Artistic Boundaries Quotes

To tell you the truth, I am rather perplexed by the concept of 'art'. What one person considers to be 'art' is often not 'art' to another. 'Beautiful' and 'ugly' are old-fashioned concepts that are seldom applied these days; perhaps justifiably, who knows? Something repulsive, which gives you a moral hangover, and hurts your ears or eyes, may well be art. Only 'kitsch' is not art - we're all agreed about that. Indeed, but what is 'kitsch'? If only I knew!

Art chooses its constraints.

The fine-art world knows very little about the cartoon world.

The human mind cannot go beyond the gift of God, the Holy Ghost. To suppose that art can go beyond the finest specimens of art that are now in the world is not knowing what art is; it is being blind to the gifts of the spirit.

Photography should be redefined. It's largely technical... Photography is just unbelievably limiting. I always think of David Bailey and all the fashion photographers - they overlap, you can't always tell who did it. I don't really even like photography all that much. I just think it's so overdone.

What I try to do is defy expectations in terms of boundaries, whether it is high or low art, pop culture, or fine-art culture. My work is about reconciling myriad cultural influences and bringing them into one picture.

Every artist has limits. No one can do everything. It's impossible.

Art is not chaste. Those ill prepared should be allowed no contact with art. Art is dangerous. If it is chaste, it is not art.

Throughout history, self-styled arbiters have taken it upon themselves to decide the question of what can or cannot be the legitimate purview of art.

The worlds I paint leave a lot to engage the imagination by hinting at what lies beyond the four edges of the painting.

Art is never chaste. It ought to be forbidden to ignorant innocents, never allowed into contact with those not sufficiently prepared. Yes, art is dangerous. Where it is chaste, it is not art.

In art, progress lies not in an extension, but in a knowledge of limitations.

The greatest danger for artists is total freedom.

It's something I decided from the very beginning I would never do - nudity.

To me, as a musician, there aren't any boundaries genre-wise as far as what can you listen to to inspire you.

I am fascinated a) by transgressive art and b) what happens beyond the boundaries.

Attempting to define science fiction is an undertaking almost as difficult, though not so popular, as trying to define pornography... In both pornography and SF, the problem lies in knowing exactly where to draw the line.

When I'm directing a film, I can't do any more than appear in a song.

The artist must know how far to go too far.

With scripts I've always looked at them and thought about kids, you know? Thought about the world and the impact... I won't do nudity and I never felt comfortable with that whole idea or things with huge sexual content - not my thing.

Critics are more committed to the rules of art than artists are.

The world of sight is still limitless. It is the artist who limits vision to the cramped dimensions of his own ego.

I think that limitations are the most important part of any art form

Great art likes chains. The greatest artists have created art within bounds. Or else they have created their own chains.

Literary critics, however, frequently suffer from a curious belief that every author longs to extend the boundaries of literary art, wants to explore new dimensions of the human spirit, and if he doesn't, he should be ashamed of himself.