I feel that the only thing that really matters in art and life is to go against the tidal wave of literalism… — David Salle Copy Share Image
If art is therapy, if art is to inspire, if art is a weapon, if it is a medicine to heal soul… — Rudy Gutierrez Copy Share Image
In general when you fall in love with an artist and their music, the plan is a fairly simple one. .. get… — Peter Asher Copy Share Image
“However blissful it is being a soul without a body in the realm of the dead, so too is being a body… — orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
A scientist, an artist, a citizen is not like a child who needs papa methodology and mama rationality to give him security… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There is a small world of people who are very interested in contemporary art and a slightly bigger world of people who… — Marc Jacobs Copy Share Image
“scenius.” Under this model, great ideas are often birthed by a group of creative individuals—artists, curators, thinkers, theorists, and other tastemakers—who make… — Austin Kleon Copy Share Image
In the 20th century, artists did a great disservice to fairies. They painted fairies in a way that was shallow and trite.… — Brian Froud Copy Share Image
The only thing an artist is useful for, and the only reason why we don't just line 'em up against the wall… — El-P Copy Share Image
I care deeply about anyone who listens to my music. That's a sacred connection between the artist and the person who appreciates… — Mark McGwire Copy Share Image
Sometimes life is hard. Things go wrong—in life and in love and in business and in friendship and in health and in… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
You know what's it's changed is my appreciate for the art form of making cinema. I don't want to act as much… — Jason Momoa Copy Share Image
My intention, certainly, is to create something which is aesthetic but many things are implicit in the work that I do. For… — Graciela Iturbide Copy Share Image
As an artist, I feel that we must try many things - but above all we must dare to fail...Say what you… — John Cassavetes Copy Share Image
Open Wings - Broken Strings is an opportunity for you to get to the heart of your favorite artists and their songs… — Ed Kowalczyk Copy Share Image
“Meditation is the art of learning to listen to our own heart. Meditation is the art of learning to listen to the… — Swami Dhyan Giten Copy Share Image
“Knowledge of self is one of the most important ideas in The Art of War. It is imperative that you know your… — Grant Lichtman Copy Share Image
I hate the whole 'record your album, do your promo campaign, have a year off to write another album' pattern. As an… — Marina and the Diamonds Copy Share Image
When a song is born of personal experience, you think you're protected by the fact that you're making art or whatever. But… — Ellie Rowsell Copy Share Image
I went back and researched the history of gospel; where it came from, slavery times, communicating with each other without their master… — Boris Kodjoe Copy Share Image
Found objects, chance creations, ready-mades (mass-produced items promoted into art objects, such as Duchamp's "Fountain"-urinal as sculpture) abolish the separation between art… — Charles Simic Copy Share Image
I have a running daydream about winning an Oscar and giving my speech about how ridiculous it is to rank art. And… — Ari Shaffir Copy Share Image
I had Paterson, and The Art Lover, to guide me for The Tales of Horror (written from 1988-'97 and published in 1999),… — Laura Mullen Copy Share Image
Music is the one art we all have inside. We may not be able to play an instrument, but we can sing… — Fred Rogers Copy Share Image
There are many ways in which people are made aware of their power to believe in the supremacy of Divine guidance and… — Ernst Boris Chain Copy Share Image
Sometimes, I even learn new techniques from my students. Although I am still a student at the Art Institute, I think that… — St. Lucia Copy Share Image
The Ninja Turtles made me who I am today in a big way. It was my favorite show as a kid. It… — Greg Cipes Copy Share Image
In this kind of super-capitalistic society, everything is turned into money. And one of the great things about art is it isn't… — Brice Marden Copy Share Image
There's a real hunger to understand where objects come from, how artists show their understanding of materials. And there's something fascinating about… — David Linley Copy Share Image
(There is) art that states the problems of society and wakes people up to make changes in their lives or in their… — Meredith Monk Copy Share Image
Science is not just there for technology. It's part of what addressing who you are in the universe and understanding your place… — Lawrence M. Krauss Copy Share Image
To me, literature is a calling, even a kind of salvation. It connects me with an enterprise that is over 2,000 years… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
I like art with a sense of humor. I don't have a huge art education to understand everything. I don't think that… — Kathleen Hanna Copy Share Image
Whatever your work and whatever its worth, No matter how strong or clever, Some one will sneer if you pause to hear,… — Ella Wheeler Wilcox Copy Share Image
I’m Charlotte Davidson: private investigator, police consultant, all -around badass. Or I could’ve been a badass, had I stuck with those lessons… — Darynda Jones Copy Share Image
I think I'm really drawn to filmmakers and artists who are kind of pathologically incapable of thinking straightforward about film, and about… — Jeremy Davies Copy Share Image
“Many women have identified with the grimace and the rage of Medusa. May Sarton identifies the Medusa-face as the face of her… — Miriam Robbins Dexter Copy Share Image
Japanese culture is something I'm heavily inspired by. I was actually stationed for a few years in Japan with the Navy and… — Bella Poarch Copy Share Image
I spent a lot of time, a lot of energy trying to be a better artist and I still [do]. I spend… — John Legend Copy Share Image
When it comes to acting, I've always had a passion for entertaining and for making people laugh. On the music side, I… — Tahj Mowry Copy Share Image
![“I spent a lot of time, a lot of energy trying to be a better artist and I still [do]. I spend a lot of time focusing on my craft. If you're going to take your passion into something beyond just something for fun on the side, you got to spend a lot of time on it to be great, and then you've got to…” quote by John Legend](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/9a4/john-legend-1666_art_i-spent-a-lot-of-time-a-lot-of-energy-tr_2211669.png)
