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David Sedaris Quotes about Art

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Art isn't about following the rules. It's about breaking them.

Art isn't about following the rules. It's about breaking them.

David Sedaris
Art, Art Is, Following
David Sedaris (2010). “When You Are Engulfed In Flames”, p.87, Hachette UK

After a few months in my parents' basement, I took an apartment near the state university, where I discovered both crystal methamphetamine and conceptual art. Either one of these things are dangerous, but in combination they have the potential to destroy entire civilizations.

David Sedaris
Art, Civilization, Parent
David Sedaris (2000). “Me talk pretty one day”

Boys who spent their weekends making banana nut muffins did not, as a rule, excel in the art of hand-to-hand combat.

David Sedaris
Art, Weekend, Boys
David Sedaris (2010). “Dress Your Family In Corduroy And Denim”, p.32, Hachette UK

I was first published in the newspaper put out by School of The Art Institute of Chicago, where I was a student. I wince to read that story nowadays, but I published it with an odd photo I'd found in a junk shop, and at least I still like the picture. I had a few things in the school paper, and then I got published in a small literary magazine. I hoped I would one day get published in The New Yorker, but I never allowed myself to actually believe it. Getting published is one of those things that feels just as good as you'd hoped it would.

David Sedaris
Art, Believe, School
"Ask the Author Live: David Sedaris". Live chat, www.newyorker.com. August 14, 2009.

Such movies are always a danger...falling in love is something most adults have actually experienced...The theme is universal and encourages...unhealthy comparisons...why can't our lives be like that? It's a box left unopened, and its avoidance explains the continued popularity of vampire epics and martial-arts extravaganzas.

David Sedaris
Falling In Love, Art, Epic

And one of the things I noticed pretty early on in art school was that my classmates had no notion of an audience. Right? I mean, growing up with the mother that I did, I learned that when you walk into the dry cleaners, there's an audience waiting for you. You know, maybe it's just the person behind the counter.

David Sedaris
Mother, Art, Growing Up
Source: www.npr.org

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