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

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

For me, art has to have two things to really blow me away: a strong concept and drama.

Art is lunging forward without certainty about where you are going or how to get there, being open to and dependent on what luck, the paint, the typo, the dissonance, give you. Without art you're stuck with yourself as you are and life as you think life is.

One of the reasons that art is important to me is sometimes it actually feels more coherent than life. It orders the chaos.

But only art and music have the power to bring peace.

Art will not solve your problems. It will not enable you to live merrily.

I didn't want to be like everybody else. Art was my religion.

I cannot live without art: it excites me, it challenges me, and it leads me to the next thing.