In any case, once you're dealing on a nonverbal level, ambiguity is unavoidable. But it's the ambiguity of all art, of a fine piece of music or a painting - you don't need written instructions by the composer or painter accompanying such works to 'explain' them. Explaining them contributes nothing but a superficial 'cultural' value which has no value except for critics and teachers who have to earn a living. - Stanley Kubrick
In his essay on the uncanny, Das Unheimliche, Freud said that the uncanny is the only feeling which is more powerfully experienced in art than in life. If the horror genre required any justification, I should think this alone would serve as its credentials. - Stanley Kubrick
The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good. - Stanley Kubrick
I know that the arts are important. I'm not denying that, but I can't associate myself with all the claptrap that goes on around it. - Anthony Hopkins
I just like art. I get pure pleasure from it. I have a lot of wonderful paintings, and every time I look at them I see something different. - Jack Nicholson
Picasso said, 'Art is a lie that tells the truth.' What if you just want to tell the truth and not lie about it? - Nicolas Cage
As an art form, opera is a rare and remarkable creation. For me, it expresses aspects of the human drama that cannot be expressed in any other way, or certainly not as beautifully. - Luciano Pavarotti
In opera, as with any performing art, to be in great demand and to command high fees you must be good of course, but you must also be famous. The two are different things. - Luciano Pavarotti
Opera is one of the most important art forms. It should be listened to and appreciated by everyone. - Luciano Pavarotti
I wanted very much to learn to draw, for a reason that I kept to myself: I wanted to convey an emotion I have about the beauty of the world.
In the Raphael Room, the secret turned out to be that only some of the paintings were made by the great master; the rest were made by students. I had liked the ones by Raphael. This was a big jab for my self-confidence in my ability to appreciate art.
And the first rude sketch that the world has seen was joy to his mighty heart, Till the Devil whispered behind the leaves, "It's pretty, but is it art?
Sadly, so many arts programs have been eliminated from schools due to budget constraints. These creative outlets are so very important, not only for a child's well-being, but also for self-expression and fun. - Goldie Hawn
An artist needn't be a clergyman or a church warden, but he must have a warm heart for his fellow men. - Vincent van Gogh
How rich art is, if one can only remember what one has seen, one is never empty of thoughts or truly lonely, never alone. - Vincent van Gogh
I want to touch people with my art. I want them to say 'he feels deeply, he feels tenderly'. - Vincent van Gogh
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