What if Picasso had gone to the Moon? Or Andy Warhol or Michael Jackson or John Lennon? What about Coco Chanel? These… — Yusaku Maezawa Copy Share Image
“After being hurt by the world so much, they began to see the demons within humans. So without hiding it through trickery,… — Osamu Dazai Copy Share Image
The artist himself is often surprised at the finished work of art. He cannot tell 'how it happened', nor could he repeat… — John F. Carlson Copy Share Image
I have a theory, now - that the whole of the Renaissance was peopled with girls dressed as boys so they could… — Ali Smith Copy Share Image
It is very good advice to believe only what an artist does, rather than what he says about his work. — David Hockney Copy Share Image
Error has made man so deep, sensitive, and inventive that he has put forth such blossoms as religions and arts. Pure knowledge… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
I think melancholy is part of the natural condition, you know. Anyway, I think it's the artist's function to have their melancholy… — Michael Leunig Copy Share Image
The very essence of martial arts is the thirst for knowledge and the truth about ourselves. — Frank Shamrock Copy Share Image
“...flow - a state that some artists experience in their creative moments and that many other people achieve when enthralled by a… — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
One feature about Los Angeles that I particularly love is the chance for association with all kinds of creative artists, a thing… — Gene Stratton-Porter Copy Share Image
“It is as well that the world knows only a fine piece of work and not also its origins, the conditions under… — Thomas Mann Copy Share Image
It's inherently a part of my childhood and my development as a person and an artist, this childlike feeling knowing that something… — Ethan Slater Copy Share Image
“For if a man by magical arts and sacrifices will bring down the moon, and darken the sun, and induce storms, or… — Hippocrates Copy Share Image
Everybody likes to see a good soft-shoe dance and a song to go with It, but how often do you see It?… — Ken Berry Copy Share Image
As long as the artist invents and is inspired, he remains in a constrained state of mind, at least for the purpose… — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel Copy Share Image
A people do not throw their geniuses away. And if they are thrown away, it is our duty as artists and as… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
Time is of the essence, I broke it, took it for granted..Love is like art, heartbroken on the canvas. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Dancing is the loftiest, the most moving, the most beautiful of the arts, because it is no mere translation or abstraction from… — Havelock Ellis Copy Share Image
One thing that feels very important to me as an artist is to continually challenge myself and push myself to do all… — Jessica Rothe Copy Share Image
“Destruction is as valid an artistic statement as construction. Both statements echo the model of the society we live in. The only… — Dean Cavanagh Copy Share Image
The first rock stars were incredibly theatrical. Little Richard and Chuck Berry and Elvis Presley - they were theater artists. — John Cameron Mitchell Copy Share Image
I think the pairing of your material practice with your subject is something that is the constant concern of every artist for… — Kehinde Wiley Copy Share Image
There is no racial or religious prejudice among people in the theater. The only prejudice is against bad actors, especially successful ones. — Helen Hayes Copy Share Image
Well, for me, I was always attracted to frontmen - or artists in general - that were really passionate about what they… — Ivan Moody Copy Share Image
It is the useless things that make life worth living and that make life dangerous too: wine, love, art, beauty. Without them… — Stephen Fry Copy Share Image
“People have to create some kind of art so they have something to think about other than their shitty lives.” — Leila Sales Copy Share Image
Princes should delegate to others the enactment of unpopular measures and keep in their own hands the means of winning favours. — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
To undertake a genuine spiritual path is not to avoid difficulties but to learn the art of making mistakes wakefully, to bring… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
What is art? Art grows from joy and sorrow, but mostly from sorrow. It grows from human lives. — Edvard Munch Copy Share Image
“…if you want ideas, go out into the world… and get fucked. I highly recommend it. There is not art without fucking.” — K.C. Martin Copy Share Image
Art is not to be found by touring to Egypt, China, or Peru; if you cannot find it at your own door,… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
I don't care who's playing. Even if it's my favorite artist, I'm probably not gonna go and see him. — Etta James Copy Share Image
The history of music is nothing more than the history of art-music or classical music, the music that was commissioned by aristocrats. — Frank Fairfield Copy Share Image
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, in no event may my image or name or any music or any artistic property created by… — Adam Yauch Copy Share Image
Everyone uses art for different reasons: We use it as entertainment. We use it as an escape. We use it as comfort.… — Hayley Kiyoko Copy Share Image
Music and art well and truly saved my life really - the light switched on when I discovered art. — Goldie Copy Share Image
So there was a way for you to get promoted and survive as an artist without worrying about AM radio hits. — Todd Rundgren Copy Share Image
I'm not from the arts, I'm a law professor. But I think we need more poetry in politics. — Zephyr Teachout Copy Share Image
I wanted to do my artistic work, and in Iran you have censorship. It was difficult for me to do the work… — Marjane Satrapi Copy Share Image
I am a career artist. A lot of people come by and they fly by night, but I'm gonna prove that I… — Chamillionaire Copy Share Image
