Art is both a vengeance against reality and a reconciliation with it. — Francine du Plessix Gray Copy Share Image
Thou art a retailer of phrases, and dost deal in remnants of remnants. — William Congreve Copy Share Image
“Art is in the eye of the beholder, and everyone will have their own interpretation.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“A magician with decreasing practice sessions will give defective performances.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
I'd love to collaborate with Frank Ocean. He's one of my favorite artists of all time. — Khalid Copy Share Image
Learn of the green world what can be thy place In scaled invention or true artistry — Ezra Pound Copy Share Image
Tolstoy is one of the greatest artists in history, but he finally became infused with the idea of the uselessness of art.… — Gerald Stern Copy Share Image
In terms of legend, people do have a need, but I think you can't have a legend without the work or the… — Jeff Feuerzeig Copy Share Image
My company, Kaikai Kiki, is unique because it's an art business. I had to find out how to do this by myself. — Takashi Murakami Copy Share Image
No art or learning is to be pursued halfheartedly...and any art worth learning will certainly reward more or less generously the effort… — Murasaki Shikibu Copy Share Image
Book-jacket design may become a lost art, like album-cover design, without which late-20th-century iconography would have been pauperized. — James Wolcott Copy Share Image
“Dance resides within us all. Some find it when joy conquers sorrow, others express it through celebration of movements; and then there… — Shah Asad Rizvi Copy Share Image
I don't buy art in order to leave a mark or to be remembered; clutching at immortality is of zero interest to… — Charles Saatchi Copy Share Image
As artists, it’s our job to delve into the uncomfortable, the difficult and the challenging. — Jared Leto Copy Share Image
Poems very seldom consist of poetry and nothing else; and pleasure can be derived also from their other ingredients. I am convinced… — A. E. Housman Copy Share Image
“In the art of peace, a single cut of the sword summons up the wondrous powers of the universe. That one sword… — Morihei Ueshiba Copy Share Image
The reason for backing tracks is to not veer off too far from the record and have what the fans actually want… — Chris Johnson Copy Share Image
The only thing that's better in a group versus being by yourself is the companionship. You have to do a lot of… — Tinashe Copy Share Image
The ultimate aim of politics is not politics, but the activities which can be practised within the political framework of the State.… — Stephen Spender Copy Share Image
As the artist, you have to live in order to experience life to put that out there, and when you are successful… — Carlos Mencia Copy Share Image
“Thanks to our artists, we pretend well, living under canopies of painted clouds and painted gods, in halls of marble floors across… — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
“Art is an attempt to capture the truths of the world as you see it in a medium you can share with… — Dan Rather Copy Share Image
“Your body is the canvas. Training, your brushes. Nutrition, your colour.” — Krishna Arole Copy Share Image
Art is meant to bring people together. It's meant to raise consciousness. — Brandon Victor Dixon Copy Share Image
“It's so hard to find a male to gratify one's artistic tastes.” — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
I was an artist, and I could create something, and that's what's stimulating. — Sergei Polunin Copy Share Image
High achievements in art, music, etc., are the results of concentration. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image