Art Quote by Thom Mayne

It's too simplistic to advance the notion of the autonomy of art as a reason for turning away from the public. You can have…

— Thom Mayne

In my own work I am invested in art as a way to break through impasses, whether those impasses are personal, social, or political.

— Jill Soloway

There is some other form that you contain within yourself that is not will or purpose and, when applied to art, serves you best.…

— Milton Resnick

“Works of art are of an infinite solitude, and no means of approach is so useless as criticism. Only love can touch and hold…

— Rainer Maria Rilke

I think that my responsibility to my art is to try to get it right or to push the boundaries of what I'm able…

— Robert Hass

Art is maybe a subversive activity. There is a certain rebellion when you are an artist at heart, even if only in the art…

— Philippe Petit

Art never harms itself by keeping aloof from the social problems of the day: rather, by so doing, it more completely realises for us…

— Oscar Wilde

I've just grown up. Respecting yourself and your art means taking an interest in the other responsibilities.

— Adam Granduciel

Art doesn't exist if you just do what you're told. It only exists as an exercise of individual taste and freedom.

— Jane Smiley

Art has more ego to it than what I do.

— Eva Zeisel

I think there's a danger with any great art, that if you begin to test your ideas on other people, and get their opinions…

— Marilyn Manson

There are forms of art that I might not like to do myself, but I still have respect for the artists who create it.

— Vanessa Paradis