In the world of reality the more beautiful a work of art, the longer, we may be sure, was the time required… — Lafcadio Hearn Copy Share Image
The reason why we want to remember an image varies: because we simply 'love it,' or dislike it so intensely that it… — Minor White Copy Share Image
I've learned a lot with every character, everything from being a cop, to a lawyer to a tattoo artist. And underneath that… — Sarah Shahi Copy Share Image
Too often in the past, we have thought of the artist as an idler and dilettante and of the lover of arts… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
I do think Australians as a rule have a very good sensibility to them, and I think most people, if they were… — John Polson Copy Share Image
There are places in the world where it's easier than in the US to be a person who produces theory and not… — Joshua Clover Copy Share Image
There are lots of artists in the world. But there's only one you. And the only person who has your point of… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
All of Koons's best art - the encased vacuum cleaners, the stainless-steel Rabbit (the late-twentieth century's signature work of Simulationist sculpture), the… — Jerry Saltz Copy Share Image
A book should contain pure discoveries, glimpses of terra firma, though by shipwrecked mariners, and not the art of navigation by those… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
In this science the illustrations and examples are not confined in their effect merely to the practice they afford in the analytical… — Dionysius Lardner Copy Share Image
Art is the way to the absolute and to the essence of human life. The aim of art is not the one-sided… — Bruce Lee Copy Share Image
My mother was always expanding my art skills and getting me to paint different things. You always got to push some. And,… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
“Artists and writers have always had a rather exaggerated idea about what goes on at a witches’ sabbat. This comes from spending… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
I've always had this juxtaposition of characters, because I'm an artist. I'm a very quiet person at home and introspective and the… — Terry Crews Copy Share Image
Many great authors of the 19th century wrote under conditions of strict censorship. The great thing about the art of writing a… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
Business often does a good job supporting communities: the arts, universities, and scientific enterprises... But that philosophy has rarely reached poor countries.… — Jeffrey Sachs Copy Share Image
So that's my wish for you, and all of us, and my wish for myself. Make New Mistakes. Make glorious, amazing mistakes.… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
I have a list of ideas that I want to do for my art series, but I'm always trying to figure out… — Jill Greenberg Copy Share Image
All happenings, great and small, are parables whereby God speaks. The art of life is to get the message. To see all… — Malcolm Muggeridge Copy Share Image
I think jazz was just seeking respect and validity because a lot of people didn't believe it was a viable art form,… — Andrew Bird Copy Share Image
“In every situation, at the beginning or end of the workday, you have a choice. You can look back or you can… — Twyla Tharp Copy Share Image
The more we study Art, the less we care for Nature. What Art really reveals to us is Nature's lack of design,… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
When I signed a record deal, I was always told by execs I needed to be like everybody else, that I had… — Jessica Simpson Copy Share Image
“When starting out in this field it’s extremely important to remember that, even though you may be an incredibly talented digital artist,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The artist’s task is to save the soul of mankind; and anything less is a dithering while Rome burns. Because of the… — Terence McKenna Copy Share Image
I studied fine arts and architecture, but I decided to move into movie design because I grew up in a small town… — Dante Ferretti Copy Share Image
I look at the Samurai because they were the artists of their time. What I think struck me when I read Bushido… — Tom Cruise Copy Share Image
Like most sensible people, you probably lost interest in modern art about the time that Julian Schnabel was painting broken pieces of… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
I would say that for the younger musicians, technical proficiency is necessary and a given these days. But the study and the… — David Finckel Copy Share Image
Almost six years ago, before I was given the incredible opportunity to be in 'Leaving Las Vegas,' I was going through a… — Elisabeth Shue Copy Share Image
“The mystery of esthetic like that of material creation is accomplished. The artist, like the god of the creation, remains within or… — James Joyce Copy Share Image
Art history is fine. I mean, that's a discipline. Art history is art history, and you start from the beginning and you… — Lawrence Weiner Copy Share Image
Art to me means lot of things - images and words. I may be no artist myself, but I recognise the pleasure… — Chris Eubank Sr Copy Share Image
I think that in making a genre movie, you have a really great opportunity to use abstraction to allow the audience to… — Miles Robbins Copy Share Image
Art is a form of understanding like philosophy and science and mathematics are an understanding but the difference is that art has… — Robert Longo Copy Share Image
God, of thy goodness, give me Thyself; for Thou art enough for me, and I can ask for nothing less that can… — Julian of Norwich Copy Share Image
Through the Internet and technology, anyone can now seek out any artist, composer or undefined niche of music they find interesting. All… — Hilary Hahn Copy Share Image
I admire people who find that what fulfills them is their art or their work, but what fulfills both me and my… — Blake Lively Copy Share Image
We throw at female artists this expectation that their work has to speak to the female experience. And if it doesn't, you're… — Eleanor Catton Copy Share Image
I was interested in the ways that artists responded to totalitarianism - the Czech Jazz Section, Romanian absurdist theatre, Brecht's alienation effect.… — Nicholas Royle Copy Share Image
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