Inspirations
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Spotlight
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Film
Did you know that "Architecture au clair de lune" inspired "The Truman Show"? What other films borrowed from "Taxi Driver" or what influenced "Metropolis"? Or that "Perfect Blue" influenced "Black Swan" and both explore themes of identity and ambition?
Movies touch our hearts, awaken our vision, and change the way we see things. (...) We need to keep them alive.
Martin Scorsese
Painting
Did you know that Vincent van Gogh's paintings influenced architecture and film? What artworks were inspired by "The Birth of Venus", "Nighthawks" or "The Death of Marat"?
Painting is just another way of keeping a diary.
Pablo Picasso
Literature
Did you know that "Animal Farm" inspired "Animals" by Pink Floyd? What artworks borrowed from "1984" or what influenced "American Psycho"? Or that "No Exit", "The Metamorphosis" and "Walden" explore isolation motif?
Literature adds to reality, it does not simply describe it. It enriches the necessary competencies that daily life requires and provides (...).
C. S. Lewis
Performing Arts
Did you know that Fritz Lang borrowed from "Triadic Ballet" in his film "Metropolis" or Edgar Degas' sculpture inspired "Little Dancer" ballet? What artworks influenced "Renaissance World Tour" by Beyoncé?
All good performance pieces have some philosophical validity.
Jack Bowman
Architecture
Did you know that Vincent van Gogh's "Starry Night" inspired Luma Arles by Frank Gehry? What influenced architecture of Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao or Casa Batlló in Barcelona?
Architecture should speak of its time and place, but yearn for timelessness.
Frank Gehry
Sculpture
What influenced Tobias Stengel "Die Woge"? Did you know that "Venus de Milo with Drawers" by Salvador Dalí was inspired by "Venus de Milo"? And that both artworks examine themes of beauty and imperfection?
Sculpture is an art of the open air. Daylight, sunlight, is necessary to it, and for me, its best setting and complement is nature.
Henry Moore
Crafts
Did you know that "The Great Wave off Kanagawa" by Katsushika Hokusai inspired Tobias Stengel's "Die Woge"?
The beauty of handmade is in the imperfections.
Anon
Music
Did you know that "Solo Piano" by Philip Glass was inspired by Franz Kafka's "The Metamorphosis"? What albums borrowed from "1984" or "Animal Farm"?
Without music, life would be a mistake.
Friedrich Nietzsche
Photography
Did you know that "Identical Twins" by Diane Arbus inspired Stanley Kubrick's "The Shining"? Or John Everett Millais's "Ophelia" influenced "Untitled (Ophelia)" by Gregory Crewdson?
We are making photographs to understand what our lives mean to us.
Ralph Hattersley
Installation
Did you know that Christopher Columbus' voyage to America inspired "There's Nothing Left To Do But Cry" by Andrea Mastrovito? Or "Last Supper (after Leonardo)" by Yinka Shonibare borrowed from Da Vinci's "Last Supper"?
The whole world is an art gallery when you're mindful. There are beautiful things everywhere and they're free.
Charles Tart
Drawing
Did you know that "Inception" by Christopher Nolan was inspired by M.C. Escher "Relativity"? Or Abraham Bloemaert's "Study of a Tree" influenced the drawing by Glenn Brown?
A drawing is simply a line going for a walk.
Paul Klee
