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. You have to put a "box" around it because otherwise, what is that shit on the wall?


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boys, girls and music . . why do they need gin?
FRANK
Whoever is happy will make others happy too.
ANNE FRANK
The best music happens when you have a personal connection to it. That same philosophy can extend to...
FRANK IERO
I'm not one of those complicated, mixed-up cats. I'm not looking for the secret to life... I...
FRANK SINATRA
The best revenge is massive success.
FRANK SINATRA
Mobile video is now a reality and a force to be reckoned with. I think it is essential to think abou...
ZE FRANK
I've been super impressed with what BuzzFeed has done on Facebook with inspiring list posts and ...
ZE FRANK
We have this incredible ability to communicate with each other. I want to play around with it, see w...
ZE FRANK
For some reason, we stopped getting gold stars at some age. It's time to bring them back.
ZE FRANK
If you want to get into the creative world, you have to just keep flogging away even when nobody'...
ZE FRANK
I consider creativity to be a more non-rational, subconscious thing. You have a relationship to your...
ZE FRANK
YouTube has become more mature, both as a platform and as a community. So much content has been adde...
ZE FRANK
I'm fascinated by simple joy.
ZE FRANK
We can't all be like Ryan Seacrest... the perfect platform manifestation of a human. I don't...
ZE FRANK
What better way to connect with people than by staring and talking straight at them? Don't blink...
ZE FRANK
I'm obsessed with media and the way audiences can become creative participants.
ZE FRANK
I've been fascinated by the Internet from the very start. In 2001, I had made a funny black-and-...
ZE FRANK
In an ever-changing technological landscape, where today's platforms are not tomorrow's plat...
ZE FRANK
Trust is a confusing thing. It seems so simple, but when you try to pin it down, it can be so elusiv...
ZE FRANK
Anything that makes you feel the most alone also has the greatest power to connect you.
ZE FRANK
Most of us yearn for really intimate, healthy, in-person relationships. People have a deep desire to...
ZE FRANK
The naked mole is, like, the ugliest freakin' creature in the world. It is so radically, unbelie...
ZE FRANK
When I was young, I had this feeling that there was this handbook that I had never gotten that expla...
ZE FRANK
On street corners everywhere, people are looking at their cell phones, and it's easy to dismiss ...
ZE FRANK
I studied neuroscience at the cellular level, so I was looking at learning and memory in the visual ...
ZE FRANK
The story of technology seems to go up and then retract into simplicity again.
ZE FRANK
I think this is one of the greatest gifts of this era: Because of the Internet, we can start to type...
ZE FRANK
Let me think about the people who I care about the most, and how when they fail or disappoint me... ...
ZE FRANK
A good procrastination should feel like you're inserting lots and lots of commas into the senten...
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