John Dewey
The various fine arts, architecture, sculpture, painting, music, and poetry, are the successive attempts of the mind adequately to express its own ideal nature. John Dewey (1859 - 1952) U.S. philosopher and educator. Psychology
Nicholas Negroponte
Like a force of nature, the digital age cannot be denied or stopped. It has four very powerful qualities that will result in its ultimate triumph: decentralizing, globalizing, harmonizing, and empowering. Nicholas Negroponte U.S. business executive and writer. Being Digital
Naked
journalist - Didn't you have anything on? m.m. - I had the radio on. Attributed to Marilyn Monroe (1926 - 1962) U.S. film actor.
John Ruskin
Fine art is that in which the hand, the head, and the heart of man go together. John Ruskin (1819 - 1900) British art critic, writer, and reformer. The Two Paths
“God Rest You Merry
God rest you merry, gentlemen, Let nothing you dismay. Anonymous Traditional English song lyric. "God Rest You Merry"
Ad Reinhardt
Fine art has its own thought, its own history and tradition, its own reason, its own discipline. It has its own "integrity" and not someone else's "integration" with something else. Ad Reinhardt (1913 - 1967) U.S. painter, multimedia artist, and photographer. Twelve Rules for a New Academy
Hundredth Good Pointes of Husbandrie, “The Farmer’s Daily Diet”
At Christmas play and make good cheer, For Christmas comes but once a year. Thomas Tusser (1524 - 1580) English farmer and writer. Hundredth Good Pointes of Husbandrie, "The Farmer's Daily Diet"
Ad Reinhardt
Fine art can only be defined as exclusive, negative, absolute and timeless. It is not practical, useful, related, applicable, or subservient to anything else. Ad Reinhardt (1913 - 1967) U.S. painter, multimedia artist, and photographer. Twelve Rules for a New Academy
Sir Joshua Reynolds
A mere copier of nature can never produce anything great. Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723 - 1792) British painter and writer. Discourse to the students of the Royal Academy
John Betjeman’s Collected Poems, “Christmas”
And is it true? And is it true, This most tremendous tale of all, Seen in a stained-glass window's hue, A Baby in an ox's stall? John Betjeman (1906 - 1984) British poet and broadcaster. John Betjeman's Collected Poems, "Christmas"
Rafael Alberti
A graveyard for pleasure, good taste, the urge to fornicate with what's painted. Les Demoiselles d'Avignon. Rafael Alberti (1902 - 1999) Spanish poet.Referring to Pablo Picasso's painting, Les Demoiselles d'Avignon (1907). The Eight Names of Picasso, "Ballad of Les Demoiselles d'Avignon"
A Few Late Chrysanthemums, “Christmas”
And girls in slacks remember Dad, And oafish louts remember Mum, And sleepless children's hearts are glad, And Christmas morning bells say "Come!" Even to shining ones who dwell Safe in the Dorchester Hotel. John Betjeman (1906 - 1984) British poet and broadcaster. A Few Late Chrysanthemums, "Christmas"
Richard Wilbur
Edgar Degas purchased once A fine El Greco, which he kept Against the wall beside his bed To hang his pants on while he slept. Richard Wilbur (1921 - ) U.S. poet. Ceremony and Other Poems, "Museum Piece"
Joni Mitchell
A good piece of art should be androgynous. Attributed to Joni Mitchell (1943 - ) Canadian singer and songwriter.
T-shirt art
"ART Candy for the mind" Angela Raven - 2006 Raven Studio I love t-shirts, but have never been much for ones with writing on them, until my friend friend Angela send me this link. She sells these in her online art gift shop. This one hooked me enough that all my friends will be getting one as gift this year.
Bill Gates
Digital tools magnify the abilities that make us unique in the world: the ability to think, the ability to articulate our thoughts, the ability to work together to act on those thoughts. Bill Gates (1955 - ) U.S. business executive. Business @ the Speed of Thought: Using a Digital Nervous System (co-written with Collins Hemingway)
Eugene Speicher
A portrait is a picture in which there is something wrong with the mouth. Attributed to Eugene Speicher (1883 - 1962) U.S. painter.
Daniel Buren
A clear eye will recognize what is meant by freedom in art, but an eye that is a little less educated will see better what it is all about when it has adopted the following idea: that the location (outside or inside) where a work is seen is its frame (its boundary). Daniel Buren (1938 - ) French painter.
Science fiction films
Science fiction films are not about science. They are about disaster, which is one of the oldest subjects of art. Susan Sontag (b. 1933), U.S. essayist. Against Interpretation,“The Imagination of Disaster” (1966).
Andy Warhol and Tomato Soup
"Once at the Blue Parrot I asked Andy Warhol about his soup can. He smiled in that way he had and that was all the answer I needed" Bob Orsillo, Artist, Photographer ~ 1974
Art and the process of
"The process is like learning to speak, once you know how to speak, hopefully you have something to say" Bob Orsillo - American Artist 1976
Stalking Art
Here is a fun article - if you have never been to the Art Basel Show, you should add it to your todo list - great place to people watch. Trailing art collector Alan Lieberman around the Art Basel Show in Miami Beach, a NEWSWEEK reporter had all she could do to keep up http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16108210/site/newsweek/from/ET/
The best thing about being an artist
" The best thing about being an artist - you only have to work half a day. AND! it does not matter what half you work, as long as you get your 12 hours in - seven days a week" Bob Orsillo American Artist - Surviving and Thriving as an Artist, Boston, MA 2003
Fresh coat of paint
"anything will look good with a fresh coat of paint" George Saphine - 1980
