“Art is a true aesthetic synthesis , "a priori" of feeling and image in the intuition, as to which it may be… — Benedetto Croce Copy Share Image
“To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of arts. Every man is tasked to make his life, even… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
The word 'art' is very slippery. It really has no importance in relation to one's work. I work for the pleasure, for… — Manuel Alvarez Bravo Copy Share Image
I love to go out in late September among the fat, overripe, icy, black blackberries to eat blackberries for breakfast, the stalks… — Galway Kinnell Copy Share Image
Now I'm sixty-one... sixty-two, pretty soon. It's a really interesting age. Now we have women of your age, and coming up, and… — Louise Erdrich Copy Share Image
Mortality is, in reality, a very, very short period. It is literally a snap of the fingers compared to an eternity. It… — Hartman Rector, Jr Copy Share Image
I think designers are starting to realize that we're all in the same industry. We're making clothes - we aren't saving the… — Joseph Altuzarra Copy Share Image
The virtue of dress rehearsals is that they are a free show for a select group of artists and friends of the… — Alfred Jarry Copy Share Image
I don't think talent has anything to do with inspiration. Inspiration creates talent. People prioritize innate talent too much. It gives them… — Willis Earl Beal Copy Share Image
“Design is a fundamental human activity, relevant and useful to everyone. Anything humans create—be it product, communication or system—is a result of… — Maggie Macnab Copy Share Image
If you should look for this place after a handful of lifetimes: Perhaps of my planted forest a few May stand yet,… — Robinson Jeffers Copy Share Image
[Comics is] one of the last havens for honesty when it comes to a reader's genuine response to art. Most of us,… — Chris Ware Copy Share Image
“Tell me, I don't know much about martial arts... But what does it mean to be strong? Is it something you can… — Bisco Hatori Copy Share Image
Eating in Italy is essentially a family art, practiced for and by the family. The finest accomplishments of the home cook are… — Marcella Hazan Copy Share Image
I grew up on a farm with only two TV channels. I didn't grow up around much culture. When I got excited… — Neil Farber Copy Share Image
Some people say I do it too much, but I'm always asking the artist questions. Sometimes - especially with new artists -… — Dev Hynes Copy Share Image
“Some people sought to lead. Most did not. Some people sought to star on television, or show in art museums, or become… — Steve Bein Copy Share Image
An artist is a provincial who finds himself somewhere between a physical reality and a metaphysical one. It’s this in-between that I’m… — Federico Fellini Copy Share Image
Being a kid with black skin in South Central Los Angeles, in a part of the world where opportunity didn't necessarily knock… — Kehinde Wiley Copy Share Image
I think that the whole experience of living, breathing, thinking, and being lost in wonderment is, for me, that of being an… — Tony Shafrazi Copy Share Image
Relax. Knowing when to work and when to rest is key ... Allow your body to rejuvenate and be happy with who… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
REPLICA, n. A reproduction of a work of art, by the artist that made the original. It is so called to distinguish… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
I write because it gives me the greatest possible artistic pleasure to write. If my work pleases the few I am gratified.… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Comedy is a funny thing, and it's really not like any other art form in that it's very specialized and varied in… — Joe Rogan Copy Share Image
There has never been a book like this. At once a poetics of place, a work of deep history, a bildungsroman, and… — Melissa Holbrook Pierson Copy Share Image
A total work of art is only possible in the context of the whole of society. Everyone will be a necessary co-creator… — Joseph Beuys Copy Share Image
A real artist may create his picture in a lonely desert... gods look over his shoulder; he creates in their company. What… — Rudolf Steiner Copy Share Image
Jackie Chan is a very good comedy/martial arts star. He does one kind of martial arts that Jet Li doesn't know how… — Jet Li Copy Share Image
The discoveries of science, the works of art are explorations-more, are explosions, of a hidden likeness. The discoverer or artist presents in… — Jacob Bronowski Copy Share Image
The great thing about cinema is that it's a great binder. It brings people from across the world together, often erasing the… — Priyanka Chopra Copy Share Image
The Carlyle Group is the most politically connected investment firm in the world. The company has mastered the art of influence peddling… — William Hartung Copy Share Image
A lot of the time, artists and musicians can get criticised for being ignorant or silly or not understanding the real world.… — Declan McKenna Copy Share Image
“Personally, I think so-called "common language" is more interesting and apropos than "proper English"; it's passionate and powerful in ways that "wherefore… — J.R. Ward Copy Share Image
I believe that, artistically and culturally, the free radio air should be able to support local artists of whatever genre. Play 40… — Chuck D Copy Share Image
Do anything but love; or if thou lovest and art a woman, hide thy love from him whom thou dost worship; never… — Letitia Elizabeth Landon Copy Share Image
For somebody like Kanye, fame is the fullest realisation of his art in a way. It's like an Andy Warhol dream or… — David Longstreth Copy Share Image
The type of Buddhist practices that I talk about in 'The Art of Happiness' have to do with reconditioning one's way of… — Howard Cutler Copy Share Image
Vain Art of the Fugue was the only one of my novels to be met with relative public recognition: it was nominated… — Dumitru Tepeneag Copy Share Image
Artists are not helper monkeys; they’re not in it to visualize 'your' story, because it stopped being 'your' story the moment you… — Mark Waid Copy Share Image
History's most treasured musicians were believed in and cultivated to reach their potential. Today, it would be difficult for those musicians to… — Steve Vai Copy Share Image