“[on his satisfaction as an artist] In terms of cinema and filmmaking, there are certainly the unexpected gifts that the actors bestow… — Michael Haneke Copy Share Image
Rare almost as great poets, rarer, perhaps, than veritable saints and martyrs; are consummate men of business. A man, to be excellent… — Arthur Helps Copy Share Image
“Music requires a particular type of education which is simply not given to most people. And, as a result, it’s set further… — Edward W. Said Copy Share Image
As soon as you make anything that people like, you get all these new artists hitting you up like 'I want to… — Finneas Copy Share Image
“Everything he wanted was comprised moreover in a single boon--the common unattainable art of taking things as they came. He appeared to… — Henry James Copy Share Image
“I would call that man a born artist whose soul nature has from the very beginning endowed with an ideal, and for… — Hans von Marées Copy Share Image
I don't doubt that at the dawn of martial arts, the main goal was to beat up one's opponents in the most… — Daniele Bolelli Copy Share Image
Acting is an art form. If you are not creating something that's unusual and informative and at least has the possibility of… — Bruce Glover Copy Share Image
I was roommates with 2 of the guys who were influential in forming the Black Arts philosophy. I called them "goons," and… — Ishmael Reed Copy Share Image
“What we encounter in works of art and philosophy are objective versions of our own pains and struggles, evoked and defined in… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
Man screams from the depths of his soul; the whole era becomes a single, piercing shriek. Art also screams, into the deep… — Hermann Bahr Copy Share Image
“Her voice was polished with a hint of a New England-boarding-school accent that shouted refinement over geographic locale. I was trying not… — Harlan Coben Copy Share Image
There are neither good nor bad subjects. From the point of view of pure Art, you could almost establish it as an… — Gustave Flaubert Copy Share Image
We younger Negro artists who create now intend to express our individual dark-skinned selves without fear or shame. If white people are… — Langston Hughes Copy Share Image
I don't get to do a lot of fight scenes on 'Sanctuary,' but I'm a trained fighter; I've been doing martial arts… — Ryan Robbins Copy Share Image
They understand what their market is and who they should be selling records to, and most importantly, they know the kind of… — Simon Cowell Copy Share Image
“The artist is now giving a first coat of paint to that tautly stretched canvas which the scientist has been so busy… — Henry Miller Copy Share Image
One of the things I've been most excited by is U.S. television drama. For my money, it's some of the greatest narrative… — Kevin Barry Copy Share Image
Art is both the taking and giving of beauty; the turning out to the light the inner folds of the awareness of… — Ansel Adams Copy Share Image
Potluck Supper with Meeting to Follow is a marvel, deftly examining the connections between art and everyday life. Andy Sturdevant's lively, unique… — Joe Meno Copy Share Image
Our human landscape is overburdened with competitions and contests. Art need not be a contest. Art is a personal quest for quality.… — Robert Genn Copy Share Image
[...] I've come to the conclusion that the artist can not justify life or come up with a cogent reason as to… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
One thing that's really pulled me in to helping artists create their album is that I get to help them tell a… — Emily Lazar Copy Share Image
“..giving power to negative thoughts or fears was bringing ideas to life in physical world,idea in mind became emotion in heart,emotion turned… — Christina Westover Copy Share Image
The teacher, like the artist and the philosopher, can perform his work adequately only if he feels himself to be an individual… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
I think every artist subconsciously wants to evolve themselves. Sometimes they get stuck in ruts because of pop culture, peer pressure, stuff… — Steve Vai Copy Share Image
The first part of my career was indeed as a performer and recording artist, and I am still keenly involved with both.… — Barbara Harbach Copy Share Image
...art must must carry man's craving for the ideal, must be an expression of his reaching out towards it; that art must… — Andrei Tarkovsky Copy Share Image
You have to find your own style, and it's difficult to define what style is. It's not what you're wearing; it's how… — Carolina Herrera Copy Share Image
Effective managing therefore happens where art , craft, and science meet. But in a classroom of students without managerial experience, these have… — Henry Mintzberg Copy Share Image
Even a cup of coffee tastes so much sweeter because you've come once again out of the, literally, out of the edge… — Christopher Koch Copy Share Image
“The act of making music, clothes, art, or even food has a very different, and possibly more beneficial effect on us than… — David Byrne Copy Share Image
Whoever is first in the field and awaits the coming of the enemy, will be fresh for the fight; whoever is second… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
The ways of heaven are dark and intricate, Puzzled in mazes, and perplex'd with errors; Our understanding traces them in vain, Lost… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
“The artist, if he is not to forget how to listen, must retain the visionwhich includes angels and dragons and unicorns, and… — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
I think I naturally emote a lot. And, just growing up, I'm a theatre kid, I grew up in performing arts, and… — Doechii Copy Share Image
One of the obsessions that the Soviet Union and the Eastern European communist parties had was always controlling the message - all… — Anne Applebaum Copy Share Image
“It's tragic that extremists co-opt the notion of God, and that hipsters and artists reject spirituality out of hand. I don't have… — Mike Doughty Copy Share Image
We need to update laws to ensure that songwriters and artists can practice their art and maintain a career from their renowned… — John Popper Copy Share Image
This thing that I do with caring about the message in my music, it's not separate from my work as a commercial… — Lady Gaga Copy Share Image