I think it's probably the Dutch who are to blame for starting the whole 'art business', because before they came along, art was attached to relatively stable structures, and it was everybody's. It was like going to the movies.
In Holland, everyone is an expert in painting and in tulips.
To play Holland, you have to play the Dutch.
I've had the good fortune of studying the 17th-century art of Amsterdam in preparation for a film.
No painting is more replete than Mondrian's.
A tour of the Mexico City of Diego Rivera and Frieda Kahlo led by Barbara Kingsolver would be nice. And I certainly wouldn't turn down a tour of Johannes Vermeer's Delft led by Tracey Chevalier.
Dutch painting: daily life is enough.
Those Dutchmen had hardly any imagination or fantasy, but their good taste and their scientific knowledge of composition were enormous.
I moved to Holland because I wanted to see American art.
I've visited Holland plenty of times and always liked staying in the Hilton in Amsterdam.
