Brad Holland

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

— Brad Holland

#art #everyday #everyday life #formerly #life

Art imitates life. Life imitates high school. ↗

— Brad Holland

#high #high school #imitates #life #school

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

— Brad Holland

#cubism #important #john #most #movement

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

#artist #blue #blue jeans #bohemian #country

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

#artists #cliches #culture #cultures #eager

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

— Brad Holland

#both #careers #painting #picasso #probably

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

— Brad Holland

#art #art form #consider #form #hobby

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

#artists #because #come #compromise #contradictions

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

#fiction #intellectuals #led #many #non-fiction

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

— Brad Holland

#art #cliches #expresses #political #propaganda