"Art is much less important than life, but what a poor life without it." ― Robert Motherwell Topic(s): Art More From Robert Motherwell "Walk on a rainbow trail; walk on a trail of song, and all about you will be beauty. There is a way out of every dark mist, over a rainbow trail." "Wherever art appears, life disappears." More In Art "Artists who seek perfection in everything are those who cannot attain it in anything."― Gustave Flaubert "The biggest problem with every art is by the use of appearance to create a loftier reality."― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe "There was a big drive when I was at art school to make you aware of the economy of meaning – after all, this was still during the tail end of minimalism. Being responsible for everything you put in your picture, and being able to defend it. Keeping everything clear around you so you know what is operating. To open the wound and keep it clean."― Jane Campion