It doesn't matter what you do, he said, so long as you change something from the way it was before you touched it into something that's like you after you take your hands away.
The difference between the man who just cuts lawns and a real gardener is in the touching.
The lawn-cutter might just as well not have been there at all; the gardener will be there a lifetime.
— You enjoy paintings?
— I do. I adore Raphael.
— I prefer other ninja turtles.
This dude nosebleed on a white board and asks 30 000 euros for it?
Explanation:
About the picture: red splashes on a white background
It's a lie. It's a bunch of sad strangers photographed beautifully, and… all the glittering assholes who appreciate art say it's beautiful 'cause that's what they wanna see. But the people in the photos are sad, and alone… But the pictures make the world seem beautiful, so… the exhibition is reassuring which makes it a lie, and everyone loves a big fat lie.
Explanation:
An answer to a Deidara about understanding art
Diversity of opinion about a work of art shows that the work is new, complex, and vital. When critics disagree the artist is in accord withhimself. We can forgive a man for making a useful thing as long as he does not admire it. The only excuse for making a useless thing is that one admires it intensely. All art is quite useless.
Jean-Louis Duroc: — Do you know Giacometti, the sculptor?
Anne Gauthier: — Oh, yes. He was handsome.
Jean-Louis Duroc: — Well, he said something extraordinary: "If caught in a fire and I had to choose between a Rembrandt and a cat... I'd save the cat."
Anne Gauthier: — "And then I'd let the cat go."
Jean-Louis Duroc: — Did he say that too?
Anne Gauthier: — That's what's so wonderful.
Jean-Louis Duroc: — Yes, it is. Between art and life, he said he'd choose life.