Bad critics judge a work of art by comparing it to pre-existing theories. They always go wrong when confronted with a masterpiece… — Robert Anton Wilson Copy Share Image
“...What I depend on is a vigorous audience that can discover sweetness and light, beauty and truth, beyond the ability of the… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
The life of an artist is like the life of a monk, a lewd monk if you like, very Rabelaisian. It is… — Marcel Duchamp Copy Share Image
Like me, most of my fellow artists struggle within the confines of what is 'politically correct.' — Bez Copy Share Image
The art of lighting the stage consists of putting light where you want it and taking it away from where you don't… — Max Reinhardt Copy Share Image
Our culture now wonderfully, alchemically transforms images and history into artistic material. The possibilities seem endless and wide open. — Jerry Saltz Copy Share Image
My love for cricket, body-building and martial arts later helped me in modeling and then acting. — Mukesh Rishi Copy Share Image
The artist can't paint, sing, or dance without emotion: if he does, he is a machine masquerading as a person. — Eric Maisel Copy Share Image
“Just make sure nothing is wasted. Take notes. Remember it all, every insult, every tear. Tattoo it on the inside of your… — Janet Fitch Copy Share Image
“All right, here’s a limerick: A young martial artist called Dave Was fearless and handsome and brave He saved me from thugs… — J.L. Merrow Copy Share Image
I'm always trying to challenge everyone to raise the game on the artistic level. We are supposed to be the best. Make… — Michael W. Smith Copy Share Image
“I think art is the only thing that's spirtual in the world. And I refuse to be forced to believe in other… — Marilyn Manson Copy Share Image
Never give up! Keep practicing - it's the only way to get better. But don't lose sight of the outside world. As… — Steve Landes Copy Share Image
To be a creative person and be a professional, as an artist you have to be able to withstand pain, rejection, and… — Ira Sachs Copy Share Image
Compared with the rest of the Royal Family, Charles is a thoroughly Renaissance man, moved by beauty, music, and art in a… — Penny Junor Copy Share Image
Humans had built a world inside the world, which reflected it in pretty much the same way as a drop of water… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
If you are intimidated by the artists who came before you, understand you too have a place, right next to them. — Tavi Gevinson Copy Share Image
The word 'art' interests me very much. If it comes from Sanskrit, as I've heard, it signifies 'making. — Marcel Duchamp Copy Share Image
The movies today are too rich to have any room for genuine artists. They produce a few passable craftsmen, but no artists.… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
The kind of people who become graphic artists may not be mathematically inclined. They're artists, artistically inclined. — Daniel Levitin Copy Share Image
You have to master not only the art of listening to your head, you must also master listening to your heart and… — Carly Fiorina Copy Share Image
Yeah, I feel as an artist, making a movie is the top of the food chain - that's the peak, the climax… — Julia Fox Copy Share Image
“For me, art is the desire to preserve the intangible feeling of such a moment, hidden in all the littlest details, and… — Rachel Hartman Copy Share Image
We at BMW do not build cars as consumer objects, just to drive from A to B. We build mobile works of… — Chris Bangle Copy Share Image
Art is more than a product of your efforts - it should be about feeling, life, attitude, soul. — Sergei Bongart Copy Share Image
What's beautiful about art is that it circumscribes a space, a physical and mental space. If you try to put the entire… — Jonathan Lethem Copy Share Image
From the moment you are born, you could die. I think as an artist it is important to meditate on that. — Marina Abramovic Copy Share Image
But we go out as a band because we enjoy each others company, first of all. And its the payoff for me,… — Peter Frampton Copy Share Image
My mum was an art teacher, so we used to have fantastic dressing-up costumes when we were little. — Alice Roberts Copy Share Image
The whole of nature is an endless demonstration of shape and form. It always surprises me when artists try to escape from… — Henry Moore Copy Share Image
One travels so as to learn once more how to marvel at life in the way a child does. And blessed be… — Ella Maillart Copy Share Image
I guess that's the big challenge of any art: Do you want to be something for everyone or everything for someone? — John Ross Bowie Copy Share Image
There is no art which government sooner learns of another than that of draining money from the pockets of the people. — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
The birch-bark canoe of the savage seems to me one of the most beautiful and perfect things of the kind constructed by… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There's nothing like a little fear or hunger to motivate one's inspiration. To take that away from a young artist can offer… — Ken Danby Copy Share Image
Someone told me there was a publisher that could find a good home for my songs, but I didn't want to give… — Michael Bolton Copy Share Image
'Crazy' is a term of art; 'Insane' is a term of law. Remember that, and u will save urself a lot of… — Catgal Copy Share Image
Creation is a sentient and instinctual flow that determines where to go and what to change or omit. — Shaun McNiff Copy Share Image
Through art mysterious bonds of understanding and of knowledge are established among men. — Robert Henri Copy Share Image
I have to confess I'm not a huge comics fan in the wider sense of comics as an art form. — Grant Morrison Copy Share Image