Art Quotes · Page 196

Life is not about finding your true self, but creating who you wish to be.

— Anonymous

I love Jay personally and as an artist; I think he's incredible.

— Angie Martinez

“Facts produce structures, objects are lyrical realities.”

— Lepota L. Cosmo

“I’m going to punch words in your ear holes.”

— Christy Leigh Stewart

“There have been times I've felt so much art in my soul I grew sick of artists.”

— Criss Jami

A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art.

— Paul Cezanne

Treat everyone with love and respect because they are your brother or your sister.

— Ryron Gracie

“We are all born as storytellers. Our inner voice tells the first story we ever hear.”

— Kamand Kojouri

“Indeed, the future is signalled in the past, but time has to pass to see it. Art is the witness. BLOG post-Perpetual…

— Kathryn Brimblecombe-Fox

We sell books, other people sell shoes. What's the difference? Publishing isn't the highest art.

— Michael Korda

Though moments of self-doubt may arise, the unwavering support and enthusiasm of my fans serve as a constant reminder of my purpose…

— Doechii

The spontaneous is the most beautiful thing that can appear in a picture, but nothing in art appears less spontaneously than that.

— Jeff Wall

It is so difficult to mix with artists! You must choose business men to talk to, because artists only talk of money.

— Jean Sibelius

“Some of our greatest historical and artistic treasures we place with curators in museums; others we take for walks.”

— Roger Caras

To be any sort of competent writer one must keep one's psychological distance from the supreme artists.

— Cynthia Ozick

I like characters who are larger-than-life, whether life-loving women or the artist or guru who grabs everything. But I don't live among…

— Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

“How Rhythm Beautifies.- Rhythm casts a veil over reality; it causes various artificiality’s of speech and obscurities of thought; by the shadow…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

“The book was rife with abstract diagrams that blurred the boundaries between art, mathematics, and pornography. Triangles of stacked numbers, columns of…

— Douglas Wynne

Not merely hope, but any burdensome yearning: ambition, hatred, love (especially love) - how rarely do our emotions meet the object they…

— Julian Barnes

If you're a photographer, you end up being the raw creative force that allows other people to see what kind of narrative…

— Cole Sprouse

There's just a lot of really, really great male artists right now, and it's good, too. And there's so many different influences…

— Miranda Lambert

“The thing is, and here we come to E. Gorey's Great Simple Theory About Art (which he has never tried to communicate…

— Edward Gorey

“Yes, sah!" Service cried indignantly. "She hold me down, sah!" She know kung fu and chop suey and marital arts, sah!" "Marital…

— Anthony C. Winkler

There's no appreciation for the giants [of jazz]; there's never been a major film on Duke Ellington , never a major film…

— Randy Weston

Whenever we witness art in a building, we are aware of an energy contained by it.

— Arthur Erickson

I loved 'The Artist.' I thought it was fantastic.

— Joel Kinnaman

Martial arts was founded on the spirit that it's not only a sport, but a way of life.

— B. J. Penn

I appreciated art, long before I could produce it.

— Wayne Gerard Trotman

Beauty is at once the ultimate principle and the highest aim of art.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“Art of Racing in the Rain--Do not mistake confidence and self-awareness for egotism.”

— Garth Stein

An artist is someone with the gift to light up a dark room.

— Eric Cantona

Gardens are the result of a collaboration between art and nature.

— Penelope Hobhouse

Artist, be brave! Go and make the most of what you do best!

— Ana Tzarev

Just as our eyes need light in order to see, our minds need ideas in order to create.

— Nicolas Malebranche

I believe art has to take responsibility but it should not give up being art.

— Anselm Kiefer

Being critical of art is a way of showing art respect.

— Jerry Saltz

The art of communication is the language of leadership.

— Anonymous

The art of dressing is the art we all practice

— Anne Hollander

Yoga is a way of life; it is an art, a science, a philosophy.

— B.K.S. Iyengar

I honestly believe art and music saved me. Art and music saved my life. I am blessed.

— Goldie