"I think art is a form of creative expression, but I think it can also be seen in nature. To me, that’s my favorite type of art—landscapes and stuff like that—because it kind of brings you back to what was here before us."
"Art is extremely important and possibly the only way humans can really express their humanness. And today a lot of technology and culture can be dehumanizing. But the way to fight that is through making your own art."
“The big thing about art for me is…I like appreciating it and how the artist went through it. So that’s what really art is to me.” “I love art. It’s continuously around us. We can find art in the smallest things. It’s whether or not we want to pay attention to it that we then classify it as art.”
"Um. I really don’t like art. I think that it’s boring, and anything could be technically art these days. So no one even knows what it is."
"Art is the defining characteristic of a human being."
Brian Lehrer on WNYC did a segment on the 17 artists who are bringing suit to stop the destruction of 5 Pointz in Queens to protect their artwork – very interesting for public/graffiti art! Listen to it here.
In other news, while this came up a few weeks ago, I just got a link to an interview done with the creator of Colossal. Kinda cool.
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