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Brad Holland Quotes

Art imitates life. Life imitates high school Picture Quote #1

Surrealism: An archaic term. Formerly an art movement. No longer distinguishable from everyday life Picture Quote #1

In America, the only truly popular art form is the movies. Most people consider painting a hobby and literature, schoolwork Picture Quote #1

Many of the contradictions in Postmodern art come from the fact that we’re trying to be artists in a democratic society. This is because in a democracy, the ideal is compromise. In art, it isn’t Picture Quote #1

Many people have observed that truth is stranger than fiction. This has led some intellectuals to conclude that it’s stranger than non-fiction as well Picture Quote #1

Postmodernists believe that truth is myth, and myth, truth. This equation has its roots in pop psychology. The same people also believe that emotions are a form of reality. There used to be another name for this state of mind. It used to be called psychosis Picture Quote #1

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Fifty years ago, it was the dream of every bohemian artist to be seen getting out of a limousine wearing blue jeans and sneakers. Today, it’s the dream of probably half the people in the country Picture Quote #1

All the other kids in ninth grade were drawing hot rods and cocker spaniels and getting blue ribbons in art class. I was getting rejection slips from the ‘Saturday Evening Post.’ Picture Quote #1

Many people decorate their homes with designer graffiti, even though most of them would probably have real graffiti scoured off the walls of their buildings Picture Quote #1

I didn’t want to go to college - I was bored by junior high. So I was in church one day, staring at the stained glass windows and thinking about things, when suddenly I decided that if I could start selling cartoons to magazines, they’d let me quit high school Picture Quote #1

Fifty years ago, it was the dream of every bohemian artist to be seen getting out of a limousine wearing blue jeans and sneakers. Today, it’s the dream of probably half the people in the country Picture Quote #1

Futurism: This was a movement of intellectuals who wanted to replace tradition with the modern world of machinery, speed, violence, and public relations. It proves that we should be careful what intellectuals wish for, because we might get it Picture Quote #1

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I’ve never understood why artists, who so often condescend to the cliches of their own culture, are so eager to embrace the cliches of cultures they know nothing about Picture Quote #1

Political art expresses the cliches you agree with, unlike propaganda, which expresses the cliches you don’t Picture Quote #1

Style is the most valuable asset of the modern artist. That’s probably why so many styles are reported lost or stolen each year Picture Quote #1

The truth is, we haven’t really figured out yet how artists are going to thrive in modern mass societies. We’re all experiments Picture Quote #1

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Art imitates life. Life imitates high school (Brad Holland Quotes) Surrealism: An archaic term. Formerly an art movement. No longer distinguishable from everyday life (Brad Holland Quotes) In America, the only truly popular art form is the movies. Most people consider painting a hobby and literature, schoolwork (Brad Holland Quotes) Many of the contradictions in Postmodern art come from the fact that we’re trying to be artists in a democratic society. This is because in a democracy, the ideal is compromise. In art, it isn’t (Brad Holland Quotes) Many people have observed that truth is stranger than fiction. This has led some intellectuals to conclude that it’s stranger than non-fiction as well (Brad Holland Quotes) Postmodernists believe that truth is myth, and myth, truth. This equation has its roots in pop psychology. The same people also believe that emotions are a form of reality. There used to be another name for this state of mind. It used to be called psychosis (Brad Holland Quotes) Fifty years ago, it was the dream of every bohemian artist to be seen getting out of a limousine wearing blue jeans and sneakers. Today, it’s the dream of probably half the people in the country. (Brad Holland Quotes) All the other kids in ninth grade were drawing hot rods and cocker spaniels and getting blue ribbons in art class. I was getting rejection slips from the ‘Saturday Evening Post.’ (Brad Holland Quotes) Many people decorate their homes with designer graffiti, even though most of them would probably have real graffiti scoured off the walls of their buildings. (Brad Holland Quotes) I didn’t want to go to college - I was bored by junior high. So I was in church one day, staring at the stained glass windows and thinking about things, when suddenly I decided that if I could start selling cartoons to magazines, they’d let me quit high school. (Brad Holland Quotes) Fifty years ago, it was the dream of every bohemian artist to be seen getting out of a limousine wearing blue jeans and sneakers. Today, it’s the dream of probably half the people in the country (Brad Holland Quotes) Futurism: This was a movement of intellectuals who wanted to replace tradition with the modern world of machinery, speed, violence, and public relations. It proves that we should be careful what intellectuals wish for, because we might get it (Brad Holland Quotes) I’ve never understood why artists, who so often condescend to the cliches of their own culture, are so eager to embrace the cliches of cultures they know nothing about (Brad Holland Quotes) Political art expresses the cliches you agree with, unlike propaganda, which expresses the cliches you don’t (Brad Holland Quotes) Style is the most valuable asset of the modern artist. That’s probably why so many styles are reported lost or stolen each year (Brad Holland Quotes) The truth is, we haven’t really figured out yet how artists are going to thrive in modern mass societies. We’re all experiments (Brad Holland Quotes)