Showing posts with label Art. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Art. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 4, 2025

Opposite of Love, Indifference, Art, Faith, Life, Elie Wiesel

"The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it's indifference." - Elie Wiesel

This was found at Wisdom Quotes, and can be viewed at http://www.wisdomquotes.com/quote/elie-wiesel-4.html.

Friday, August 25, 2023

Art, Interest My People, Museums, Elizabeth Catlee

“I try to do art that will interest my people. I'm not trying to impress art critics or to do art for museums. People who run museums are millionaires and they have a whole other idea bout art.” - Elizabeth Catlee, in Washington Post, May 5, 1993

Found in Contemporary Quotations in Black, compiled and edited by Anita King, page 36.

Monday, March 20, 2023

Art, Interest My People, Impress Art Critics, Museums, Elizabeth Catlee

“I try to do art that will interest my people. I'm not trying to impress art critics or to do art for museums. People who run museums are millionaires and they have a whole other idea bout art.” - Elizabeth Catlee, in Washington Post, May 5, 1993

Found in Contemporary Quotations in Black, compiled and edited by Anita King, page 36.

Wednesday, January 11, 2023

Museums, Galleries, People, Art, Excitement and Energy, Riva Yares

“Museums and galleries are for people. Children need to grow up in them. Art can give you excitement and energy. A painting can do something for your spirit that nothing else can.” - Riva Yares

Found in Treasury of Women's Quotations, by Carolyn Warner, page 33.

Friday, September 24, 2021

Art, Social Responsibility, Show How Life Should Be, Harry Belafonte

“I deeply believe that art has a social responsibility – not only to show how life is, but to show how life should be.” - Harry Belafonte, in New York Daily News, Nov. 26, 1995

Found in Contemporary Quotations in Black, compiled and edited by Anita King, page 16.

Tuesday, October 6, 2020