We need art. We've been telling stories since the beginning. As human beings, we need it for our survival. — Lili Taylor Copy Share Image
Many artists have said that when life itself becomes fully conscious, art as we know it will vanish. — Marilyn Ferguson Copy Share Image
The truth of art keeps science from becoming inhuman, and the truth of science keeps art from becoming ridiculous. — Raymond Chandler Copy Share Image
Good art, no matter how simple or casual-seeming, always carries a high density of choice. — Walter Darby Bannard Copy Share Image
“After all, there are more valid facts and details in works of art than there are in history books.” — Charles Chaplin Copy Share Image
I have no illusions about my art. I am what the public made me and, consequently, I am not likely to forget… — Conrad Veidt Copy Share Image
Homer excels all the inventors of other arts in this: that he has swallowed up the honor of those who succeeded him. — Alexander Pope Copy Share Image
Change is an internal thing. Different things happen or transform, and music and art is a documentation of that. — Matisyahu Copy Share Image
It was an incredible way to grow up, because words that you're taught - these definite things - you realize they sort… — Vito Acconci Copy Share Image
I go to the gym, do some martial arts, and I love poetry. I have a tattoo of my family crest, and… — Steven R. McQueen Copy Share Image
It's always so rewarding, gratifying to me, as an artist and a writer, to see how this music gets more important for… — Ed Kowalczyk Copy Share Image
“…suffering can be a work of art. It can be made of buried and rising things, helpless and undiscovered, song of frustrated… — Lydia Millet Copy Share Image
... actresses require protection in their art from blind abuse, from savage criticism. Their work is their religion, if they are seeking… — Nance O'Neil Copy Share Image
I think some people have this thing where just because you do singles that means you're not a real artist. It's like… — Jonas Blue Copy Share Image
The art of using troops is this: …When ten to the enemy's one, surround him; …When five times his strength, attack him;… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
It's important for people not to hold a high opinion of politicians, and one of the strengths of the British is that… — Richard Ingrams Copy Share Image
Everybody loves a sad ballad because it's cathartic. For artists, in a lot of ways, that's sort of our therapy sessions is… — Tim McGraw Copy Share Image
“His art springs out of bubbling underground necessity, as if he's somehow dipping himself into the river that gave him life; he's… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
We don't need to be taught to make art, but sometimes we need permission to do so. Following instructions is overrated. — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
“Photographers, like few other kinds of artists I can imagine, have an insanely personal relationship with their gear.” — David duChemin Copy Share Image
I was really a very ambitious young girl when I started studying drama and performing art. — Soni Razdan Copy Share Image
I went to art school, and that's how I got the internship, and then I started a band. But I always missed… — Gerard Way Copy Share Image
If you don't have a dream as an artist, you shouldn't be an artist, because you should be working towards something and… — Megan Griffiths Copy Share Image
Understand that the essence of martial arts is not the art itself, but what's hidden deep within yourself. — Gogen Yamaguchi Copy Share Image
When I see a new artist I give myself a lot of time to reflect and decide whether it's art or not. — Anselm Kiefer Copy Share Image
“cease to regard the canvas as a surface on which to paint a picture, but instead as a surface on which to… — Harold Rosenberg Copy Share Image
When did the word 'temperament' come into fashion with us? Perhaps it came in when we discovered that artists were human beings. — Katharine Fullerton Gerould Copy Share Image
Plugins can be created to unleash your creativity and break down technical barriers between the artist and his ideas. — Joey Sturgis Copy Share Image
Comics don't work if the story is all in the text and the images are illustrative. It's hard to have enough faith… — Denise Mina Copy Share Image
If you consider yourself a part of the culture, then finances can't allow you to be bigger than the actual art form. — Curtis Jackson Copy Share Image
Art is all about the experience. I could say I don't really relate to opera, but then you watch Placido Domingo, and… — David Harewood Copy Share Image
The painter puts brush to canvas, and the poet puts pen to paper. The poet has the easier task, for his pen… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There's nothing wrong with working with no artist from any type of demographic, but you've still got to maintain what you do… — Jadakiss Copy Share Image
The artist must create a spark before he can make a fire and before art is born, the artist must be ready… — Auguste Rodin Copy Share Image
Music, dance, literature and the visual arts open up a rich and intensely rewarding world. It is a world that should not… — David Lammy Copy Share Image
Not till the end of the war will there be any time for art or love or magic again. Perhaps never again. — Mary Butts Copy Share Image
Art is its own excuse, and it's either Art or it's something else. It's either a poem or a piece of cheese. — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
What man art thou that, thus bescreened in night, So stumblest on my counsel? *Who are you? Why do you hide in… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
I'd been suffering all of my life. I think comedians and artists, we do that. We know how to be the life… — Princess Nokia Copy Share Image
The job of the artist, is to say, wait a second, everything that we have thought is wrong. Let's re-examine it. — David Mamet Copy Share Image
