, that makes the artist. The…

— Oscar Wilde

It should begin much earlier with arts education in the American school system, which is sadly deficient.

— Frank Gehry

Art is a weapon in the struggle of ideas, the class struggle.

— Amiri Baraka

Artists are able to do well in the political arena because of fame, if only they can educate themselves.

— Ronee Blakley

I do see a big difference in the American work ethic compared to the British work ethic in a lot of artists.

— Simon Cowell

I think at the end of the day the diversity has served as a major... that's what has determined the difference between The Roots…

— Black Thought

Being an artist is not easy - I have always said that to the students I have taught over the years. It's a huge…

— Marina Abramovic

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

And I am interested in the fact that class is very much a factor in America, even though it's not supposed to be.

— Anne Tyler