I thought I might have to give up art, but I couldn't think of anything else to do. — Bruce Nauman Copy Share Image
I don't think I am going to do pictures which are anything like Renaissance art. — Nan Goldin Copy Share Image
Not every work of art is or need be a heavily profound statement. — Freeman Patterson Copy Share Image
Nothing retains less of desire in art, in science, than this will to industry, booty, possession. — Andre Breton Copy Share Image
There's really an art form to putting together a set list that flows evenly and that takes you on a ride and… — Jay DeMarcus Copy Share Image
A lie is profanity. A lie is the worst thing in the world. Art is the ability to tell the truth. — Richard Pryor Copy Share Image
“I would venture a guess that an artist concentrating wholly unself-consciously, wholly thrown into his work, is incapable of producing pornography.” — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
I had no idea what art was. There was one art class in high school, but it didn't make a big impression… — Claes Oldenburg Copy Share Image
As the excellence of steel is strength, and the excellence of art is beauty, so the excellence of mankind is moral character. — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
For the longest time, my older brother told me he was teaching me self-defense, but now that I'm grown up, I realize… — Olga Fonda Copy Share Image
Gift to the creative artist: positive images in, positive images out. On the other hand, garbage in, garbage out. — Don Watson Copy Share Image
All civilization in a sense exists only in the mind. Gunpowder, textile arts, machinery, laws, telephones are not themselves transmitted from man… — Alfred L. Kroeber Copy Share Image
In the first place you must study drawing for at least one year; then you must remain with a master at the… — Cennino Cennini Copy Share Image
While 'The Endless Summer' poster was designed at the Art Center College of Design in the contemporary style of its time, the… — John Van Hamersveld Copy Share Image
Why are you chasing your tail so?" Said the kitten, "I have learned that the best thing for a cat is happiness,… — C. L. R. James Copy Share Image
To me that's part of my working day, and I would never refuse a job where I'm under several hours of makeup,… — Warwick Davis Copy Share Image
“It was easy enough to write a sentence, but if you were going to create a work of art, the way Melville… — Chad Harbach Copy Share Image
Anything that's really good, everybody wants to put their hands on. The multimedia puts their hands on it and everything happens that… — Nas Copy Share Image
Most artists are going into the studio for a fixed period of time, and they say that's their album. I can't relate,… — Kelela Copy Share Image
In all the arts abundance seems to be one of the surest signs of vocation. — Edith Wharton Copy Share Image
There are beautiful examples of art done by chimpanzees in human care. — Frans de Waal Copy Share Image
If an artiste has the conviction to carry something off, he or she can do anything. — Urmila Matondkar Copy Share Image
For artists like me nothing matters more than the audience's respect. — Johnny Lever Copy Share Image
I would like to call India a gold-mine of art. It's really the richest in the world. — Mary McFadden Copy Share Image
The color of the object illuminated partakes of the color of that which illuminates it. — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
