To understand Occupy Wall Street, you have to understand artists. Art is freedom - freedom of expression - and its message has resonated through society for centuries. Votes: 18
Art and science have so much in common - the process of trial and error, finding something new and innovative, and to experiment and succeed in a breakthrough. Votes: 9
Art needs to be socialised, and you need a lot of context to understand that, and that doesn't mean having read a few art history books. Votes: 7
There are people who say, 'Oh, he's a crook.' But I'm not a crook. Votes: 5
My whole life I've hated to lose, no doubt about it. I've been guilty of that since I was 6 years old, at camp. I have always played to win. That's who I am. But I never hurt anybody. The problem is when you're perceived as being too aggressive where you hurt somebody or do something improper. Votes: 3
I think one's character on the athletic field does not have to have anything to do with the way they are in real life. Votes: 3
If you have a vision and you are trying to accomplish something, you have to be competitive, or things are going to slip by you. Votes: 1
I identify with the 99 per cent. Votes: 1
Great artists are like loaded guns. They are dangerous in anybody's hands. Votes: 0
I'm putting my consciousness towards trying to teach people through pictures and sculptures that there's something better in the world. That's what the world needs more of. Votes: 0
It's like saying beauty is in the eye of the beholder: what appears to be beautiful today may not be judged beautiful in a few years. A perfect example is the Warhol âMarilyn'; in the 1960s it was deemed garish. Art needs to be socialised, and you need a lot of context to understand that, and that doesn't mean having read a few art history books. Votes: 0