To discover the mode of life or of art whereby my spirit could express itself in unfettered freedom. — James Joyce Copy Share Image
Faith is the art of holding on to things your reason has once accepted in spite of your changing moods — CS Lewis Copy Share Image
Graffiti is art, but you don't see graffiti in the National Gallery. Graffiti is on the street - that's where it belongs. — Jme Copy Share Image
We do want to be diverted and be interested and be provoked by popular culture - by art, if we're lucky. And… — Elvis Mitchell Copy Share Image
Nature and abstract forms are both materials for art, and the choice of one or the other flows from historically changing interests. — Meyer Schapiro Copy Share Image
Man is unique not because he does science, and his is unique not because he does art, but because science and art… — Jacob Bronowski Copy Share Image
I early on showed interest in the arts and I used to say, 'I'm an artist, I'm an artist.' — Meena Harris Copy Share Image
Nowadays, with digital printing, it’s so easy to make everything perfect, which is not always a good idea. Sometimes the mistakes are… — Cindy Sherman Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, some of the young talants are becoming fashionable. And anything that's fashionable can become unfashionable. So one has to watch that.… — Laurence Graff Copy Share Image
Who would be an artist that was perfectly happy? Maybe nowadays, but when I grew up in the '60s, you had nobody… — Amy Sillman Copy Share Image
For artists, looking back in time for ideas is commonplace, but there's an overwhelming sense of '70s and '80s nostalgia in California… — Anthony Fantano Copy Share Image
I think America is really well-positioned, because we do train people to be creative and sometimes resist authority, which helps in being… — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
I don't think of myself as a rebellious artist, a lot of people have said that about me because I came from… — Danny Fox Copy Share Image
Be careful what you wish for, I guess. I believe - this will sound bloated, but I believe it - that true… — Porochista Khakpour Copy Share Image
I'm a painter, that's where I started out, at four years old, that was my first love as far as expression. So,… — Diane Lane Copy Share Image
“It’s up to the writer and the artist to give voice to these people. There are two impulses in art: one is… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
Every true artist is the salvation of every other. Only artists produce for each other a world that is fit to live… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I saw the most beautiful moving painting at the art gallary the other day, but then I realized it was a mirror... — Nikhil Saluja Copy Share Image
I'm a songwriter, and I understand artistic licence. We can embellish, go on little journeys and explore our inner selves. It can… — Laura Marling Copy Share Image
I've always had this dream of doing an art gallery thing, and it was just finally, 'All right, let's do it.' — Josh Blue Copy Share Image
“the queen appeared as innocent as one of those mountains which smoke a little, and then one day end up causing a… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Gardens are enclosed areas in which plants and arts meet. They form 'cultures' in an uncompromised sense of the word. — Peter Sloterdijk Copy Share Image
One of the advantages of not going to art school is that you're not taught what you can't do. — Ben Eine Copy Share Image
What's interesting about art in public spaces is that the public really sort of takes over and uses it in ways that… — Teresita Fernandez Copy Share Image
I placed a jar in Tennessee, And round it was, upon a hill. It made the slovenly wilderness Surround that hill. — Wallace Stevens Copy Share Image
One of the great things about collecting contemporary art is that you mix with contemporary people. — Laurence Graff Copy Share Image
“isn't there some philosophy about how it's the arts that separate humans from animals? Really? I thought it was not eating our… — Claire Zorn Copy Share Image
I have always felt a connection between daily life and art...my reality has been my key. — Mirella Freni Copy Share Image
In the rest of Europe, dance is seen as a sport and in the UK it's seen as an art. And art… — Oti Mabuse Copy Share Image
With the closures of art schools and the drop-off in humanities, you can see where that's a direct loss for the country. — Kelly Reichardt Copy Share Image
I know that the fans are also very responsible for an artist's success and feel like they deserve to be recognized. — Chamillionaire Copy Share Image
There are so many artists, so many songs, so many producers, that it's hard to keep track of whose music is worthwhile. — Anthony Fantano Copy Share Image
I never thought Jazz was meant to be a museum piece like other dead things once considered artistic. — Miles Davis Copy Share Image
Just as our historical beginnings are utterly mysterious-why are we born? why when and as we are?-so too are the beginnings of… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
Being a recording artist, selling music, selling concerts out, having a reality show, starting film; it's great, it's beautiful. — Jenni Rivera Copy Share Image
To talk well and eloquently is a very great art, but that an equally great one is to know the right moment… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I tend to get very suspicious of anything that thinks it's art while it's being created. — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
Everything you have is to give. Thou art a phenomenon of philosophy and an unfortunate man. — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
Art must be in touch with nature - and wherever that touch is gone, Art degenerates - yet it must be above… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Thou art coming to a King, large petitions with thee bring, for His grace and power are such none can ever ask… — John Newton Copy Share Image
