Here society is reduced to its original elements, the whole fabric of art and conventionality is struck rudely to pieces, and men… — Francis Parkman Copy Share Image
A work of visionary art can shock a person out of their normal thinking patterns and help them to see the world… — Alex Grey Copy Share Image
“The white lily stands for purity. Artists for centuries have pictured the angel Gabriel coming to the virgin Mary with a spray… — Carroll Bryant Copy Share Image
I say that democracy can never prove itself beyond cavil, until it founds and luxuriantly grows its own forms of art, poems,… — Walt Whitman Copy Share Image
I've heard from other artists that people are a little bit more reserved in Northern Europe, which comes across at concerts, where… — Agnes Obel Copy Share Image
I wish there were fewer art dealers. I wish there were fewer auctions. I wish there were just two auctions a year.… — Laurence Graff Copy Share Image
I went into Hollywood and met Mike Aarons and went to Grantray-Lawrence Animation to work on the, by today's standards, extremely cheap… — Mike Royer Copy Share Image
It's hard to say, I picked one of my favorite articles for the MAD vault. Which is one of the features of… — Al Yankovic Copy Share Image
“One must always be careful, for the art of shamanism is fueled by the power of the will, interacting with the power… — Rak Razam Copy Share Image
I am preoccupied with the possibility of creating art which functions in a public situation without compromising its private character of being… — Claes Oldenburg Copy Share Image
I paint German artists whom I admire. I paint their pictures, their work as painters, and their portraits too. But oddly enough,… — Georg Baselitz Copy Share Image
In my view, art and the approach to life through art, using it as a vehicle for education and even for doing… — Jonas Salk Copy Share Image
“I once heard an artist say that when a person has no problems, the mind automatically finds a way to invent some.… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
The artist reserves the right to remove a blot on the landscape, to change positions of things, to suit his composition, providing… — Walter J. Phillips Copy Share Image
Civilization...is a matter of imponderables, of delight in the thins of the mind, of love of beauty, of honor, grace, courtesy, delicate… — Edith Hamilton Copy Share Image
I'd like to introduce someone who has just come into my life. I've admired him for 35 years. He's someone who represents… — Shirley MacLaine Copy Share Image
I've always written about people who have very abstracted in a certain way. I write about scientists and artists and musicians. I… — Andrea Barrett Copy Share Image
“I would like to say to those who think of my pictures as serene, whether in friendship or mere observation, that I… — Mark Rothko Copy Share Image
Whether you create, or you observe an objective piece of creativity, meditation should be the key. Without it, mind can only spread… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Jonathan Meese is not interested in the history of reality. Everything radical and precisely graphic is sustainable. Human ideologies like religions and… — Jonathan Meese Copy Share Image
Though I know consciousness kind of boxes you in, it still encompasses the artists that I knew were conscious throughout history of… — Will Ferrell Copy Share Image
My views have changed as much as the world, and more precisely, the world of art. You have to remember that all… — Daniel Buren Copy Share Image
But I really resist categories – that naming is a closing down of meaning. Women's art, political art – those categorisations perpetuate… — Barbara Kruger Copy Share Image
I wish I was better at art. I love some of the great artists of the 19th century and, compared to them,… — Hayao Miyazaki Copy Share Image
In this day and age, people have come to expect that artists are going to give everybody information on Twitter about what… — Josh Trank Copy Share Image
The first thing you do when you sit down at the computer: If you're an artist, a leader or someone seeking to… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
“Women have been trained in our culture and society to ask for what we want instead of taking what we want. We've… — Ava DuVernay Copy Share Image
The whole point of art, aside from the aesthetic pleasure it yields, is that it provides a bridge to the past; that… — Barry Humphries Copy Share Image
You have killed my love. You used to stir my imagination. Now you don't even stir my curiosity. You simply produce no… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
The hoax is the very absence of truth, which usually means art is absent, too - hoaxes regularly substitute claims of reality… — Kevin Young Copy Share Image
It's kind of strange to be a free soloist when you know so much about flying, because I'm playing two opposite games,… — Dean Potter Copy Share Image
Behind all art is an element of desire...Love of life, of existence, love of another human being, love of human beings is… — Adrienne Rich Copy Share Image
Loneliness sometimes gives me a quantity of creativeness - you're drinking another glass of wine and you're feeling even worse. Art doesn't… — Till Lindemann Copy Share Image
My art and my self-expression in any form has always been an attempt towards sincerity, honesty, and empathy for others. For a… — Alice Glass Copy Share Image
I am not an artist, and I never intended to be one. I hope I have made some good photographs, but what… — Cornell Capa Copy Share Image
If you wanted to pursue some kind of artistic pursuit and you had another career, then you would definitely fall back on… — Steve Toltz Copy Share Image
There are tons of people who have made great music, great art, great whatever, but you don't know about them until the… — Pharrell Williams Copy Share Image
I want to show the world that you do have some artists that are ready to go to the next level, and… — Raekwon Copy Share Image
I really like John Legend as an artist and as a person. As well as Lyfe Jennings. Jeezy is good people as… — MC Serch Copy Share Image
The artistic element of Manhattan has kind of moved to Brooklyn. Has it changed it? Yeah. Has it ruined it? I would… — Julian Casablancas Copy Share Image