Out with stereotypes feminism proclaims. But stereotypes are the west's stunning sexual personae the vehicles of art's assault against nature. The moment there is imagination there is myth.

Auction houses run a rigged game. They know exactly how many people will be bidding on a work and exactly who they are. In a gallery works of art need only one person who wants to pay for them.

It was Public Art defined as art that is purchased by experts who are not spending their own personal money.

I try to keep a low profile in general. Not with my art but just as a person.

The most seductive thing about art is the personality of the artist himself.

When science art literature and philosophy are simply the manifestation of personality they are on a level where glorious and dazzling achievements are possible which can make a man's name live for thousands of years.

Great art is the outward expression of an inner life in the artist and this inner life will result in his personal vision of the world.

Deliver me from writers who say the way they live doesn't matter. I'm not sure a bad person can write a good book If art doesn't make us better then what on earth is it for.

The work of art assumes the existence of the perfect spectator and is indifferent to the fact that no such person exists.

I think music is the greatest art form that exists and I think people listen to music for different reasons and it serves different purposes. Some of it is background music and some of it is things that might affect a person's day if not their life or change an attitude. The best songs are the ones that make you feel something.