What interests me most is neither still life nor landscape, but the human figure. — Henri Matisse Copy Share Image
I don't believe in selling art by transparencies. Art is a firsthand experience. — Arne Glimcher Copy Share Image
We have to show support for artists who are trying to own things for themselves. — Prince Copy Share Image
Harmony of colouring is destructive of art? it is like the smile of a fool. — William Blake Copy Share Image
I'm glamour. I'm vulgarity. I'm scandal. I'm gossip. I'm the future. I'm the counter culture. I'm commercial reality. I'm artistic singularity. — Nicolas Winding Refn Copy Share Image
The love of complexity without reductionism makes art; the love of complexity with reductionism makes science. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The longer you look at an object, the more abstract it becomes, and, ironically, the more real. — Lucian Freud Copy Share Image
I would rather be an artist than a leader. Ironically, a leader has to follow the rules. — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
I wanted nothing less than to be a fiction writer when I was a kid. If you had told me I would… — Caleb Carr Copy Share Image
Art can't be taught; passion can't be taught; discipline can't be taught; but craft can be taught. And writing is both an… — Elizabeth George Copy Share Image
the way to create art is to burn and destroy ordinary concepts and to substitute them with new truths that run down… — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
Music has given a voice to many generations, and I think we, as artists, can be a part of creating a better… — Shakira Copy Share Image
“Those who remarked in the countenance of this young hero a dissolute audacity mingled with extreme haughtiness ... could not yet deny… — Sir Walter Scott Copy Share Image
The more people are listening to music and experiencing it, the more value for both the music companies and the artist, especially… — Troy Carter Copy Share Image
Certainly, the history of my life and the works of art which have especially enriched it is precisely that: the depiction or… — Michael Ayrton Copy Share Image
I decided that love, like all relationships, is a form of art. You can only keep beautifying it by constant attention and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“And that, I guessed, was the aim of the Lord Chamberlain's Men: to serve up rich helpings of life to their audiences,… — J. B. Cheaney Copy Share Image
It's very strange: if you're a philosopher or musician or an artist, people automatically believe you can see the future. Even if… — Ma Yansong Copy Share Image
Throughout history, from Abyssinians and Greeks onward, artists, sculptors, and architects have worked together. I find this post - World War II… — Peter Marino Copy Share Image
We all want recognition and validation to an extent for our art, but greatness as a trade for decency is a risky… — El-P Copy Share Image
I'm a sworn enemy of convention. I despise the conventional in anything, even the arts. — Hedy Lamarr Copy Share Image
Art is whether or not there is a scream in him wanting to get out in a special way. — Chaim Potok Copy Share Image
Art is the set of wings to carry you out of your own entanglement. — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
There was a time when individual artistes were appreciated. I miss that. — Jubin Nautiyal Copy Share Image
As an artist, you have a choice. That gave me the freedom to do what I want to. — Sergei Polunin Copy Share Image
