At times failure is very necessary for the artist. It reminds him that failure is not the ultimate disaster. And this reminder… — John Berger Copy Share Image
“I am about tribal feminine power. As a leader, I may stumble but my essence lives to the future-- of my people,… — Kristie LeVangie Copy Share Image
This has been a long and tiring battle for 10 years. And I'm glad it's finally resolved. My principles and reputation as… — Irene Cara Copy Share Image
“Foreigners have been encouraged to settle among you. Industry and virtue have been promoted by mutual emulation and mutual inspection; commerce and… — James Madison Copy Share Image
The sight of a Black nun strikes their sentimentality; and, as I am unalterably rooted in native ground, they consider me a… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
I have received a commission to make a poster against war. That is a task that makes me happy. Some may say… — Kathe Kollwitz Copy Share Image
Over the years, I was never really driven to become a solo artist, but I was curious to find out who I… — Annie Lennox Copy Share Image
In a way, editing is not unlike the movies. The best books, just like the best movies, are a collaboration. They're only… — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
Chess is more than a game or a mental training. It is a distinct attainment. I have always regarded the playing of… — Jose Raul Capablanca Copy Share Image
I think you just have to cross your fingers that there's enough artists out there that keep producing interesting work, and eventually… — Geddy Lee Copy Share Image
As a 17-year-old, I remember positively dreading dance sequences. I would come to shoots, quaking with nervousness at the idea of making… — Hansika Motwani Copy Share Image
“I have for many years endeavored to make this vital truth clear; and still people marvel when I tell them that I… — Helen Keller Copy Share Image
Freedom is necessary for two reasons. It's necessary for the individual, because the individual, no matter how good the society is, every… — Reinhold Niebuhr Copy Share Image
And it's been one of my big sort of campaigns throughout my career, really, is to sort of make art accessible but… — Grayson Perry Copy Share Image
“Some day you will be able to step back and see the entire work of art. In that moment you will understand… — Alex Alexander Copy Share Image
The idea of going on tour for the rest of my life with old works is not that exciting. As an artist… — Damien Hirst Copy Share Image
Of course, you want to be respected by your peers, and you want people to connect to you as an artist, but… — Jamie Lynn Spears Copy Share Image
I believe in advertisement and media completely. My art and my personal life are based in it. I think that the art… — Jeff Koons Copy Share Image
I don't have the education of an art historian. I've certainly read about art and look at art and have educated myself… — Lynne Tillman Copy Share Image
The function of criticism is the reeducation of perception of works of art? The conception that its business is to appraise, to… — John Dewey Copy Share Image
The art of moviemaking seems to get thrown away. The cinematography is gone, and the look of everything becomes of little importance.… — Rob Zombie Copy Share Image
I love so many different types of music - hard rock, bebop, jazz fusion, R&B. And I've loved meeting and painting so… — Peter Max Copy Share Image
When I taught art, I was always asked, 'How do you know you're an artist? What makes you an artist?' And to… — Marina Abramovic Copy Share Image
“We are, not metaphorically but in very truth, a Divine work of art, something that God is making, and therefore something with… — C.S. Lewis Copy Share Image
There's a big difference between sending your art in a statement or something like that, and sending yourself there. When you send… — Yoko Ono Copy Share Image
My teachers always said, "You're very talented, but don't set your heart on art. You're only a girl." I was inspired by… — Carolee Schneemann Copy Share Image
There are many museums dedicated to technology, artistic endeavors, music, and that sort of thing. From that perspective, I think games really… — Hideo Kojima Copy Share Image
Art includes everything which stimulates the desire to live; science includes everything which sharpens the desire to know. Art, even the most… — Remy de Gourmont Copy Share Image
I can't work without a model. I won't say I turn my back on nature ruthlessly in order to turn a study… — Vincent Van Gogh Copy Share Image
An artist shouldn't be judged by how many people like his art but by how pure and good it is - but… — Randall Munroe Copy Share Image
No one ever gets to see Foley artists at work, and they're so strange. They see the world differently: things as things… — Guy Maddin Copy Share Image
In reggae I have a model of artistic excellence and possibility that is challenging and inspiring. The poem remains a demanding thing… — Kwame Dawes Copy Share Image
The idea is that inside every human being, however unprepossessing, there is a glorious, talented, and overwhelmingly attractive personality. Nonsense. Inside each… — Margaret Halsey Copy Share Image
I was born in St. Louis and lived in Pittsburgh for a bit, before my family moved to Nigeria, where they're from.… — Babatunde Adebimpe Copy Share Image
One thing that makes art different from life is that in art things have a shape... it allows us to fix our… — Marilyn French Copy Share Image
I think the biggest thing - and this I think is true of songs but also of movies and books and art… — Craig Finn Copy Share Image
Very few men can be genuinely happy in a life involving continual self-assertion against the skepticism of the mass of mankind, unless… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“There is, perhaps, no more dangerous man in the world than the man with the sensibilities of an artist but without creative… — Dame Edna Everage Copy Share Image
As far as more recognition goes, I am happy with the amount of love and respect I have received from other artists… — Suzi Quatro Copy Share Image
The perennial architectural debate has always been, and will continue to be, about art versus use, visions versus pragmatism, aesthetics versus social… — Ada Louise Huxtable Copy Share Image
