But, after all, the aim of art is to create space - space that is not compromised by decoration or illustration, space within which the subjects of painting can live.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.
As an architect, you have to provide a shelter to enjoy art. And you have to love art. It's like when you make a concert hall. You must love music. This is the reason why you make the space, to enjoy music - making a space for art is the same thing.
The value of writing about art is its effect on the imagination. Paintings allow us to inhabit another culture, place, and time period, and address the issues of those time periods that resonate with our own time.
To create a work of art is to create the world.
Art is head space that is very exclusive: it shuts people out; other people cease to exist.
There were a series of moments when I decided that art was important, and it was an important vehicle for me to express my interest in spaces.
What art offers is space - a certain breathing room for the spirit.
Art includes everything that stimulates the desire to live.
Art is the window to man's soul. Without it, he would never be able to see beyond his immediate world; nor could the world see the man within.
Painting is a lie. It's the most magic of all media, the most transcendent. It makes space where there is no space.