Bill Viola Quotes About Art
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        A lot of what making art is, is just being open, and empty. And putting yourself in the right place for things to, literally, come together. →
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        Art has always had as its test in the long term the ability to speak to our innermost selves. →
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        Live your Art. Don't think about it. →
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        You are just as qualified as any expert to make a judgment and have a feeling or a response to any work of art. →
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        In the mid- to late '60s to the mid-'70s, when I was a student, there was a major change in the thinking about what art can be and how art is made. →
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        I don't believe in originality in art. I think we exist on this earth to inspire each other, through our actions, through our deeds, and through who we are. We're always borrowing. →
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        People have experiences in art museums today that they used to have in church. →
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        When I make my work, I am making what I hope to be something functional - a space for individual contemplation and reflection. I want my art to be useful. →
 
                                             
                                             
                                             
                                             
                                             
                                             
                                             
                                             
                                     
                                                 
                                                 
                                                 
                                                 
                                                 
                                                 
                                                 
                                                 
                                                 
                                                 
                                                