I think most art comes out of poverty and hard times.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
When I think how art education is eliminated whenever we get a budget crunch in the schools, I have to stand up and say that even when there was dire poverty ten blocks away from Tiffany Studios in the Lower East Side of Manhattan, there was art and creativity within.
Art is much less important than life, but what a poor life without it.
I don't think we live in those times when great art comes out of great adversity.
Not all art is great; most of it's rubbish.
Art is for anyone. It just isn't for everyone. Still, over the past decade, its audience has hugely grown, and that's irked those outside the art world, who get irritated at things like incomprehensibility or money.
I think there are a lot more important things than art in the world. But not to me.
Some folks believe that hardship breeds artistic creativity. I don't buy it. One can put up with poverty for a while when one is young, but it will inevitably wear a person down.
It's easier to make art for a society at a certain point in time with an understanding of what's going on.
I think that high art reposes on popular art, without one there cannot be another.
Much good art got made while money ruled; I like a lot of it, and hardship and poverty aren't virtues. The good news is that, since almost no one will be selling art, artists - especially emerging ones - won't have to think about turning out a consistent style or creating a brand. They'll be able to experiment as much as they want.