Thou art a very ragged Wart. William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part 2 — William Shakespear Copy Share Image
... it is certain that the real function of art is to increase our self-consciousness — J. W. N. Sullivan Copy Share Image
“I let my love for all flow through art, and I express how I feel.” — Amy Leigh Mercree Copy Share Image
It can be a machine. The machine tries to make money and forget about the heart and the art. Hollywood is more… — Jean-Marc Vallee Copy Share Image
How can anybody learn anything from an artwork when the piece of art only reflects the vanity of the artist and not… — Lou Reed Copy Share Image
I wasn't really sold on being an artist until high school, my senior year. I was going to do the college thing… — Ab-Soul Copy Share Image
More and more, cultural groups are cross-pollinating, and we're getting much more interesting art as a result. — Damon Albarn Copy Share Image
If you are searching to figure out what is true and what is not, you will have a sad life. It means… — Maurizio Cattelan Copy Share Image
The artist doesn't have time to listen to the critics. The ones who want to be writers read the reviews, the ones… — William Faulkner Copy Share Image
Eventually, with success, I started to feel more and more isolated - like I didn't have a community of artists. — Joni Mitchell Copy Share Image
I am first and foremost a musician, although those of us who live elsewhere still dream about the inspirational qualities of Australia… — Roger Woodward Copy Share Image
In art, one idea is as good as another. If one takes the idea of trembling, for instance, all of a sudden… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
...The beauty one can find in art is one of the pitifully few real and lasting products of human endeavour. The beauty… — J. Paul Getty Copy Share Image
From cradle to grave this problem of running order through chaos, direction through space, discipline through freedom, unity through multiplicity, has always… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I like what I see now in China, but I think the Japanese are a step ahead into craziness and weirdness. I… — Jean Pigozzi Copy Share Image
It's important to exercise your artistic muscles for your mental health and for your fulfillment 'cause as an artist, you're a creator.… — Lights Copy Share Image
I don't know what I'd do with my life if it wasn't for animation.' I guess I would be an artist, or… — Andreas Deja Copy Share Image
“Woolf worried about the childlessness from time to time, and suffered from the imposed anxiety that she was not, unlike her friend… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
I am dominated by one thing, an irresistible, burning attraction towards the abstract. The expression of human feelings and the passions of… — Gustave Moreau Copy Share Image
I've taught, and the first thing I did when I taught art, was not to teach art. — Louise Berliawsky Nevelson Copy Share Image
Mix CDs are interesting. I'm known more for my artist albums and less for my mix CDs. — Kaskade Copy Share Image
Art should be something like a good armchair in which to rest from physical fatigue. — Henri Matisse Copy Share Image
The sole art that suits me is that which, rising from unrest, tends toward serenity. — Andre Gide Copy Share Image
“Refinement is the sign of deficient vitality, in art, in love, and in everything.” — E.M. Cioran Copy Share Image
Blessed art Thou, Lord, who giveth suffering As a divine remedy for our impurities. — Charles Baudelaire Copy Share Image
