Art Quotes · Page 502

My art and my creativities were totally something that was of my own heart and mind. I could never let anybody dictate…

— Curtis Mayfield

I do know that for all the artists it's very important to speak in a vernacular that can be understood by everyone.

— Aaron Rose

“Mine is not an obedient writing. I think that literature as any art has to be irreverent.”

— Reinaldo Arenas

To have a simultaneous global audience as an artist is more than you could ever hope for.

— Dee Rees

I didn't get to train because I was raised by a single mom. There were three of us and it was just…

— Sharice Davids

“JEALOUSY - The Art of counting the blessings of others instead of recognizing your own. ~Elissa Gabrielle”

— Elissa Gabrielle

It's important to let each artist do what makes him or her feel comfortable. Success should be a by-product of that.

— Kenny G

I don't believe there's a man in Milton who knows how to sit still; and it is a great art.

— Elizabeth Gaskell

Just as the lunar landings inspired many young people to consider careers in space and related fields, the solution of the challenging…

— Nancy Roman

You are always looking for already-felt emotions, just as you like to get an old pair of trousers back from the cleaners,…

— Francis Picabia

“It may also be that, quite apart from any specific references one food makes to another, it is the very allusiveness of…

— Michael Pollan

If you're having difficulty coming up with new ideas, then slow down. For me, slowing down has been a tremendous source of…

— Natalie Goldberg

Women can also be creative in total isolation. I know excellent women artists who do original work without any response to speak…

— Elaine de Kooning

I'm personally looking for artists that are along the lines of today's pop stars. Whether it be a Rihanna or a Justin…

— L.A. Reid

Like most people, I've always felt using words like 'best' when applied to art is a fun way for critics to stay…

— Steven Van Zandt

People ask me, 'What happened in your life that might have pushed you as an artist to get to where you are…

— Jim Lee

You don't have favorites among your offspring, and you don't among the artists you're involved with, but clearly among my most favorite…

— Clive Davis

The Art Snob will stand back from a picture at some distance, his head cocked slightly to one side

— Russell Lynes

When artists find other artists that they love to work with, they more than likely will continue to work with them throughout…

— Michael Giacchino

... artists were intended to be an ornament to society. As a society in themselves they are unthinkable.

— Elizabeth Bowen

“Art for Art’s Sake is for the well fed. The well fed are all the babies in cradles and my kitty along…

— Lara Biyuts

Who are you writing this for? For a commercial reason, or because you want to make great art and give it to…

— Andy Grammer

“A woman brings so much more to the world than birth, for she can birth discovery, intelligence, invention, art, just as well…

— Shannon Celebi

“It is impossible to separate the art of living from the art of dying, because to be living is to be dying.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

I believe artists deserve all the help they can get, so they can focus on being great artists.

— Janina Gavankar

Only in men's imagination does every truth find an effective and undeniable existence. Imagination, not invention, is the supreme master of art…

— Joseph Conrad

I have realised that my worst day as an artist is still better than my best day as a lawyer.

— Nathan Sawaya

I believe that the artist doesn't know what he does. I attach even more importance to the spectator than to the artist.

— Marcel Duchamp

I used to believe my art had to be about the things that brought me joy and gave me hope. But I…

— Adriana Trigiani

I don't really like the term 'artist.' I'm not sure what it means. It's a bit like 'love.'

— David Bailey

"The meaning of culture" is nothing less than the conduct of life itself, fortified, thickened, made more crafty and subtle, by contact…

— John Cowper Powys

Acting and making art is just something I love to do, and I love to tell stories that feel important, honest and…

— Zoe Kravitz

[Phil Wood] was a great artist, and he knew things. He could be mildly conversant in several languages.

— Jon Gordon

I think they want to keep it separate, but I've never been a crossover artist for some reason.

— Reba McEntire

I love to dwell on the thought that the artist is next in divinity to the saint. He, like the saint, performs…

— Stanley Spencer

"We can't name it, but we can sing along." That is my ultimate relationship to any art form, but especially music.

— Carrie Brownstein

My first exploration through art was really through music - I've trained classically with piano for about ten years.

— Condola Rashad

You are right in demanding that an artist should take an intelligent attitude to his work, but you confuse two things: solving…

— Anton Chekhov

Cinema brings together people from all walks of life. It connects everybody. It's an art in motion.

— Sowcar Janaki

Mazur was a remarkable artist. During our time in Rome we became friends. I would often perform my works for him at…

— Michael Hersch