The artist needs to understand the truth that lies at the bottom of an enigma. — John Maeda Copy Share Image
I am the most curious of all to see what will be the next thing that I will do. — Jacques Lipchitz Copy Share Image
I don't watch television, I think it destroys the art of talking about oneself. — Stephen Fry Copy Share Image
Like a lot of young people who wanted to be artists, comics were a gateway for me. — Kerry James Marshall Copy Share Image
Risk in art is experimentation. There is no sorrow in self-driven experimentation. — Robert Genn Copy Share Image
“An artist does not create the way he lives, he lives the way he creates.” — Jean Lescure Copy Share Image
How is it that in the so-called barbarian ages art was understood, whereas in our age of progress exactly the opposite is… — Pierre-Auguste Renoir Copy Share Image
I've been doing martial arts since I was five, so for me competition is something that's very common. — Yair Rodriguez Copy Share Image
Beauty is the vocation bestowed on the artist by the Creator in the gift of artistic talent. — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
Every day, through engagement in the arts, our children learn to open their imagination, to dream just a little bigger and to… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
I knew nothing about martial arts. The coach told me I was talented with learning martial arts, and put me in a… — Jet Li Copy Share Image
Reason! how many eyes hast thou to see evils, and how dim, nay, blind, thou art in preventing them. — Philip Sidney Copy Share Image
I suppose it would be really alarming to an artist to play in a concert and see everybody just watching. — John Hughes Copy Share Image
Come boldly, 'O believer, for despite the whisperings of Satan and the doubtings of thine own heart, thou art greatly beloved. — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
But if you're talking about fine art work, then I think you have to ask yourself some pretty deep questions about why… — Leonard Nimoy Copy Share Image
Writers are painful friends, and they are seldom friendly with others. They are insecure in the presence of other writers. Composers of… — Paul Theroux Copy Share Image
He can be regarded as the great master of simplification. The art of resolving the tension at the critical moment and in… — Max Euwe Copy Share Image
“A writer flirts with schizophrenia, nurtures synesthesia, and embraces obsessive-compulsive disorder. Your art feeds on you, your soul, and, yes, to a… — David Mitchell Copy Share Image
I think of other artists as generous when I get inspired by their work. That's why I like curating. You don't want… — Nate Lowman Copy Share Image
The Dancer believes that his art has something to say which cannot be expressed in words or in any other way than… — Doris Humphrey Copy Share Image
I was the baby of the family, but I was never babied, and that allowed me to take whatever artistic temperament I… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
I'd been making music that was intended to be like painting, in the sense that it's environmental, without the customary narrative and… — Brian Eno Copy Share Image
There's no retirement for an artist,its your way of living so theres no end to it. — Bono Copy Share Image
I do use art as a site of protest, particularly in relation to dominant narratives. — Vivek Shraya Copy Share Image
The pure, frank sentiments we hold in our hearts are the only truthful sources of art. — Caspar David Friedrich Copy Share Image
“When Design become Useless it becomes Art. Yesterday's Artisans are today's Artists.” — Vineet Raj Kapoor Copy Share Image
Opera is an 18th- and 19th-century art that must find a 20th-century audience. — Goeran Gentele Copy Share Image
“In Caverna lies were an art and everybody was an artist, even young children.” — Frances Hardinge Copy Share Image
There is only one position for an artist anywhere; and that is upright. — Dylan Thomas Copy Share Image
As I create art, it is like a love affair. My days go by loving what I do. — Peter Max Copy Share Image
Art is a wonderful thing if one does not have to earn one's living at it! — Rick Sutter Copy Share Image
“An artist who conforms to conventional ideas is nothing but a mere charlatan.” — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
If technique is of no interest to a writer, I doubt that the writer is an artist. — Marianne Moore Copy Share Image
