I looked on astounded as from his ordinary life he made his art. We were both ordinary men, he and I. Yet from the ordinary he created Legends--and I from Legends created only the ordinary!
~ Peter Shaffer
An artistic person taps into the destructive emotional energy of guilt and shame and the longing to love and be loveable and transforms these powerful emotions into a creative force.
~ Kilroy J. Oldster
Damien Hirst is acceptable because he's a brand. It's like buying a Porche. Hardline conservatives will never accept it, others think it's a massive waste of money but most will just shrug and move on
~ Qatar Cultural Official
It is impossible to be truly artistic without the risk of offending someone somewhere.
~ Wayne Gerard Trotman
