Art Quotes · Page 39

“Art-speech is the only truth.”

— D.H. Lawrence

Extreme complication is contrary to art.

— Claude Debussy

Art has to address eternal issues.

— Duane Michals

The more far-out artists, the better.

— Gary Wright

“It's called anime, and it's an art form.”

— Dean Winchester

“An artist's job is to make new clichés.”

— Grayson Perry

Genius is the art of taking pains

— Claude C. Hopkins

Everything in life goes back to the basics.

— Kron Gracie

As a successful artist it is my job to give the indie scene as much of a push as I can.

— Badshah

I love cafe culture, art and intellect, the long hello and sweet goodbye.

— Melody Gardot

Bad art is a great deal worse than no art at all.

— Oscar Wilde

“You are an artist and I happen to be the bit of color you are using today.”

— Edith Wharton

Humility and self-restraint is the True Objective of Kenpo

— Ed Parker

I think you have some artists who try to be as conscious as they can be.

— Raheem DeVaughn

The life of an artist is a continuous journey, the path long and never ending.

— Justin Beckett

artists ... all have a need that cannot be met by another human being.

— Madeleine L'Engle

Slavery discourages arts and manufacturing ...[and] every master of slaves is born a petty tyrant.

— George Mason

I never approved of talkies. Silent movies were well on their way to developing an entirely new art form. It was not…

— Lillian Gish

“art is a meditation upon external reality rather than a representation of external reality”

— Donald Barthelme

“Unless we are very young or lifelong fools, we do not look to artists --- or their biographers --- for our role…

— Jesse Kornbluth

There is some art that says the same thing to everybody. WE need something like that. What that is, I don't know.…

— Jerry Garcia

I started skateboarding at around age 10, and enjoyed the artistic aspect of it as much as the sporting aspect, so for…

— Tony Hawk

You can make clothing as art, but I like the idea of my clothes actually being worn and being useful to women.

— Tracy Reese

You don't know that you're not a solo artist or standup comedian or drag cabaret artist until you try it.

— Jinkx Monsoon

When we take out school psychologists, truant officers, counselors, art, music, and athletics, and bring in the police, the school gets turned…

— Jesse Jackson

Nothing is a hobby - each discipline is its own world with its own high standards. Of course, every artist has 'minor…

— Patti Smith

When I first moved to L.A., I discovered Roy London. I didn't know anything about the arts, the profession; I had no…

— Brad Pitt

I don't like the fact that no one has any imagination anymore. It doesn't pay to be a dreamer because all they…

— Joe Meno

I was trying to release emotions, exercise emotions, and then I entered the art world. Even after grad school, some of [the…

— Kalup Linzy

The way I grew up, I had a lot of personal issues with art. It's an individual thing, but I also think…

— John Porcellino

Art does not imitate nature, but founds itself on the study of nature, takes from nature the selections which best accord with…

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

In the place where I was a child, there were no artists and there was no art, so I really didn't know…

— Jasper Johns

I don't have a beef with any female artist.

— Keri Hilson

Life has to have the plenitude of art.

— Edward Hirsch

Art is not a career - it's a life.

— Andy Goldsworthy

I was not influenced by any artists.

— Andrae Crouch

I like art. It's another way to rebel.

— John Waters

“It's not Art. And Art is not Design.”

— Chip Kidd

Entertainment and art are not isolated

— Martin Kippenberger

I paint what I think, not what I see.

— Pablo Picasso