Art Quote by Vaginal Davis

Performance art is about joy, about making something that's so full of kind of a wild joy that you really can't put into words.

— Laurie Anderson

The problem with our art form: it's so ephemeral, and catching performances can be so difficult... the important thing is what happens at the…

— Judith Weir

Performance art is the ultimate in creativity. Since it has so many possibilities at creativity, it's essence tends to become creativity.

— Jack Bowman

Compared to other forms of drama, performance art is often thought of as inaccessible and overly artsy. I prefer to think of it as…

— Amy Hill

Failures in art usually lead to something else interesting.

— Will Cotton

It had been drilled into us that when an audience pays to see a performance, it is entitled to the best performance you can…

— Lillian Gish

There were times in my career ... when I felt like a trapeze artist doing dangerous somersaults without a net underneath. When you execute…

— Beverly Sills

When I see a contemporary deliver a good performance, I get inspired to do better. I don't sit and mull over other people's successes;…

— Aditya Roy Kapur

I think performance art comes from a simple place of wanting to express things beyond just sound.

— Amanda Palmer

I think it's an essential fact for any performer or artist to fail as poignantly as they can succeed.

— Nick Cave

As artistes, it is as much our job to entertain as to help the audience broaden their horizons.

— Sanjay Mishra

Performance has to be mainstream art. This is what I'm fighting for.

— Marina Abramovic