Is not art a tool we employ to peel the kitsch off life? Layer by layer art strips life bare. The more… — Robert Musil Copy Share Image
There is something about the literary life that repels me, all this desperate building of castles on cobwebs, the long-drawn acrimonious struggle… — Raymond Chandler Copy Share Image
“ God is the greatest of artists! How good of Him to give us this world, and the change to imitate Him… — S.M. Stirling Copy Share Image
Today it's not strange to see an artist 30 years old having her first retrospective! Different time, different speed. After having been… — Daniel Buren Copy Share Image
Not only were the minds of artists formed by the university; in the same mold were formed those of the art historians,… — Harold Rosenberg Copy Share Image
As a person, I was born to give out my opinions. By giving out my opinions, I realize who I am. As… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
Utility is the great idol of the age, to which all powers must do service and all talents swear allegiance. In this… — Friedrich Schiller Copy Share Image
It has always been my belief that the true artist, like the true scientist, is a researcher using materials and techniques to… — Paul Strand Copy Share Image
“He died at forty-two. I was there to collect his talent. I was there at the hospital deathbed of my beloved Billie… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
I was a very introverted individual and this became an important outlet for me to express myself, to communicate, to take positions,… — Ed Paschke Copy Share Image
If you feel That you are LOVED, then know that there is a fool who have been betrayed, and if you see… — Junior Dè Rèál Testament Copy Share Image
The real question is, Why do you feel as though that's emasculating? A man can't have a conflict? When you try to… — Wendell Pierce Copy Share Image
Art, to me is the interpretation of the impression which nature makes upon the eye and brain. The word 'Impressionism' as applied… — Childe Hassam Copy Share Image
But my motivation was more a matter of wanting to create order - to keep track of things. All those boxes full… — Gerhard Richter Copy Share Image
“Why Dream? Life is a difficult assignment. We are fragile creatures, expected to function at high rates of speed, and asked to… — Susan Ariel Rainbow Kennedy (SARK Copy Share Image
Studying art history is actually one of the few ways of getting a good job in the arts sector. It's hard to… — Munira Mirza Copy Share Image
The way I write music for other artists is the same way I write music for myself. I'll pick up the guitar,… — Bibi Bourelly Copy Share Image
Israel is a wonderful place to be an artist - a place where imagination flourishes. Israeli culture is refreshingly avant garde -… — Ryan Kavanaugh Copy Share Image
Who speaks of art speaks of poetry. There is not art without a poetic aim. There is a species of emotion particular… — Edouard Vuillard Copy Share Image
After painting comes Sculpture, a very noble art, but one that does not in the execution require the same supreme ingenuity as… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
“Pablo Picasso was notorious for sucking the energy out of the people he met. His granddaughter Marina claimed that he squeezed people… — Austin Kleon Copy Share Image
The ugly and stupid have the best of it in this world. They can sit at their ease and gape at the… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
The most powerful words in English are 'Tell me a story,' words that are intimately related to the complexity of history, the… — Pat Conroy Copy Share Image
“But with her eyes closed, she began to whisper. “If you have someone to love, then love. If you have someone to… — Laura Anderson Kurk Copy Share Image
I think my parents were surprisingly cool with me entering the arts. Although, I think they thought it was going to be… — John Cho Copy Share Image
I've been writing way before 'X Factor,' and I've been doing shows before 'X Factor.' And everything I did on this show… — Astro Copy Share Image
Though the artist must remain master of his craft, the surface, at times raised to the highest pitch of loveliness, should transmit… — Alfred Sisley Copy Share Image
What do you want art to give you? What do you want cultural experience to give you? Shouldn't it be in-depth, profound… — Peter Greenaway Copy Share Image
“(...) photography opened up quite a little Pandora's box, kiddies. (...) Once we no longer had to depend on drawing and painting… — Chip Kidd Copy Share Image
My martial arts came a lot from my uncle, who actually taught martial arts through the military. He was a black belt… — Brian Tee Copy Share Image
In fact a man in love or one consumed with hatred creates symbols for himself, as a superstitious man does, from a… — Cesare Pavese Copy Share Image
My parents are avid consumers of art, collectors of African American paintings, and have always gone to the theater. My mother has… — Lynn Nottage Copy Share Image
Painting seems to be to the eye what dancing is to the limbs. When that has educated the frame to self-possession, to… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“The artist glanced at the inflexible image of king, commander, dame, and allegory, that stood around, on the best of which might… — Nathaniel Hawthorne Copy Share Image
There's a kind of despair about whether art can really do anything, but you have to incorporate that despair into the way… — Tony Harrison Copy Share Image
I believe there is little to gain by exchanging opinions with other artists concerning either the ideology of art or technical methods.… — Yves Tanguy Copy Share Image
Rules serve no purpose; they can only do harm. Not only must the artist's mind be clear, it must also be free.… — Federico Zuccari Copy Share Image
My process for the parodies is that I get an idea for a song and then get approval from the artist and… — Al Yankovic Copy Share Image
If a patron buys from an artist who needs money (needs money to buy tools, time, food), the patron then makes himself… — Ezra Pound Copy Share Image
We both [with Jo Andres] think that it is really important to our culture that we support all kinds of music, all… — Steve Buscemi Copy Share Image
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