Quotes about Art

The excellency of every art is its intensity, capable of making all disagreeable evaporate.

Besides, a long poem is a test of invention, which I take to be the Polar star of Poetry, as Fancy is the sails - and Imagination the rudder.

We hate poetry that has a palpable design upon us—and if we do not agree, seems to put its hand in its breeches pocket. Poetry should be great & unobtrusive, a thing which enters into one's soul, and does not startle it or amaze it with itself but with its subject.

Reporter lady: What's that color? John: Hm. I'd call this a color!

I believe so much in the power of performance I don't want to convince people. I want them to experience it and come away convinced on their own.

To interest is the first duty of art; no other excellences will ever begin to compensate for failure in this.

Art and the saints are the greatest apologetics for our faith.

Faith is the art of holding on to things your reason has once accepted in spite of your changing moods.

Every happening, great and small, is a parable whereby God speaks to us, and the art of life is to get the message.

Great art picks up where nature ends.

Pop music will never be low brow.

I was doing these performance art pop music pieces in the city. And they were a bit on the eccentric side I suppose. So people started to call me Gaga after the Queen song 'Radio Gaga.'