In art as in life the valid sacrifices are those that bring no income. — Jean Rostand Copy Share Image
A good style must have an air of novelty, at the same time concealing its art. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Art has to maintain as large a space for interpretation as possible, and to protect itself from being too narrow. — Camille Henrot Copy Share Image
I hope what I do has an art to it, and as an artist you have to try new things and keep… — Craig Ferguson Copy Share Image
The romantics really did want to romanticise the world itself, and that meant re-creating the state, society and even nature so that… — Frederick C. Beiser Copy Share Image
It is the test of a novel writer's art that he conceal his snake-in-the-grass; but the reader may be sure that it… — Anthony Trollope Copy Share Image
The artists we love, they put their fingerprint on your imagination, and on your heart and your soul. — Bruce Springsteen Copy Share Image
“I worked with a sketch artist, but I was driving fast when I saw the suspect, so the drawing came out blurry.” — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
Art is always in the eyes of the beholder. Only posterity has the right to point out our mistakes. — Len Wein Copy Share Image
It has always been an ambition of mine to make a record. I'm lucky to have a good team behind me. A… — Roddy Llewellyn Copy Share Image
The New York art world readily proves people wrong. Just when folks say that things stink and flibbertigibbet critics wish the worst… — Jerry Saltz Copy Share Image
I have a terrible confession to make, sort of like those people who say that they've been mispronouncing a word all their… — David Salle Copy Share Image
As a working-class girl, receiving free school dinners, I studied art history. Having never had the chance to visit art galleries, I… — Cornelia Parker Copy Share Image
“Beauty can break a heart and make it think about something more spiritual than the mindless routine we go through day after… — Ian Morgan Cron Copy Share Image
From 50 centuries, we can learn about the close relationship between garden design and urban design, because both arts involve the composition… — Tom Turner Copy Share Image
How I envy those clerks who go by to their offices in the morning! There's the day's work cut out for them;… — George Gissing Copy Share Image
The creative artist is the one wanting to make order out of chaos. The rest of us just accept disorder -if we… — Ursula Nordstrom Copy Share Image
“The art of government lies in finding ways to take advantage of such sentiments, not wasting one’s energy in futile efforts to… — Pareto Vilfredo Copy Share Image