“i don’t need happiness”
I found the source.
If I may nitpick: I think it would be more accurate to translate this as “I am not in need of happiness.” A subtle, but I think definitively different distinction - the implication being that he already has all the happiness he needs.
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Attention is what creates value. Artworks are made as well by how people interact with them — and therefore by what quality of interaction they can inspire. So how do we assess an artist who we suspect is dreadful but who manages to inspire the right storm of attention, and whose audience seems to swoon in the appropriate way? We say, ‘Well done.’
The question is: ‘Is the act of getting attention a sufficient act for an artist? Or is that in fact the job description?’
Perhaps the art of the future will be indistinguishable.
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Music legend Brian Eno, born on May 15, 1948, considers the essence and currencies of art. (via explore-blog)
i ask this question all the time- of art on tumblr, (the pics with 000,’s of notes) and of art found by searching through 000’s of galleries and blogs and artists’ websites which might work on nearlya… but we ask other questions too. like “could i stand this picture on my living room wall for more than a week?” “is there something more going on beneath the ‘wow factor’? ” “is this something new, or mere perversion of what has gone before?” “if i really like a piece, should i even give a shit about the ‘note/follower nexus’?” “should a curator even ask these questions?” “if nearlya were a bricks and mortar gallery, would it have gone broke years ago?” etc
(via nearlya)
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To define is to limit.
— The Picture of Dorian Gray, by Oscar Wilde (via desertofsnow)
