The ocean is made of drops.
The world is littered with the bodies of people that tried to stick it to ole J. R. Ewing!
Art isn't supposed to change the world, but it can.
Art is not supposed to change the world, to change practical things, but to change perceptions. Art can change the way we see the world. Art can create an analogy.
An artist should be taking risks. That's the whole idea of being an artist.
The city's the best gallery I could imagine. I would never have to make a book and then present it to a gallery and let them decide if my work was nice enough to show it to people. I would control it directly with the public in the streets.
Can art change the world? Maybe. . . we should change the question: Can art change people's lives?
Every man of character will have that character questioned. Every man of honor and courage will be faced with unjust criticism, but never forget that unjust criticism has no impact whatsoever upon the truth. And the only sure way to avoid criticism is to do nothing and be nothing.
An artist is a man who tries to express the inexpressible.
Libraries can be of indispensable service in lifting the dead weight of poverty and ignorance.
I can't make sense out of that girl," he said to the bard, "Can you?" "Never mind," Fflewddur said, "We aren't really expected to.