I am for an art that tells you the time of day, or where such and such a street is. I am for an art that helps old ladies across the street.

Claes Oldenburg · Statement for an exhibition catalogue (1961)

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Satire is what closes Saturday night.

George S. Kaufman

Is there not a certain satisfaction in the fact that natural limits are set to the life of the individual, so that at its conclusion it may appear as a work of art?

Albert Einstein · From a tribute to Paul Langevin, 1947.

No, I ask it for the knowledge of a lifetime.

James McNeill Whistler · The source reads: “[In answer to the question 'For two days' labour, you ask two hundred guineas?'] No, I ask it for the knowledge of a lifetime.”

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“I am for an art that tells you the time of day, or where such and such a street is. I am for an art that helps old ladies across the street.”

“Satire is what closes Saturday night.”

“Is there not a certain satisfaction in the fact that natural limits are set to the life of the individual, so that at its conclusion it may appear as a work of art?”

“No, I ask it for the knowledge of a lifetime.”

We Value Your Opinion Comments

I am for an art that tells you the time of day, or where such and such a street is. I am for an art that helps old ladies across the street.

Satire is what closes Saturday night.

Is there not a certain satisfaction in the fact that natural limits are set to the life of the individual, so that at its conclusion it may appear as a work of art?

No, I ask it for the knowledge of a lifetime.