I think that all artists, regardless of degree of talent, are a painful, paradoxical combination of certainty and uncertainty, of arrogance and… — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
When I write now I do not invent situation, characters, or actions, but rather structures and discursive forms, textual groupings which are… — Juan Goytisolo Copy Share Image
When religion becomes artificial, art has a duty to rescue it. Art can show that the symbols which religions would have us… — Richard Wagner Copy Share Image
In the 1960s when the recording studio suddenly really took off as a tool, it was the kids from art school who… — Brian Eno Copy Share Image
Creativity comes from the spiritual realm, the collective consciousness. And the mind is in a different realm than the molecules of the… — Candace Pert Copy Share Image
Jewish cantors employ a peculiar art and method of singing in their delivery. They are unexcelled in the art of covering the… — Enrico Caruso Copy Share Image
The art of conversation, or the qualification for a good companion, is a certain self-control, which now holds the subject, now lets… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
We attempted perfection; we wanted an object to be without flaw, so we cut the papers with a razor, pasted them down… — Hans Arp Copy Share Image
In art or architecture your project is only done when you say it's done. If you want to rip it apart at… — Maya Lin Copy Share Image
Rather than comparing [war] to art we could more accurately compare it to commerce, which is also a conflict of human interests… — Carl von Clausewitz Copy Share Image
Men's magazines often feature pictures of naked ladies. Women's magazines also often feature pictures of naked ladies. This is because the female… — Richard Roeper Copy Share Image
Ever since Marcel Duchamp appropriated mass market objects and pronounced them 'readymades' and Andy Warhol elevated the Campbell's soup can and Brillo… — Debbie Millman Copy Share Image
“At that moment I saw my duty. ‘I will assist.’ I exclaimed, ‘this good divine in his struggle to uphold those domestic… — Robert Nathan Copy Share Image
All religions are nothing but a science - or an art - to teach you how to die. And the only way… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I was always interested in acting, but in my high school sports was the cool thing to be part of, and I… — Cedric Yarbrough Copy Share Image
The 10 or 12 artists I have known really well all my life are at least as competitive as professional athletes. They… — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
“Art—at least great art—by its very nature has varying levels, or layers, of meaning. In fact, a masterpiece comes to be considered… — Benjamin Blech Copy Share Image
The great thing about Ticketmaster is that it's seen as the comprehensive site for ticketing, artist information, venue information. We're a marketing… — Irving Azoff Copy Share Image
I just don't want to live in the past. I'm really disappointed by so many people of my generation who - in… — Billy Corgan Copy Share Image
I've done art on my own, and I've also collaborated with other people to make art. And collaborating with other people is… — Kim Gordon Copy Share Image
I didn't want to pretend to be a conceptual artist that charges $10,000 for an experience. It's just not what I am.… — Alec Soth Copy Share Image
I couldn't ever act or think on behalf of what my father [[Albert Camus]] would have said or done. He's an artist,… — Catherine Camus Copy Share Image
Writing about fashion forces you to overcome the nagging feeling that fashion doesn't "matter", that it's trivial or fleeting. I just look… — Susan Orlean Copy Share Image
In architecture as in all other operative arts, the end must direct the operation. The end is to build well. Well building… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I think the one that's going to be the hardest to make into a film is the one that's probably going to… — Garth Stein Copy Share Image
“I have written this because it may have escaped the notice of many who have admired her [Marie Tempest] brilliant performances that… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
The subjective element in geological studies accounts for two characteristic types that can be distinguished among geologists. One considering geology as a… — Reinout Willem van Bemmelen Copy Share Image
Harry can paint but I can't. He has our father's talent while I, on the other hand, am about the biggest idiot… — Prince William Copy Share Image
But the virtues we get by first exercising them, as also happens in the case of the arts as well. For the… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
I don't mean this to sound pretentious but I think that artists of all kinds are a rung up the ladder of… — Julian Bream Copy Share Image
If you follow the process of a thought - any thought, not just about art - the thought changes. It has to… — Ross Bleckner Copy Share Image
You just have to be adventurous and that's the way I like to work. I think that's the role of the artist,… — Neige Copy Share Image
Artists need some kind of stimulating experience a lot of times, which crystallizes when you sing about it or paint it or… — Erykah Badu Copy Share Image
David Fincher is a longtime friend. As a director, my wife had worked with him as a makeup artist when he would… — Anthony Edwards Copy Share Image
I work with Kick G.A.M.E., the grassroots artist movement. Not to tell people we have the best union plan in the world,… — Immortal Technique Copy Share Image
In a successful picture book, you always want the voice of the text to match the voice of the art; so that… — Sally Lloyd-Jones Copy Share Image
It was not possible for us to produce the same optimism and the same kind of humour or irony. Actually, it was… — Gerhard Richter Copy Share Image
“There were at least four contexts in which San shamans acquired insights into the spiritual world: – the trance dance, – special… — James David Lewis-Williams Copy Share Image
The clown-suit collection started when my best friend, Ruby McCollister, was working at an arts day care and she stole a raggedy… — Sarah Sherman Copy Share Image
Yeah, youd catch me wearing suits the whole time. Just not when Im in my artist mode. Probably when Im in my… — Akon Copy Share Image
![“Rather than comparing [war] to art we could more accurately compare it to commerce, which is also a conflict of human interests and activities; and it is still closer to politics, which in turn may be considered as a kind of commerce on a larger scale.” quote by Carl von Clausewitz](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/c35/carl-von-clausewitz-2060_activity_rather-than-comparing-war-to-art-we-coul_21236.jpg)
![“I couldn't ever act or think on behalf of what my father [[Albert Camus]] would have said or done. He's an artist, he considers himself an artist, and so he takes on the responsibility of speaking for those who are not given the means or the opportunity.” quote by Catherine Camus](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/872/catherine-camus-12238_art_i-couldn-t-ever-act-or-think-on-behalf-o_48718.jpg)
![“I have written this because it may have escaped the notice of many who have admired her [Marie Tempest] brilliant performances that they are due not only to her natural gifts...but to patience, assiduity, industry and discipline. Without these it is impossible to excel in any of the arts.” quote by W. Somerset Maugham](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/e1a/w-somerset-maugham-237_admired_i-have-written-this-because-it-may-have_1619966.jpg)
