Penn Jillette Quotes About Art

Quotes about: Art

• Technology adds nothing to art. Two thousand years ago, I could tell you a story, and at any point during the story I could stop, and ask, 'Now do you want the hero to be kidnapped, or not?' But that would, of course, have ruined the story. Part of the experience of being entertained is sitting back and plugging into someone else's vision.

  Penn Jillette

  Art, Hero, Technology

  Interview with Joshua Quittner, www.wired.com. September 01, 1994.

• Technology adds nothing to art.

  Penn Jillette

  Art, Technology, Add

  Interview with Joshua Quittner, www.wired.com. September 1, 1994.

• In music, if you hit a wrong note, people forgive you. In magic when something goes wrong, the entire art is destroyed.

  Penn Jillette

  Art, People, Magic

• Building a professional relationship on respect as opposed to affection is a very good idea. Running your art projects the way you'd run a dry-cleaning business is also a really good idea. You shouldn't go into work like you're going on a date, like you're hanging out with friends.

  Penn Jillette

  Running, Art, Ideas

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

• I love when violent, dangerous art is done by people who are not violent and dangerous. I love that when George Romero was making 'Dawn of the Dead,' he was coaching his son's little league team.

  Penn Jillette

  Art, Team, Son

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

• I'm really happy with all the art that was inspired by religion, and I think I'd be tickled to little tiny pieces if art in the future was inspired by other things.

  Penn Jillette

  Art, Thinking, Littles

  "Magician Penn Jillette Says 'God, No!' To Religion". "Talk of the Nation" with Neal Conan, www.npr.org. August 16, 2011.

• Performers have the right to say what they want to, and anyone paying money has the right to accept or reject the art and entertainment that's available.

  Penn Jillette

  Art, Want, Entertainment

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

• The purpose of art is to collide the intellectual and visceral together at the highest speed possible.

  Penn Jillette

  Art, Intellectual, Together

  "Crowdfunder: Why Penn Jillette Hopes to Be the Anti-Lindsay Lohan". Interview with Matt Patches, www.hollywoodreporter.com. September 30, 2013.

• The whole world is pretending the breakthrough is in technology. The bottleneck is really in art.

  Penn Jillette

  Art, Technology, World

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