Frank Zappa Quotes about Art

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The most important thing in art is The Frame. For painting: literally; for other arts: figuratively - because without this humble appliance, you can't know where The Art stops and The Real World begins.

The most important thing in art is The Frame. For painting: literally; for other arts: figuratively - because without this humble appliance, you can't know where The Art stops and The Real World begins.

Frank Zappa

Art, Real, Humble

Frank Zappa, Peter Occhiogrosso (1990). “Real Frank Zappa Book”, p.140, Simon and Schuster

Science is moving closer to weaponry, and Art is moving closer to commercialism. And never the twain shall meet.

Frank Zappa

Art, Moving, Weaponry

Music is the most physically inspiring of all the arts.

Frank Zappa

Art, Music Is

If classical music is the state of the art, then the arts are in a sad state.

Frank Zappa

Music, Art, States

Believe it or not, there are places in the world where music is important. There are places in the world where all the arts are a matter of national pride.

Frank Zappa

Music, Art, Believe

Frank Zappa, Peter Occhiogrosso (1990). “Real Frank Zappa Book”, p.160, Simon and Schuster

The manner in which Americans ''consume'' music has a lot to do with leaving it on their coffee tables, or using it as wallpaper for their lifestyles, like the score of a movie --it's consumed that way without any regard for how and why it's made.

Frank Zappa

Movie, Music, Art

Frank Zappa, Peter Occhiogrosso (1990). “Real Frank Zappa Book”, p.224, Simon and Schuster