“Sun Tzu said: In the practical art of war, the best thing of all is to take the enemy's country whole and… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
I think that the exchange is very important. Before I did the exhibition in Shanghai, I was a judge for the John… — Michael Craig-Martin Copy Share Image
I often wondered why I was attracted to certain landscapes and not others and why my photographs (and depictions by other artists)… — John Pfahl Copy Share Image
The essential characteristic of digital information is that it can be manipulated easily and very rapidly by computer... Computational tools for transforming,… — William J. Mitchell Copy Share Image
Art's a very metaphysical activity. It's something that enriches the parameters of your life, the possibilities of being, and you touch transcendence… — Jeff Koons Copy Share Image
Cross out as many adjectives and adverbs as you can. ... It is comprehensible when I write: "The man sat on the… — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
Any really good scientist is as much an artist as a scientist. All the interesting stuff is found on the edge between… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
There is simply no comparison between a man who is armed and one who is not. It is simply unreasonable to expect… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
As an artist, I never wanted to be fettered by gender nor recognized or defined as a female poet, musician or singer.… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
As an artist, i feel lucky to have been given the gift of creativity so that i may share my vision of… — Romero Britto Copy Share Image
“Eystein had also resorted to a weird form of trickery: among his decorations of wood or wool, gold or velvet, he would… — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
As an artist you very much want to have control over your dialogue and your image and when you become exposed in… — Halsey Copy Share Image
I'm definitely not proud of some of the stuff I did as a youth, but that's where my mind-frame was at one… — Dizzee Rascal Copy Share Image
“What is the use of composing if it is to confine the product within the precinct of the concert or the solitude… — Roland Barthes Copy Share Image
I think that there's an awakening inside of me really honestly, and I honestly believe that the best work of my life… — Forest Whitaker Copy Share Image
I think when people try to use their art for political views, I think they're art becomes smaller, less interesting. And so… — Sean Lennon Copy Share Image
When I hear other artists talk, they talk about 'How come radio's not playing my song?' Well, you have to look at… — Blake Shelton Copy Share Image
The true meaning of an artist/actor is opening my heart to the audience and at the same time opening their heart. Through… — Richard Cabral Copy Share Image
Real art, like the wife of an affectionate husband, needs no ornaments. But counterfeit art, like a prostitute, must always be decked… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
“The book presents a broad world of women coming from all eras, countries, backgrounds, races, and ethnicities. They’re rabble-rousers from all sorts… — Ann Shen Copy Share Image
Despite a large body of work in films, TV, theatre and concerts, I am viewed by many as a Jewish artist. I… — Theodore Bikel Copy Share Image
The student of arithmetic who has mastered the first four rules of his art, and successfully striven with money sums and fractions,… — Stephen Leacock Copy Share Image
Art can make a difference because it pulls people up short. It says, don't accept things for their face value; you don't… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
Different people have different ways of doing things. For me, becoming a songwriter first and falling in love with the Nashville songwriting… — Kacey Musgraves Copy Share Image
Spirituality emerged as a fundamental guidepost in Wholeheartedness. Not religiosity but the deeply held belief that we are inextricably connected to one… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
I don't like to reveal anything about my personal relationships with artists because it is so sacred to me, but I will… — Lady Gaga Copy Share Image
I honestly think if I had been a solo artist, it wouldn't have been as bad. Because I was being compared to… — Jesy Nelson Copy Share Image
Cultural change is always incremental, so the most important thing for any right-leaning artist, writer, or media mogul is to focus less… — Ross Douthat Copy Share Image
TikTok gives an artist a voice. I'm very careful to be very authentic on there - everything I do comes from me,… — Laufey Copy Share Image
It is only when you have mastered the art of loving yourself that you can truly love others. it's only when you… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There's just so, so many overlooked R&B artists and I think it's really about, again, being sensitive to whatever you're addressing culturally.… — Solange Knowles Copy Share Image
Art is the most beautiful deception of all. And although people try to incorporate the everyday events of life in it, we… — Claude Debussy Copy Share Image
My mother was a housewife. My father worked in the agriculture business, but they were very encouraging about everything. When I said… — Giles Deacon Copy Share Image
The director, Moisés Kaufman, just received the national medal of the arts from President [Barack] Obama . He wrote and directed The… — Patrick Heusinger Copy Share Image
I'm not so arrogant to consider mine the only legitimate art form. I can't in one breath make a fuss about someone… — Brandi Carlile Copy Share Image
I am a black belt in martial arts. I like to drink scotch. I go skydiving. So I never really saw myself… — Cheryl Yeoh Copy Share Image
I think that narrative, fiction filmmaking is the culmination of several art forms: theater, art history, architecture. Whereas doc filmmaking is more… — George Hickenlooper Copy Share Image
But I'm interested in the Barnes Collection in Philadelphia. I hear there are some of the worst Matisses there. I like seeing… — Jemima Kirke Copy Share Image
A bubble comes from rising prices, whether of stocks, real estate, works of art or anything else. A price increase attracts attention… — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
Many great works of art, poetry, and music are inspired by astral memories. The desire to do noble, beautiful things here on… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image