My favorite artists:
Hieronymus Bosch, Hans Baldung Grien, Pieter Bruegel, Eugene Delacroix, Francesco Hayez, Francisco Goya, Theodore Gericault, William Blake, Johann Heinrich Fussli, Richard Dadd, Gustave Moreau, Lorenzo Bartolini, John Collier, William Bouguereau, Pierre Auguste Renoir, Edgar Degas, Auguste Rodin, Jean Paul Laurens, Giuseppe De Nittis, Sir John Everett Millais, William Holman Hunt, Edward Burne Jones, Antoni Gaudi, Friedensreich Hundertwasser, Caspar David Friedrich, Carlos Schwabe, John William Waterhouse, Edmund Blair Leighton, Alexandre Seon, Arnold Bocklin, Jean Delville, Frank Cadogan Cowper, Maurice Denis, J.J.Grandville, John Milton, Fernand Khnopff, Henry Rousseau, Lucien Levy-Dhurmer, Johann Heinrich Fussli, Leonard Tsuguharu Foujita, Kees van Dongen, Christian Schad, Tamara De Lempicka, Pablo Picasso, Fernand Leger, Marc Chagall, James Ensor, Edvard Munch, Egon Schiele, Gustav Klimt, Paul Klee, Vasilij Kandinskij, Umberto Boccioni, Marcel Duchamp, Lucian Freud, Balthazar Klossowsky (Balthus), Giorgio De Chirico, Salvador Dali, Rene Magritte, Max Ernst, Paul Delvaux, Joan Mirò, M.C. Escher, Stanislav Szukalski, Frida Kahlo, Bernard Buffet, Fernando Botero, Claudio Bravo, Edward Hopper, Otto Dix, George Grosz, Max Beckmann, Jackson Pollock, Sam Francis, Georges Mathieu, Hans Hartung, Lucio Fontana, Alberto Burri, Francis Bacon, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Keith Haring, Pierre Arman, Daniel Spoerri, Jean Tinguely, Yves Klein, Mario Schifano, Victor Vasarely, John De Andrea, Stelarc, Hans Bellmer, Jannis Kounellis, Christo, Dan Flavin, Jenny Holzer, Sandy Skoglund, Dinh Q.Le, Eve Sussman, Matthew Barney, Damien Hirst, Gunther Von Hagen, Wang Qingsong, Jake and Dinos Chapman, Kiki Smith, Tim Knowles, Mihail Chemiakin, Johfra Bosschart, Paul Laffoley, Alex Grey, Michael Parkes, Daniel Merriam, Roger Dean, Micha Lobi, H.R.Giger, Nicolay Bessonov, Claude Verlinde, Eric White, Mark Ryden, Ray Caesar, Todd Schorr, Hilary Harkness, Gregory Crewdson, Inka Essenhigh, Guerrilla Girls, Studio Azzurro, eBoy, Banksy...
My favorite illustrators:
Alphonse Maria Mucha, Eugene Grasset, Adloph Hohenstein, Louis Rhead, Georges Rochegrosse, Privat Livemont, Georges De Feure, Guillet & Lorant-Heilbronn, Jules Cheret, Alfred Choubrac, Toulouse-Lautrec, Lucien Lefevre, Theophile-Alexandre Steinlen, H. Gray (Henri Boulanger), Giovanni Mataloni, Leopoldo Metlicovitz, Marcello Dudovich, Aleardo Terzi, Franz Laskoff, Leonetto Cappiello, Jean Carlu, Moebius, Jodorowsky, Jim Woodring, Victor Moscoso, Rick Griffin, Robert Crumb, Gilbert Shelton, S.Clay Wilson, Massimiliano Frezzato, Matteo Guarnaccia, James Jean, James C. Christensen, Dave McKean, Yukito Kishiro, Hiroki Endo, Katsuhiro Otomo, Masamune Shirow, Masakazu Katsura, Yoshiyuki Sadamoto, Takato Yamamoto, Keiko Takemiya, Bernard Montorgueil, Georges Pichard, Julian Murphy, ...
My favorite photographers:
Nadar, Oscar Gustave Rejlander, Henry Peach Robinson, Julia Margaret Cameron, Peter Henry Emerson, Frederick Henry Evans, Alfred Stieglitz, Eugene Atget, Man Ray, Maurice Tabard, Raoul Hausmann, Gyula Halasz Brassai, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Barbara Morgan, Harold Edgerton, Lewis W. Hine, Baron Adolf de Meyer, Edward Steichen, Frederick Sommer, Cecil Beaton, Robert Doisneau, Irving Penn, Robert Frank, Horst P. Horst, Lee Friedlander, Garry Winogrand, Diane Arbus, Nan Goldin, Sarah Moon, William Eggleston, Shirin Neshat, Philippe Halsman, Stephen Shore, Ernst Haas, Joel Meyerowitz, Jan Saudek, Robert Mapplethorpe, Richard Kern, Larry Clark, Cindy Sherman, Howard Schatz, Larry Fink, Erwin Olaf, Tracy Bayne, James Porto, Annie Leibowitz, Bert Stern, Richard Avedon, David Bailey, Steven Meisel, Peter Lindbergh, Guy Bourdin, Frank Horvat, Helmut Newton, Albert Watson, Deborah Turbeville, Javier Vallhonrat, Oliviero Toscani, Raul Vega, Nick Knight, David Lachapelle, Pierre et Gilles, Holger Maass, Ken-Ichi Murata, Nobuyoshi Araki, Izima Kaoru, Inez van Lamsweerde & Vinoodh Matadin, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Loretta Lux...
My favorite musicians:
Johann Sebastian Bach, Franz Joseph Haydn, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven, Franz Schubert, Richard Wagner, Franz Liszt, Johannes Brahms, Camille Saint-Saens, Gustav Mahler, Claude Debussy, Sergey Rachmaninov, Maurice Ravel, Bela Bartok, Igor Stravinsky, Antonin Dvorak, Aaron Copland, Dmitry Shostakovich, Carl Orff, Olivier Messiaen, Gustav Holst, John Cage, Iannis Xenakis, Luigi Nono, Gyorgy Ligeti, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Krzysztof Penderecki, Arvo Part, Henryk Gòrecki, Steve Reich, Philip Glass, Bernard Herrmann, Carl Stalling, Frank Zappa, Klaus Schulze, Steve Roach, Brian Eno, Univers Zero, Bill Laswell, Pierre Bastien, Meredith Monk, Joan La Barbara, David Hykes, Diamanda Galas, Foetus, Residents, Current 93, Coil, Death In June, Mother Destruction/Sixth Comm, Rosa†Crux, Of The Wand And The Moon, Gae Bolg And The Church Of Fand, Dies Natalis, Alio Die, Romowe Rikoito, Sleep Chamber, SPK, Throbbing Gristle, Psychic TV, Sol Invictus, Nature And Organisation, The Moon Lay Hidden Beneath a Cloud, Raison d'Etre, In My Rosary, Tenhi, Sonne Hagal, Novy Svet, Bel Canto, Arcana, Arcanta, Lycia, Black Tape For A Blue Girl, Faith And The Muse, Love Is Colder Than Death, In Slaughter Natives, Kirlian Camera, Dead Can Dance, Sopor Aeternus, Qntal, Hagalaz Runedance, Nebelhexe, Swans, Jarboe, Joy Division, New Order, Christian Death, Shadow Project, Sisters Of Mercy, Fields Of The Nephilim, Cult, Gene Loves Jezebel, Bauhaus, Cure, Jesus and Mary Chain, Echo & The Bunnymen, Smiths, Stranglers, Siouxsie Sioux, The Creatures, Xmal Deutschland, Blondie, Kate Bush, Public Image Ltd, Nina Hagen, Hazel O'Connor, Danielle Dax, Toyah Willcox, Skeletal Family, Elements, Ghost Dance, Bone Orchard, 45 Grave, Specimen, Alien Sex Fiend, Sex Gang Children, Specimen, Ausgang, Kommunity FK, Tragic Black, Eat Your Make Up, All Gone Dead, Clan Of Xymox, London After Midnight, Marilyn Manson, Atari Teenage Riot, Deine Lakaien, The Birthday Party, Nick Cave, Ministry, Skinny Puppy, Legendary Pink Dots, Tear Garden, Wumpscut, Einsturzende Neubauten, Project Pitchfork, Love Like Blood, Sad Lovers & Giants, The Flesh Eaters, Lydia Lunch, Zoogz Rift, Red Lorry Yellow Lorry, Gun Club, Tex And The Horseheads, Television, Patti Smith, Nico, David Bowie, Jane Siberry, Red House Painters, My Bloody Valentine, Slowdive, Replacements, Rites Of Spring, Criteria, Rolling Stones, Doors, Iggy Pop and The Stooges, Ramones, Radio Birdman, Runaways, New York Dolls, Johnny Thunders, Dead Boys, The Lords of the New Church, GG Allin, Germs, X, Damned, Clash, Plasmatics, Weirdos, Bad Brains, Henry Rollins Band, Minutemen, King Missile, Bitch Magnet, Poison Idea, The Voluptuous Horror Of Karen Black, Misfits, Danzig, Miguel And The Living Dead, Cro-Mags, The Exploited, Ruts, The Adverts, D.O.A., Discharge, G.B.H., Anti-Nowhere League, Murder City Devils, Laughing Hyenas, Jon Spencer, Pagans, Crass, Rudimentary Peni, Fugazi, Girls Against Boys, Cop Shoot Cop, Bongwater, Big Black, Deviants, Social Distortion, Suicidal Tendencies, Korn, The God Machine, Scratch Acid, Sodom, Acrimony, Acid Bath, Pantera, White Zombie, Rob Zombie, Today Is The Day, Tragic Mulatto, Pere Ubu, Cop Shoot Cop, Suicide, Vampire Rodents, Crash Worship, Front Line Assembly, Cubanate, Lustmord, Soman, Hocico, Psyclon Nine, Virtual Embrace, Dulce Liquido, SITD, Combichrist, Xotox, Cultus Ferox, Fear Cult, Blutengel, My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult, The Electric Hellfire Club, Mortiis, Laibach, Gothminister, Lacrimosa, Type o Negative, Obituary, Nailbomb, Brujeria, Deicide, Cradle Of Filth, Immortal, Mayhem, Burzum, Satyricon, Dark Funeral, Gorgoroth, Darkthrone, Dimmu Borgir, Marduk, Bathory, Dark Tranquillity, Mercyful Fate, King Diamond, Alice Cooper, Black Sabbath, Ozzy Osbourne, Ronnie James Dio, Blue Öyster Cult, Led Zeppelin, Judas Priest, Kiss, W.A.S.P., AC/DC, Accept, ZZ Top, Iron Maiden, Van Halen, Guns N'Roses, Hanoi Rocks, Motley Crue, Rainbow, Riot, Buckethead, Jim Steinman, Pussy Galore, Stone Roses, Fiery Furnaces, Devendra Banhart, Vincent Gallo, Liz Phair, Lisa Germano, Rikie Lee jones, Joni Mitchell, Shirley Collins & The Albion Country Band, Planxty, Silly Sisters, Bert Jansch, Pentangle, Martin Carthy, Jefferson Airplane, It's A Beautiful Day, Lou Reed, Velvet Underground, Tom Waits, Gram Parsons, Steve Earle, Captain Beefheart, Red Crayola, The Dream Syndicate, Neu!, Arthur Brown, Love, The Seeds, Syd Barrett, Pink Floyd, The 13th Floor Elevators, Grateful Dead, Jimi Hendrix, Van Der Graaf Generator, King Crimson, Roxy Music, Gong, Tangerine Dream, Faust, Goblin, Magma, Hawkwind, Nik Turner, Ozric Tentacles, Janes Addiction, Red Temple Spirits, Butthole Surfers, Boredoms, Chrome, Helios Creed, Von Lmo, Nash the Slash, Julian Cope, Violent Femmes, Kyuss, Sunn O))), Melvins, Royal Trux, Pressurehed, Unida, The Atomic Bitchwax, Spiritual Beggars, Trouble, Clutch, WE, Monster Magnet, Corrosion of Conformity, Alice In Chains, Nirvana, Sonic Youth, Mudhoney, Babes In Toyland, Son House, Sam "Lightning" Hopkins, Willie Dixon, Howlin Wolf, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Screaming Lord Sutch, Cramps, The Sonics, Fuzztones, The Pandoras, The Chesterfield Kings, The Meteors, Man Or Astroman?, Ghastly Ones, Satan's Pilgrims, Dick Dale, The Mermen, Bomboras, John Coltrane, Charles Mingus, Miles Davis, Charlie Haden, John Zorn, Bill Laswell, Caspar Brötzmann Massaker, Marc Ribot, Pharoah Sanders, Sun Ra, Parliament, Funkadelic, Bootsy's Rubber Band, Herbie Hancock, Curtis Mayfield, Giorgio Moroder, Cerrone, Chic, Juan Atkins, Richie Hawtin, Monolake, Anthony Rother, Green Velvet, Steve Lawler, Jeff Mills, Juno Reactor, Natacha Atlas, Niyaz, Zakir Hussain, Irina Mikhailova, Eat Static, Matutero, Hallucinogen, Infected Mushroom, Alien Project, Analog Pussy, Astral Projection, Psychonaut, S.U.N. Project, Augustus Pablo, Burning Spear, Lee Scratch Perry, Scientist, Black Uhuru, Max Romeo, PGR, Fabrizio De Andrè, Paolo Conte, Ritmo Tribale...
My favorite directors:
Tod Browning, Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau,Carl Theodor Dreyer, Fritz Lang, Mario Bava, Bernardo Bertolucci, Jacques Tourneur, Luis Bunuel, Ingmar Bergman, Tim Burton, Marcel Carné, John Carpenter, Francis Ford Coppola, Roger Corman, Wes Craven, David Cronenberg, Brian De Palma, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Federico Fellini, Abel Ferrara, W.Friedkin, Terry Gilliam, Peter Greenaway, Werner Herzog, Alfred Hitchcock, Jim Jarmush, A.Jodorowsky, S.Kubrick, Akira Kurosawa, David Lynch, Russ Meyer, T.Miike, Roman Polanski, S.Raimi, J.Renoir, Eric Rohmer, G.A.Romero, Martin Scorsese, R.Scott, A.Sokurov, Steven Spielberg, Oliver Stone, S.Suzuki, Quentin Tarantino, Tsukamoto Shinya, Gas Van Sant, A.e L.Wachowski, Wim Wenders, Robert Wiene, W.Allen, Pedro Almodovar, Gianni Amelio, Michelangelo Antonioni, Pupi Avati, D.Aronofsky, M.Bellocchio, Robert Bresson, F.Capra, Charlie Chaplin, Francis Ford Coppola, M.Ferreri, Vincent Gallo, J.L.Godard, A.Kaurismaki, Buster Keaton, K.Kieslowski, T.Kitano, E.Kusturica, A.Lee, Sergio Leone, Terrence Malick, G.Miller, M.Monicelli, Paul Morrissey, Andy Warhol, Nick Zedd, Kenneth Anger, Maya Deren, C.Nolan, Ermanno Olmi, Pier Paolo Pasolini, S.Peckinpah, Roberto Rossellini, K.Russell, D.Siegel, A.Tarkovskij, J.Tati, Lars von Trier, F.Truffaut, H.Tsui, J.Vigo, Luchino Visconti, J.Waters, P.Weir, Orson Welles, Billy Wilder, Robert Wise, John Boorman, Larry Clark, K-w.Wong, J.Woo, W.Wyler, Go Nagai, Mamoru Oshii, Miyazaki Hayao, Katsuhiro Otomo, Hiroyuki Kitakubo, Satoshi Kon, Leiji Matsumoto, Osamu Tezuka, Yoshikazu Yasuhiko...
My favorite writers:
Fedor Michajlovic Dostoevskij, Franz Kafka, Vladimir Nabokov, Nikolaj Gogol, Henry James, Johann Wolfgang Goethe, William Shakespeare, Moliere, William S. Burroughs, J.G. Ballard, Philip K. Dick, Frank Herbert, William Gibson, Jack Kerouac, Henry Charles Bukowski, Howard Phillips Lovecraft...
My favorite philosophers:
Arthur Schopenhauer, Friedrich Nietzsche, Georg Simmel, Edmund Husserl, Walter Benjamin, John Dewey, Theodor Wiesengrund Adorno, Ludwig Wittgenstein, George Santayana, Martin Heidegger, Ernst Bloch, Harnold Hauser, Roman Jakobson, Charles W.Morris, Jean-Paul Sartre, Mikel Dufrenne, Gilles Deleuze, Luigi Pareyson, Jacques Derrida, Gianni Vattimo, Arthur C.Danto...