Make your art a gift of inspiration to others to work toward better things. — Richard Schmid Copy Share Image
School curricula that ignore the arts produce highly educated Barbarians — Edward Albee Copy Share Image
All the essentials of humanity's artistic treasures can be found in New York. — Claude Levi-Strauss Copy Share Image
I love all of the arts. I love motion pictures. I love stage. I love theater. — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
Artistic talent is far more common than the talent to nurture artistic talent. — Stephen King Copy Share Image
The art and culture that is New York, communications, finance, all these things help make up New York. The rest of the… — David Dinkins Copy Share Image
I think a craft becomes an art form when the space of possible solutions becomes so huge that engineering can't carry you… — Bill Budge Copy Share Image
Brains cause technology, society, art, science, soap operas, sin. A remarkable set of effects for such a small chunk of coagulated atoms. — Colin McGinn Copy Share Image
In the broad spectrum of the arts, two worlds rarely overlap - the literary world and the world of rock music. — William Boyd Copy Share Image
I thought for a long time that I was going to be a pop artist. It was around 18-19 that I started… — Marina and the Diamonds Copy Share Image
And as I reinvent myself and I'm constantly curious about everything, I can't wait to see what's around the corner in newfound… — Pam Grier Copy Share Image
Failure would only be if you had somewhere stopped growing. As far as I can see the whole duty of the artist… — May Sarton Copy Share Image
If art were to redeem man, it could do so only by saving him from the seriousness of life and restoring him… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
Obviously, fans are the beginning and end for any artist. The minute your fans embrace you and accept you, you begin this… — Luke Bryan Copy Share Image
The malady of civilized man is his knowledge of death. The good artist, like the wise man, addresses himself to life and… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
I would challenge more hip hop artists that are rapping about what it's like to be real and the social ills that… — Killer Mike Copy Share Image
“What will make someone a linchpin is not a shortcut. It’s the understanding of which hard work is worth doing. The only… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
As a senior in high school my counselor recommended that I soften my science and math direction with an art course. Fortunately… — Peter Menzel Copy Share Image
An artist needs to become familiar with that which is most hidden from the self by the self. For this one thing… — Pat Steir Copy Share Image
Country artists, I met a lot of them when I was five, six years old. I had an uncle who was a… — Rick Danko Copy Share Image
“Beyond imagination and insight, the most important component of talent is perseverance—the will to write and rewrite in pursuit of perfection. Therefore,… — Robert McKee Copy Share Image
“But artists didn't need to achieve "firsts", and Hughes wanted to be an artist.” — Diane Middlebrook Copy Share Image
What is painting but the act of embracing, by means of art, the surface of the pool? — Leon Battista Alberti Copy Share Image
There is nothing so terrible as the pursuit of art by those who have no talent. — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
These are dangerous days we live in and you, the artists, are our last defense. — Frank Iero Copy Share Image
At Venice, there is always this sense of the world coming together for art. — Michele Lamy Copy Share Image
I think every artist would love to just please themselves musically all day long. — Joe Nichols Copy Share Image
The social aspect of being an artist has always made me uncomfortable. — Charles Ray Copy Share Image
If it's bad art, it's bad religion, no matter how pious the subject. — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
I have never been able to understand the artist whose image never changes. — Lee Krasner Copy Share Image