Kanye is a student of art. He's an art-school-dropout type of kid that will talk about art till the cows come home.
Criticism talks a good deal of nonsense, but even its nonsense is a useful force. It keeps the question of art before the world, insists upon its importance.
I argued strongly to the American publisher that 'Reality Hunger' should come out first. They thought that 'The Thing About Life' would have more appeal because it's on a broader topic; it's about mortality rather than art.
Color is crucial in painting, but it is very hard to talk about.
But it's hard to talk about art. Maybe there should be a law against it, some First Amendment gag order like crying fire in a crowded theater.
Men talk about art, and artists make art, but should artists talk?
That which, perhaps, hears more nonsense than anything in the world, is a picture in a museum.
Everyone knows of the talking artists. Throughout all of the known history of the world they have gathered in rooms and talked. They talk of art and are passionately,almost feverishly, in earnest about it. They think it matters much more than it does.
As an artist, I've always wanted to participate in the dialogue of art with other artists.
Chatter about art is almost always useless.
We must always apologize for talking painting.
My dad's great. He's an amazing artist. A sculptor. He's wonderful and supportive. I love going to museums with him - we talk about... everything.
I know that it is impossible to talk about my work. And since it's impossible for me or anybody else to talk about my work, I feel I might as well talk about it.
Public art is a unique type of art. It's very different to gallery art because it is something that we pass by every day and it inevitably creates a lot of discussion in a way that gallery art does not.
I'm kind of a nerd, so whenever I get a chance to talk to an artist I really admire, I tend to gravitate to process.
Does any art have a practical value? People love to talk about how expensive a painting is. That's the only way we can talk about paintings in this century.
Everybody's an art critic.
In the room the women come and go talking of Michelangelo.
It's always hopeless to talk about painting - one never does anything but talk around it.
I think we give too much importance to artists talking about the art and the film and the books and the plays and the music - it's done; the material is there. But we talk about it because it's part of the game. I'm comfortable with it.
I have a terrific relationship with Woody and realize it's full of dramatic overtones, but it's really quite simple. It revolves around conversations, film talk, sports talk, books, and art.
The idea of peer critique, of talking about each other's art - I just found it so useless.
I enjoy talking to people about what I do - about films, music, directors, and art. It's very strange, having to talk about yourself.
Kanye's the best. He really, really is. He's cool. And why we've always gotten along is because we can just sit down and talk about art.
I agree that Ruskin has done much harm to counter balance much good in giving people the trick of talking about Art instead of really doing a little of it to enable them to understand.
