in recognition of his musical genius, which evoked aesthetically the principles of democracy through the medium of jazz and thus made an indelible contribution to art and culture.
The Europeans who went to Africa came back with “modern' art. What is more African than a Picasso?
There is no art when one does something without intention.
Art is dangerous. It is one of the attractions: when it ceases to be dangerous, you don't want it.
The artist must say it without saying it.
There is no art without intention.
There is hardly any money interest in art, and music will be there when money is gone.
I merely took the energy it takes to pout and wrote some blues.
Art is dangerous. It is one of the attractions: when it ceases to be dangerous you don't want it.