All art is a form of artifice.For in art there can be no prejudices. — Arthur Symons Copy Share Image
The humble man makes room for progress; the proud man believes he is already there. — Ed Parker Copy Share Image
To find a form that accommodates the mess, that is the task of the artist now. — Samuel Beckett Copy Share Image
Art is a crime scene in a sense, a crucible, of the mind and heart and our dreams. — Philip Schultz Copy Share Image
I didn't mind my own company as a child; I was happy playing alone in the sandpit. — Michael Leunig Copy Share Image
Cooking is at once one of the simplest and most gratifying of the arts, but to cook well one must love and… — Craig Claiborne Copy Share Image
Great art has dreadful manners. The greatest paintings grab you in a headlock, rough up your composure, and then proceed in short… — Simon Schama Copy Share Image
Without the emotion of the beautiful, the sublime, the mysterious, there is no art, no religion, no literature. — John Burroughs Copy Share Image
Whats LOVE? in math: A problem _ in history: A war _ in chemistry: A reaction _ in art: A heart _ in me: YOU :) — Cut!E_thEa Copy Share Image
I'm getting to put all my time and effort into studying my martial arts and to be the best fighter I can… — Sage Northcutt Copy Share Image
I know some artists who write every day, and for a while, I felt really guilty that I didn't. — Maggie Rogers Copy Share Image
I'd like to explode a few myths about what we call classical music. It's not high art for the titillation of a… — Charles Hazlewood Copy Share Image
Whenever I work with people who are nonclassical artists, I kind of get a kick in the pants. I think, 'How can… — Hilary Hahn Copy Share Image
“We now no longer camp as for a night, but have settled down on earth and forgotten heaven. We have adopted Christianity… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Obviously my own work comes from a conceptual art tradition, but I love the graffiti artists, and I feel spiritually closer to… — Robert Montgomery Copy Share Image
Poetry is an intimate act. It's about bringing forth something that's inside you--whether it is a memory, a philosophical idea, a deep… — Dorianne Laux Copy Share Image
I've got to think about what I'm going to say very carefully. There's two avenues of thought: Do you stop everyone going,… — Elton John Copy Share Image
YOU ARE AN ARTIST OF THE SPIRIT Find yourself and express yourself in your own particular way. Express your love openly. Life… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The wretched beings depicted by Millet touch us profoundly because he loved them profoundly. They have nothing in common with vulgar ugliness.… — Jules Breton Copy Share Image
“The story is told of Michelangelo being asked about his methods for sculpting. He replied simply that he worked on a block… — David duChemin Copy Share Image
As soon as somebody demonstrates the art of flying, settlers from our species of man will not be lacking on the moon… — Johannes Kepler Copy Share Image
Tell me what company thou keepst, and I'll tell thee what thou art. — Miguel de Cervantes Copy Share Image
What are we singers but the silver-voiced messengers of the poet and the musician? — Nellie Melba Copy Share Image
Comedy as dissent or any art form as dissent is going to be our last safety valve. — Varun Grover Copy Share Image
Every artist paints his Madonna according to his own pre-conceived ideas. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
It is because everything must come to an end that everything is so beautiful. — Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz Copy Share Image
No shame, no solution, no remorse, no retribution, just people selling t-shirts. — Don Henley Copy Share Image
“Wear none of thine own Chains; but keep free, whilst thou art free.” — William Penn Copy Share Image
“Art is only important to the extent that it aids in the liberation of our people.” — Elizabeth Catlett Copy Share Image
Ballet is like any other art form in that we all start out knowing nothing about it. — Robert Gottlieb Copy Share Image
Art is the means by which we communicate what it feels like to be alive. — Antony Gormley Copy Share Image
