As a Liberal of course I am very strongly committed to the notion of artistic freedom and very hostile to the idea… — George Brandis Copy Share Image
My mom is an entertainment attorney, and she brought me to a BMI panel for people who were interested in becoming artists.… — Justine Skye Copy Share Image
I feel like my peers now are artists like Madonna and the Stones, Michael Jackson and Prince. These are people who were… — LL Cool J Copy Share Image
Once you have made peace with the present moment, see what happens, what you can do or choose to do, or rather… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
Art can lead you to God. I think that's the purpose of everything. If it's not doing that, what's it doing? It's… — Bob Dylan Copy Share Image
In a way, the traditional album is no longer as important as it used to be. But at the same time, I… — Lauv Copy Share Image
In 1995, I proposed the Harvard Arts Medal. The idea was to celebrate the fact that, although it's rare, Harvard men and… — John Lithgow Copy Share Image
Charles Murray, however, clearly believes that being able to cure fatal diseases is more important than some other things and that Rembrandt… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
Forgiveness is the nature of my art in general. It's expressing love and compassion, the kinds of things that don't make sense… — Raymond Pettibon Copy Share Image
Wherever you are in the world, there's always something about the Australian light. There's something about the sharpness of it, something about… — Ken Done Copy Share Image
We have a lot of secondary market problems in the U.K.; it's really bad there. And lots of artists are starting to… — Mick Jagger Copy Share Image
This is the fundamental idea of culture, insofar as it sets but one task for each of us: to further the production… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Persons who would never think of announcing boldly to the world, 'I am a scholar,' 'I am a great artist,' 'I am… — Georgia Harkness Copy Share Image
I don’t believe in “laying to rest” the past. There are wounds we won’t get over. There are things that happen to… — Christian Wiman Copy Share Image
Having a mood disorder is not synonymous with having artistic talent, but it is true that people in the so-called creative professions-writers,… — Tracy Thompson Copy Share Image
I don't want the government to be censoring people, I don't think there should be censoring boards, but I think that means… — Raphael Bob-Waksberg Copy Share Image
“Artistic integrity is not a guest whom one may choose not to invite to a gala. She must be the first you… — Doug Dorst Copy Share Image
I spent my entire youth in front of a TV watching old movies, and as soon as I was able to get… — Amy Heckerling Copy Share Image
In all fighting, the direct method may be used for joining battle, but indirect methods will be needed in order to secure… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
Jews are no longer pressed and obliged to fight, hide or deny their Jewishness. What for? No one actually requires today to… — Zygmunt Bauman Copy Share Image
Most artists have experienced the creative block. We get stuck in our work. We beat our head against the wall: nothing. Sometimes,… — Lukas Foss Copy Share Image
The art of living deliberately is the art of examining this vast storehouse of beliefs, dropping the out-moded ones, consciously choosing those… — Sir Richard Bishop Copy Share Image
But it seemed to me that this was the way we all lived: full to the brim with gratitude and joy one… — Elizabeth Berg Copy Share Image
As an arts journalist in London, working mainly for the BBC, I interviewed hundreds if not thousands of authors. From them I… — Frank Delaney Copy Share Image
I'd really like to get to do some fighting, some martial arts training, because I think that would be really fun I… — Anna Paquin Copy Share Image
In art, truth and reality begin when one no longer understands what one is doing or what one knows, and when there… — Henri Matisse Copy Share Image
The problem of making artists talk about their work is that when they're making their work the left-brain is shut off. So… — Jonathan Santlofer Copy Share Image
If you watch the award shows, you'll see variations of the hammer pants. It's always cool to see that and then every… — MC Hammer Copy Share Image
I find that an entertainer is quite content to sit still, and I think an artist always has a little motion, always… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
“But then I got into Joseph Campbell—The Power of Myth and The Hero with a Thousand Faces. Joseph Campbell was the first… — Timothy Ferriss Copy Share Image
Cage's Music of Changes was a further indication that the arts in general were beginning to consciously deal with the given material… — Earle Brown Copy Share Image
O good old man, how well in thee appears The constant service of the antique world, When service sweat for duty, not… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
I want to explore the art of pleasure in Italy, the art of devotion in India and, in Indonesia, the art of… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
I am obsessed by the idea of silence. I went through an entire library studying art, artists and their critics, philosophers, too,… — Terry Tempest Williams Copy Share Image
“And I love being a writer because I want to leave something here on earth to make it better, prettier, stronger. I… — Cynthia Rylant Copy Share Image
The best work of artists in any age is the work of innocence liberated by technical knowledge. The laboratory experiments that led… — Nancy Hale Copy Share Image
My red patent-leather, 5-inch peep-toe slingbacks are not mere shoes. They are fine art. They make me feel tall. They make me… — Nancy Lublin Copy Share Image
“... from the classically executed lifelike bouquets, tempting you to reach for the petals that fell on a three-dimensional tablecloth, to a… — Anne Rice Copy Share Image
In science, if you don't do it, somebody else will. Whereas in art, if Beethoven didn't compose the 'Ninth Symphony,' no one… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
“First, psychotherapy is an art. It is not a science (the human-beings-are-laboratory-rats mentality of the behaviorist notwithstanding). A friend of mine, a… — Jack S. Willis Copy Share Image
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