The first sight of Degas' pictures was the turning point of my artistic life. — Mary Cassatt Copy Share Image
I would have been an artist, because I studied art and history in school and college. — Gauri Khan Copy Share Image
Every artist has thousands of bad drawings in them and the only way to get rid of them is to draw them… — Chuck Jones Copy Share Image
I really want to make art. I want to create something that's going to have a lasting impact. — Morgan Spurlock Copy Share Image
“An artist is a bloke who can hold two fundamentally opposing views and still function:” — John le Carré Copy Share Image
The term 'giant' is used too often to describe artists. But in the case of Akira Kurosawa, we have one of the… — Martin Scorsese Copy Share Image
People of art should never get married and have children, because it's a selfish experience. — Mikhail Baryshnikov Copy Share Image
Commercial art is traditionally delivered to a client in a brown-paper bag with an invoice stapled to the outside. — Brad Holland Copy Share Image
It's not easy for an artist, especially for a girl. But you know, you just have to work very hard, persist, trust… — Natti Natasha Copy Share Image
Most of the songs I write are full of power, and I'm suspecting it may come from my love for grotesque Renaissance… — Sigrid Copy Share Image
Peter used to say that an artist’s job is to make order out of chaos. You collect details, look for a pattern,… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
Viggo Mortensen had the biggest impact on me in terms of approach, dedication, intention, and artistic outlook, and I'm nowhere close to… — Orlando Bloom Copy Share Image
“I have this theory that most artists never leave childhood, that you're endlessly trying to work out what happened. And leaving university… — Rachel Cusk Copy Share Image
I think there are a lot of artists that are very traditional. I think someone can be a fan of someone like… — Charles Kelley Copy Share Image
That's really the whole point of art - it's to take something commonplace and draw people on a path so that, all… — Genesis P-Orridge Copy Share Image
R&B stations don't say 'We have old school artist Ronald Isley in the house.' They say 'We have the legendary Ronald Isley.'… — Big Daddy Kane Copy Share Image
“I say that the true artist-seer, the heavenly fool who can and does produce beauty, is mainly dazzled to death by his… — J.D. Salinger Copy Share Image
“He breathed a deep ahh and said, “Where did you learn to do that?” “Los Angeles High School of Performing Arts,” I… — C.D. Reiss Copy Share Image
“If sex is the sermon made of art, love is the lady of that tower.” — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
“...I worship at the temple of your body and without you, I'd have no art...” — John Geddes Copy Share Image
Don't burden art with words and ideas. Art comes from a deeper place. — Walter Darby Bannard Copy Share Image
My family's lineage is five generations of artists who never made it. — Shia LaBeouf Copy Share Image
I wasn't sure pop art or my work would last more than six months. — Roy Lichtenstein Copy Share Image
