Where do we look for clues to the mysteries of life and art? Politicians? TV pundits? Oprah? (I think, we ask too much of celebrities, some of which, let's face it, are not all that bright...) So, let's see what these artists have said on the subject. I get inspired by these kinds of things.
“I don’t believe in art. I believe in artists.” –Marcel Duchamp
“Take me, I am the drug; take me, I am hallucinogenic.” –Salvador Dali
“Artists teach critics what to think. Critics repeat what the artists teach them.” –Sol Lewitt
"Isn't life a series of images that change as they repeat themselves?" –Andy Warhol
“I never really separated painting and literature because I’ve always used reference.” -Cy Twombly
“Sometimes paranoia’s just having all the facts.” –William S. Burroughs
“I like kids’ work more than work by real artists any day.” –Jean Michel Basquiat
“I don’t believe in the reality of painting, so I use different styles like clothes: it’s a way to disguise myself." – Gerhard Richter
“When I view the world, I don’t think of my own work. I think of my hope that, through art, people can get a sense of the type of invisible fabric that holds us all together, that holds the world together.” –Jeff Koons
"No why. Just here." –John Cage (photo series, Duane Michaels)