Brad Holland Quotes

If they were starting their careers today, Rockwell and Picasso would probably both be painting on black velvet.

The only people left in America who seem not to be artists are illustrators.

Commercial art is traditionally delivered to a client in a brown-paper bag with an invoice stapled to the outside.

Cubism is still the most important art movement for the same reason that John D. is still the most important Rockefeller.

New Wave art was the rage of the eighties. Now it's exhibited in oldies-but-goodies museums, usually in black-and-pink frames.

The truth is, we haven't really figured out yet how artists are going to thrive in modern mass societies. We're all experiments.

Surrealism: An archaic term. Formerly an art movement. No longer distinguishable from everyday life.

Political art expresses the cliches you agree with, unlike propaganda, which expresses the cliches you don't.

I don't get ideas, I have them. The trick is to remember where I've put them.

In aristocratic societies, rich people used to commission exquisite paintings for their walls.

Style is the most valuable asset of the modern artist. That's probably why so many styles are reported lost or stolen each year.

Art imitates life. Life imitates high school.

Your biggest influences are the earliest ones. When I was young, I was very influenced by the short stories of Nathaniel Hawthorne.

In America, the only truly popular art form is the movies. Most people consider painting a hobby and literature, schoolwork.