As far as piano players are concerned, Oscar Peterson is my very favorite. I also like McCoy Tyner. I think that the… — Nina Simone Copy Share Image
“The Work of Art. When I watch the audience at a concert or the crowd in the picture gallery I ask myself… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
I went into directing having observed and learned from the best. There was a certain standard of procedure. I found that I… — William Monahan Copy Share Image
The greatness of art is not in the display of knowledge, or in material accuracy, but in the distinctness with which it… — George Inness Copy Share Image
Mrs Joe was a very clean housekeeper, but had an exquisite art of making her clenliness more umcomfortable and unacceptable than dirt… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
From now on there is no longer any development immanent to art. The times have passed for history of art with a… — Arnold Gehlen Copy Share Image
I think it is time we learned the lesson of our century: that the progress of the human spirit must keep pace… — Leonard Bernstein Copy Share Image
“As we know, Rilke, under the influence of Auguste Rodin, whom he had assisted between 1905 and 1906 in Meudon as a… — Peter Sloterdijk Copy Share Image
“We must learn to reawaken and keep ourselves awake, not by mechanical aids, but by an infinite expectation of the dawn, which… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
If what is seen and experienced is portrayed in the language of logic, then it is science. If it is communicated through… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
I think it's so important as an artist to stand up for what you believe in, and I think that if equal… — Betty Who Copy Share Image
It's an extreme to go from an artist like myself to a commercial artist with art directors looking over your shoulder, or… — Raymond Pettibon Copy Share Image
Most people view the artistic process as something of a mystery. Leverage that, and engage your prospective clients with good stories. For… — Cory Trepanier Copy Share Image
The job of the artist is to make a gesture and really show people what their potential is. It’s not about the… — Jeff Koons Copy Share Image
Regular people don't even realize how much artists mean to them. Artists represent a lot to the average person. People listen to… — Nicki Minaj Copy Share Image
Until film is just as easily accessible as a pen or pencil, then it's not completely an art form. In painting you… — Forest Whitaker Copy Share Image
I mean my point as an artist is I'm on my own little weird journey across the sky here and whether or… — Billy Corgan Copy Share Image
“[...] For the first time ever, images of art have become ephemeral, ubiquitous, insubstantial, available, valueless, free. They surround us in the… — John Berger Copy Share Image
The artist doesn't really think about consequences - he or she does the work, stands back and looks at and thinks, 'Hmm,… — Twyla Tharp Copy Share Image
I believe in God, Mozart and Beethoven, and likewise their disciples and apostles; - I believe in the Holy Spirit and the… — Richard Wagner Copy Share Image
After years of doing composition, the risk is always that you might start to repeat and be cliche. Every time, I try… — Ludovico Einaudi Copy Share Image
In spite of all the cultural restrictions, in spite of marital or political difficulties, a strong woman continues to create and makes… — Barbara Harbach Copy Share Image
Changes in societal structure and in art would possess more credibility if they had their origins in the soul and spirit. If… — Marc Chagall Copy Share Image
Art happens no hovel is safe from it, no Prince may depend upon it, the vastest intelligence cannot bring it about, and… — James Whistler Copy Share Image
The director’s task is to recreate life, its movement, its contradictions, its dynamic and conflicts. It is his duty to reveal every… — Andrei Tarkovsky Copy Share Image
One of the reasons why I love to do Shakespeare is that this great artist was able to talk to a wide… — Julie Taymor Copy Share Image
“What is the difference between “creator” and “craftsman”? The one who creates bestows being itself, he brings something out of nothing— ex… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
You start to become successful, and everybody starts to drive your money train to the bank, and they're not thinking anymore about… — Lady Gaga Copy Share Image
Frankly, in order for us to have a healthier arts eco-system funders need to insulate their relationships with artists from the influence… — Jon Rubin Copy Share Image
My parents aren't artists or anything, but growing up in Wales, especially in a Welsh language school and community, they have this… — Iwan Rheon Copy Share Image
My art feels like it's real disobedient. I can fill notebooks with observations and maybe they find their way into the work… — Junot Diaz Copy Share Image
Bullfighting is anachronistic - you enter into a bullring and you're leaving behind the values of the world outside the ring. I… — Bette Ford Copy Share Image
My father always taught by telling stories about his experiences. His lessons were about morality and art and what insects and birds… — Walter Mosley Copy Share Image
I think business has to be stupider. I want to do really straightforward, stupid business - just talk to me like a… — Kanye West Copy Share Image
“Most times I look at Shadow and Poet's work, I see something different from what the words are telling me. I like… — Cath Crowley Copy Share Image
Science and art may invent splendid modes of illuminating the apartments of the opulent; but these are all poor and worthless compared… — William Ellery Channing Copy Share Image
“Plato's objection to the older art--that it is the imitation of a phantom and hence belongs to a sphere even lower than… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Others may fashion more smoothly images of bronze (I for one believe it), evoke living faces from marble, plead causes better, trace… — Virgil Copy Share Image
My varying pairs of legs can be quite practical or quite impractical, and I don't judge them either way. Some are for… — Aimee Mullins Copy Share Image
“Eros and Thanatos were always the source of his inspiration, even though, from this time on, they usually appear in the guise… — Gilles Néret Copy Share Image
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