Kerry James Marshall Quotes

I mean, art for art's sake is ridiculous. Art is for the sake of one's needs.

I think art can reflect tragedy.

I do believe architecture, and all art, should be content-driven. It should have something to say beyond the sensational.

I don't believe that art is just for entertainment. I want to create art that is meaningful in some way.

Art is not boosterism, it's not propaganda, and it's not spin, but that's not something that art does, and nor has it historically ever done it.

Painting does more than just point to things. The very act of pointing is a value statement.

Art is a delivery system for worldviews.

Art indeed is a term referring to the social source and to the social utility of creative acts.

Art is not meant to change the world.

Art is an attempt to integrate evil.

Condemning art as manipulative is a non sequitur, of course. All art is manipulative.

Artists don't make objects. Artists make mythologies.

We want people to experience art and think about it. The art reflects our time, it is about our culture.

I believe in broken, fractured, complicated narratives, but I believe in narratives as a vehicle for truth, not simply as a form of entertainment, though I love entertainment, but also a way of conveying what needs to be conveyed about the works that I care about.

I believe that true art is universal in its appeal.

What I am really concerned about is what art is supposed to be - and can become.

Art must unquestionably have a social value; that is, as a potential means of communication it must be addressed, and in comprehensible terms, to the understanding of mankind.

I think there is a debate in the arts about, you know, whether we must strive for art for art's sake, and you know, kind of try to keep political debate out of our work. And to that I say, I'd like you to show me an example of, you know, this so-called apolitical art. I don't think there's any such thing.

Of what use were the arts if they were only the reproduction and the imitation of life?

We all know that Art is not truth. Art is a lie that makes us realize the truth, at least the truth that is given to us to understand.

What is art? Art talks about life; it's subversive.

The point of painting is not really deception or imitation.

The power of the story sheds a light and great perspective on well known facts. The power of cinema draws on that collective history.

The role of art in society differs for every artist.

Creativity and artistic endeavors have a mission that goes far beyond just making music for the sake of music.