Art Quote by Takashi Murakami

Capitalism and power politics have made our generation creatively sluggish, and our vital art is mired in a broad bourgeois philistinism.

— Walter Gropius

I wanted to start a revolution, using art to build the sort of society I myself envisioned.

— Yayoi Kusama

Art should never be sociological; it has got to be timeless. It's got to be your vision and how you can represent the world…

— Vivienne Westwood

Capitalism is an art form.

— Camille Paglia

Sometimes in the history of art it is possible to describe a period or a generation of artists as having been obsessed by a…

— Alfred H. Barr, Jr

The presence of excessive wealth puts an unnatural spin on the appreciation of art.

— Steve Martin

We can look at history and see that [political turmoil is] fertile ground for art.

— Morgan Parker

I come from a generation where you put the art out and had the luxury to sit back and watch the world deconstruct it,…

— M.I.A

In capitalist terms, art is a global marketplace and artistic labour is too.

— Munira Mirza

“In other words, art is a realm entirely separated from the interests of real life-a refuge for detached and gifted souls from sordid political…

— DeWitt Henry Parker

Art gives us the illusion of liberation from the sordid business of being.

— Fernando Pessoa

Art is the signature of a generation; artists have a way of defining the times.

— Barbra Streisand