The only art I have is a Polaroid from Peter Beard from his book. I shot with him four years ago, and he did a special Polaroid for me, so I consider it a piece of art.
Offence is no longer defence - it's a full-time profession. Everyone is so offended all the time. The new police force that we weren't told about: the moral police. No qualifications, no training, no understanding of actual morality, but they have a degree in the art of being offended.
Art requires neither complaisance nor politeness; nothing but faith, faith and freedom.
Politeness is the art of choosing among your thoughts.
I define my work as a feminist act and a political act because I'm black and a woman. You don't necessarily have to claim that, but the act of making art itself is a political and feminist act when you're a woman.
Art is inherently political. Even trying to make a film that has nothing to do with politics is, in and of itself, a political act.
In this new world where art is willfully misinterpreted to score points and to distract, simply doing the work of an artist has become a political act.
I love books, I love art, I'm a fanatic nature and wildlife person. People assume I'm a political animal, power hungry, wanting to run for office. And anyone who knows me knows that none of that's true.
I got my first camera when I was 21 - my boyfriend gave it to me for my birthday - but at that point politics was my life, and I viewed the camera as a tool for expressing my political beliefs rather than as an art medium.
Art should not be a tool of politics, but sometimes art can help make the political climate more open and help society become more free.
Making art in America is sort of a political statement in and of itself. It's not the best environment for that sometimes.
It's too simplistic to advance the notion of the autonomy of art as a reason for turning away from the public. You can have autonomy and simultaneously have connections with the social and political world.
The pursuit of perfection always implies a definite aristocracy, which is as much a goal of effort as a noble philosophy, an august civil polity or a great art.
I hate studio. For me, studio is a trap to overproduce and repeat yourself. It is a habit that leads to art pollution.
They're not poodles, they're art.
Summer is a great time to visit art museums, which offer the refreshing rinse of swimming pools - only instead of cool water, you immerse yourself in art.
I don't mean this, but I'm going to say it anyway. I don't really think of pop art and serious art as being that far apart.
I'm not interested in pop art.
I never set out to be a groundbreaking artist in the sense of doing something that's never been done before. I set out to make stuff that communicated quickly and effectively, playing off of advertising, pop art, and pop culture.
Everybody has called Pop Art 'American' painting, but it's actually industrial painting.
