The so-called ‘crank’ may be quite original in his ideas. … Invention, however, in the engineering sense involves originality; but not that… — Elihu Thomson Copy Share Image
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The two teachers that I had in the Art Institute who affected me the most were Kathleen Blackshear and Robert von Neumann;… — Warren MacKenzie Copy Share Image
As artists, we have an opportunity to help the public evolve, raise consciousness and awareness, teach, heal, enlighten and inspire in ways… — Lauryn Hill Copy Share Image
The Word of God makes use of poetic imagery when discussing... formless intelligences but... it does not do so for the sake… — Pope Dionysius Copy Share Image
Because for me to go fully experimental, it would turn into an artist book actually. And I'm not opposed to that. But… — Porochista Khakpour Copy Share Image
Philosophically considered, the universe is composed of Nature and the Soul. Strictly speaking, therefore, all that is separate from us, all which… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
I don't know what motivated the artist, which means that the paintings have an intrinsic quality. I think Goethe called it the… — Gerhard Richter Copy Share Image
They want to hold onto something they never had in the first place. Anybody who claims to have some interest in me… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
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I think that one of the reasons that we chose the word love as the subject is because your human connection and… — Tom DeLonge Copy Share Image
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It is a temptation to exploit one's technique because an audience is easily reached this way, but they cannot be moved by… — Alla Osipenko Copy Share Image
We make sure we have total artistic control with our albums. We were working with Interscope Records, and they had a hard… — Synyster Gates Copy Share Image
When I look at a wildlife or nature subject, I dont see the feathers in the wings, I just count the wings.… — Charley Harper Copy Share Image
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I have never seen a rap artist yet to come and say, 'I'm a gangsta'. What he says is 'Man I spit… — MC Hammer Copy Share Image
The challenge for me has first been to see things as they are, whether a portrait, a city street, or a bouncing… — Berenice Abbott Copy Share Image
There's an idea that it's hard to be a woman artist. People assume that women have fewer opportunities, less power. But it's… — Annie Leibovitz Copy Share Image
The soul sins therefore because, while aiming at good, it makes mistakes about the good, because it is not primary essence. And… — Sallust Copy Share Image
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From the moon, the Earth is so small and so fragile, and such a precious little spot in that Universe, that you… — Rusty Schweickart Copy Share Image
The man who has honesty, integrity, the love of inquiry, the desire to see beyond, is ready to appreciate good art. He… — Robert Henri Copy Share Image
You have to be narcissistic to be an artist. You have to think you are the centre of the whole thing; otherwise,… — Marjane Satrapi Copy Share Image
When money and hype recede from the art world, one thing I won't miss will be what curator Francesco Bonami calls the… — Jerry Saltz Copy Share Image
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