Sometimes art is showing us what is wrong or good or fun about the world we inhabit, but other times it's showing us a made-up world, with, for instance, trolls and mermaids, or magical old-lady detectives.
-- Brian Eno and Bette A., What Art Does, p. 84
The things we care about are the things we make art about. We frame them with our attention. Art is proof of care.
-- Brian Eno and Bette A., What Art Does, p. 82
What an artist chooses to write or make drawings or songs about, can draw our attention to certain worlds. It tells us that somebody takes something seriously, perhaps finds it beautiful or threatening, and invites us to rethink how we feel about it.
-- Brian Eno and Bette A., What Art Does, p. 82
Art is how adults play. Art is the continuation of play into adulthood. We keep playing as adults because we need to keep learning. Play is research. In art we research our feelings.
-- Brian Eno and Bette A., What Art Does, p. 72
