I was drawn to the arts because I sensed that I was by nature Bohemian, and yet very conservative. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The difference between a bad artist and a good one is: the bad artist seems to copy a great deal; the good… — William Blake Copy Share Image
Among the Igbo the art of conversation is regarded very highly, and proverbs are the palm-oil with which words are eaten. — Chinua Achebe Copy Share Image
The last time I put out 'Raw,' that boosted me up in the underground to one of the top underground artists who… — Hopsin Copy Share Image
The musical has always been in jeopardy - until - or was in jeopardy until it was realised that it is probably… — Harold Prince Copy Share Image
No good work whatever can be perfect, and the demand for perfection is always a sign of a misunderstanding of the ends… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
The thing about art for me is that you can go on theorising your work forever, because it's open to interpretation. — Takeshi Kitano Copy Share Image
“Criticism talks a good deal of nonsense, but even its nonsense is a useful force. It keeps the question of art before… — Henry James Copy Share Image
The essential in artistic creativity is victory over the burden of necessity. In art, man lives outside himself, outside his burdens, the… — Nikolai Berdyaev Copy Share Image
I think it's our responsibility as artists to not only fight for our art but fight for the communities that are the… — Mitski Copy Share Image
For chemistry is no science form'd à priori; 'tis no production of the human mind, framed by reasoning and deduction: it took… — Herman Boerhaave Copy Share Image
Comprehensibility is the highest law of all. Unity must be there. There must be means of ensuring it. All the things familiar… — Anton Webern Copy Share Image
When museums are built these days, architects, directors, and trustees seem most concerned about social space: places to have parties, eat dinner,… — Jerry Saltz Copy Share Image
“I’m allergic to abstraction. Especially in my first two books, I was telling the story of the transformation of urban America, especially… — Carlo Rotella Copy Share Image
Palin, Limbaugh, Glenn Beck and others have made an art form of convincing far too many Americans to suspend their disbelief, and… — John Yarmuth Copy Share Image
Then Martine said: "So yuo will be poor now all your life, Babette?" Poor?" said Babette. She smiled as if to herself.… — Isak Dinesen Copy Share Image
I once had the nerve to ask Picasso the question, 'What is art?' He answered, 'Art is a lie which makes us… — James Dickey Copy Share Image
If someone took the finest marble and knew how to shape it artfully: Prometheus' material was lowly clay, but his statues walked. — Franz Grillparzer Copy Share Image
It is essential for artistes to have that release of creativity, almost as necessary as eating food or drinking water. — Akshaye Khanna Copy Share Image
Genius is personal, decided by fate, but it expresses itself by means of system. There is no work of art without system. — Le Corbusier Copy Share Image
I wasn't in the art world at all as a kid; I was just creative, and we were always doing arts and… — Abbi Jacobson Copy Share Image
“When we drug ourselves to blot out our soul's call, we are being good Americans and exemplary consumers.” — Steven Pressfield Copy Share Image
Movie queens diffuse into Cinema haze, while libertines read pornozines in street cafes. — Al Stewart Copy Share Image
“It is only when the mind and imagination are enriched from exposure to the world of beauty, that artistic creativity and inspiration… — Mark Woollacott Copy Share Image
You've got major artists releasing albums on their own and eschewing the major system. I think that breeds excitement and creativity. — Elijah Wood Copy Share Image
“Ordinary people are products of their environment and fit in. Artists transcend their environment and stand out.” — Oliver Gaspirtz Copy Share Image
“You feel things too deeply to bear them unless you can get them out of yourself through some sort of art.” — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
There are infinite modes of expression in the world of art, and to insist that only by one road can the artist… — Jacob Epstein Copy Share Image
I have always said to young artists that scholastic training and the studying of art history are crucial to fully developing as… — LeRoy Neiman Copy Share Image
“Writers are the most tormented of all the different categories of artists that are out there in the world.” — Janvier Chouteu-Chando Copy Share Image
There's this amazing dialogue between me and my fans. There's an interest in the sharing of intellectual ideas based around art. — Matty Healy Copy Share Image
“Embrace constraint. What you get in return is the art and craft of editing your own life, weeding out what is and… — Biz Stone Copy Share Image
I think every artist wants to have that 'Grammy award winner' tag in front of their name. — Jason Aldean Copy Share Image
Even if we artists are all very privileged, there's a constant frustration about how to do more or better, and never being… — Jean-Michel Jarre Copy Share Image
“The chef who cooks without a song on his lips cannot hope to infuse the right carefree improvisatory note into his art.” — James Hamilton-Paterson Copy Share Image
In solitude we have our dreams to ourselves, and in company we agree to dream in concert. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Drawing is the cornerstone of the graphic, plastic arts. Drawing is the coordination of line, tone, and color symbols into formations that… — John French Sloan Copy Share Image
And the fifteenth century was an impassioned age, so ardent and serious in its pursuit of art that it consecrated everything with… — Walter Pater Copy Share Image
Getting married is easy. Staying married is more difficult. Staying happily married for a lifetime is among the fine arts. — Roberta Flack Copy Share Image
If one defends the bourgeois, philistine virtues, one does not defend them merely from the demonism or bohemianism of the artist but… — Lionel Trilling Copy Share Image
