I was trying to make art that my son could look on in the future and would realize I was thinking about… — Jeff Koons Copy Share Image
Writers remember everything...especially the hurts. Strip a writer to the buff, point to the scars, and he'll tell you the story of… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
First of all, I should preface this by the observation that artists are not the best judges of what they've done and… — Nicholas Meyer Copy Share Image
I think that's true of all cinema, that's why cinema is the great humanistic art form. Whatever the film is, it doesn't… — Tilda Swinton Copy Share Image
Everything a writer learns about the art or craft of fiction takes just a little away from his need or desire to… — Raymond Chandler Copy Share Image
The more one reads poetry, the less tolerant one becomes of any sort of verbosity, be that in political or philosophical discourse,… — Joseph Brodsky Copy Share Image
As a college-educated twentysomething woman with cool glasses and an affinity for modern art and Ryan Adams, I had the constant experience… — S.E. Cupp Copy Share Image
We are all artists in everything we do. Art is creating; it is our link that makes us like god. All you… — Bethany Jane Andrews Hoey Copy Share Image
Music, art, writing - it gives us a sense of who we are, a sense of our history, a sense of our… — Sheryl Crow Copy Share Image
I heard someone from the music business saying they are no longer looking for talent, they want people with a certain look… — Joni Mitchell Copy Share Image
“I'm against the picture of the artist as a starry-eyed visionary not really in control or knowing what he does. I'd almost… — William Golding Copy Share Image
There was no special event that made me decide. I had collected some photos and the idea was in the back of… — Gerhard Richter Copy Share Image
I think my first experience of art, or the joy in making art, was playing the horn at some high-school dance or… — Robert Pinsky Copy Share Image
I kind of rode this weird line between athlete and artist. It was a little different because most of the athletes were… — Terry Crews Copy Share Image
It's the word 'artful'; it's such a great word, with its dark and its light side, its art and its cunning, the… — Ali Smith Copy Share Image
“You are a masterpiece. A painting. A poem. A song. A statue. A work of art. Think of yourself that way. Embrace… — Tony Evens Copy Share Image
When you grow up, some areas of the world are out of your knowledge - especially when I grew up, in the… — Paola Pivi Copy Share Image
Urban artist have to face the stigma not only from white Australia but black Australia too; that's horrific when people say that… — Warwick Thornton Copy Share Image
And all of these writers offer me a greater understanding of what it is to be alive, and that is such an… — PJ Harvey Copy Share Image
Fear of carbs, of gluten, of everything - we've distanced ourselves from the beauty of food, the art of it. It makes… — Olivia Wilde Copy Share Image
Mild autism can give you a genius like Einstein. If you have severe autism, you could remain nonverbal. You don't want people… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
And I know I'm supposed to feel guilty for wanting people to buy my books... and books in general? Novels and poetry,… — Julianna Baggott Copy Share Image
The Gnostics believed that exile was the essential condition of man. Do you agree? I do. The artist and the addict both… — Steven Pressfield Copy Share Image
“Education is presumed to nurture an appreciation of diversity: the more schooling, the greater the respect for works of literature and art,… — Bill Bishop Copy Share Image
My parents didn't have records, they didn't have radios, and they didn't listen to music. My grandmother was my main connection to… — Gerard Way Copy Share Image
Having a little fun at my work does not make me any less of an artist and people who appreciate truly beautiful… — Clarice Cliff Copy Share Image
I remember in 'The Wizard of Oz' in middle school, I was the Tin Man. There was this fly on stage, and… — Cole Escola Copy Share Image
Art is interesting because there can be so many different perspectives in a piece of art. The way I see it may… — Joakim Noah Copy Share Image
I believe that it is important for the artist, painter, poet, dancer, etc. to keep in mind that it is the art… — Thornton Willis Copy Share Image
Realist artists should join together in a worldwide effort... Sharing it with each other and teaching it - that is the key… — Igor Babailov Copy Share Image
“The one charm about the past is that it is the past. But women never know when the curtain has fallen. They… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“Ancient person, for whom I All the flattering youth defy, Long be it ere thou grow old, Aching, shaking, crazy, cold; But… — John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester Copy Share Image
Artists such as Lorna Simpson, Zoe Leonard, Byron Kim and Stephen Andrews and I are around the same age, and I know… — Glenn Ligon Copy Share Image
When I was writing songs or performing or producing or dabbling in movies or even putting my career on hold to go… — Jackie DeShannon Copy Share Image
The artist, and particularly the poet, is always an anarchist in the best sense of the word. He must heed only the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“If these artist were trying to convince me that the pursuit of love in the postdigital age was more exciting, more mysterious,… — Kate Klise Copy Share Image
They think me or Conway not contractually Griselda, they think it's smoke with each other. We're doing business, man. We're growing further… — Benny the Butcher Copy Share Image
In fact, whatever exists in the universe, in essence, in appearance, in the imagination, the painter has first in his mind and… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
When I do a T.V. show, I hear all these artists in their dressing rooms doing scales - I've never done it… — Bonnie Tyler Copy Share Image
There are people who claim to be instinctive cooks, who never follow recipes or weigh anything at all. All I can say… — Delia Smith Copy Share Image
