There should always be something gratuitous about art, just as there seems to be, according to the new-wave cosmologists, something gratuitous about the universe.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Art is essentially communication. It doesn't exist in a vacuum. That's why people make art, so other people can relate to it.
What strikes me is the fact that in our society, art has become something which is only related to objects, and not to individuals, or to life.
I think art comes from some sense of discomfort with the world, some sense of not quite fitting with it.
All art really does is keep you focused on questions of humanity, and it really is about how do we get on with our maker.
Art is something special because it can come up with a way of approaching the truth that is a little to the side.
Art is great. At its best, it engages the intellect and challenges the spirit; it connects us across history and reminds us of our humanity.
I think there is a hunger for things that wake you up, something that makes you peel back your eyes, that reminds you that you are alive. Art is at its best when it is in the 'now.'
I see things like they've never been seen before. Art is an accurate statement of the time in which it is made.
A copy of the universe is not what is required of art; one of the damned things is ample.
There can be nothing exclusive about substantial art. It comes directly out of the heart of the experience of life and thinking about life and living life.