Art quotes

“What is chess, do you think? Those who play for fun or not at all dismiss it as a game. The ones who devote their lives to it for the most part insist that it's a science. It's neither. Bobby Fischer got underneath it like no one before and found at its center, art.”
Ben Kingsley - Bruce Pandolfini

“You can't control life. It doesn't wind up perfectly. Only art you can control. Art and masturbation. Two areas in which I am an absolute expert.”
Woody Allen - Sandy Bates

“If it's in focus, it's pornography. If it's out of focus, it's art.”

Linda Hunt - Billy Kwan

“I am a public eye, a witness, a critic. When you first see a new picture. You don't want to miss the boat. You have to be very careful. You might be staring at Van Gogh's ear.”
Michael Wincott - Rene Ricard

“- John Hull: How much is this?
- Betty McCutcheon: Do you know anything about ethnic art? Have you ever been in a store like this? See, we don't put price tags on our merchandise. So if you have to ask, then obviously you can't afford it.
- John Hull: In that case I'll take two of them.”
Laurence Fishburne - John Hull
Victoria Dillard - Betty

“It may be filled with churches and beautiful pictures, but you can only judge a country by its men.”

Barbara Jefford - Mrs. Herriton

“It took me five months to shoot my Playmate of the Year layout. I shot over 20,000 pictures. It's perfection! They don't go for just great nude shots. They go for art! Perfect art. And I'm proud of that.”
Mariel Hemingway - Dorothy Stratten