In my own art, I try to use my personal voice and effort to enable some Chinese people to see the possibilities… — Cai Guo-Qiang Copy Share Image
I mean, I'm an artist by nature; no one considers what I do and no one knows who the heck I am,… — Junot Diaz Copy Share Image
“Never trust the teller, trust the tale. The proper function of a critic is to save the tale from the artist who… — D.H. Lawrence Copy Share Image
I'm really excited about what the future holds and to grow as an individual and as an artist. — Khalid Copy Share Image
Sridevi is the most beautiful and the most sensuous woman God ever created, and I think He creates such exquisite pieces of… — Ram Gopal Varma Copy Share Image
This kind of painting with its large frames is a bourgeois drawing-room art. It is an art dealer's art-and that came in… — Edvard Munch Copy Share Image
What's the point of art, of any art, if it doesn't let us see with a little bit of objectivity where we… — Ali Smith Copy Share Image
People accuse artists of being narcissists - of course we are! If we don't like ourselves, who's going to like us? — Yoko Ono Copy Share Image
What motivates me is the chance to improve the world in my own special way; to contribute to the fight that all… — Jinkx Monsoon Copy Share Image
Life is a conspiracy to shower you with a nonstop feast of interesting experiences, all of which are designed to help you… — Rob Brezsny Copy Share Image
“So if the ultimate felicity of man does not consist in external things which are called the goods of fortune, nor in… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
“By art alone we can get out of ourselves, find out what another person sees of this universe which is not the… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
“I couldn't have written [What Good Are The Arts?] because I--and I'm not alone, by any means--do not have Carey's breadth of… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
“In this world, this life, "flow" [the times when our work or play so absorbs and attunes our energies that we lose… — Andy Crouch Copy Share Image
I think most artists will experience a lot of negative people on Twitter but, thank God, I've got so many followers that… — Nicki Minaj Copy Share Image
If you're serious about singing or acting, which are two art forms that get repetitive, the way to keep the music fresh… — Mary Travers Copy Share Image
Everything has a reason, including the selection of the photos, which was not arbitrary but appropriate to the period, its highs and… — Gerhard Richter Copy Share Image
We are going to finish this picture just the way I want it... because you cannot compromise an artist's vision. — Ed Wood Copy Share Image
There's an artist that I listened to for the first time, and I really didn't like them. I had some kind of… — Regina Spektor Copy Share Image
Art is never decoration, embellishment; instead, it is work of enlightenment. Art, in other words, is a technique for acquiring liberty. — Bruce Lee Copy Share Image
All the effects of Nature are only the mathematical consequences of a small number of immutable laws. — Pierre-Simon Laplace Copy Share Image
I think my favorite artists are honest artists, and as a songwriter, that's what you have to do. You have to be… — Lauren Alaina Copy Share Image
Norman Rockwell, the Brueghel of the 20th century bourgeoisie, the Holbein of Jell-O ads and magazine covers; by common assent, the most… — Jerry Adler Copy Share Image
An artist feels vulnerable to begin with; and yet the only answer is to recklessly discard more armour. — Eric Maisel Copy Share Image
I have sketched since a young age, so there's always been an artistic side, a visual side to my personality. — Mark Parker Copy Share Image
What inspires me still: travel, art, photography, my kids, the places I haven't been to yet. — Jillian Barberie Copy Share Image
An architect is given a program, budget, place, and schedule. Sometimes the end product rises to art - or at least people… — Frank Gehry Copy Share Image
If I have an opportunity to do something safe or something challenging, I'll often choose the latter. Sometimes, the objective is to… — Todd Rundgren Copy Share Image
Sidney Lumet's chief preoccupation wasn't art. It was right and wrong in the American city, nearly always in New York. — Wesley Morris Copy Share Image
I acquired an admiration for Japanese culture, art, and architecture, and learned of the existence of the game of GO, which I… — Philip Warren Anderson Copy Share Image
I don't see the arts as competitive at all. It was a better angel of my nature. Sports is zero-sum: winner, loser,… — Richard Linklater Copy Share Image
Seduction is the art that she practices She dress good, she learned from the actresses. That she's seen on the tv screen… — Ryan Leslie Copy Share Image
An artist is the magician put among men to gratify - capriciously - their urge for immortality. — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
I feel that my job, as an artist, is to disturb the peace. And to disturb it intellectually, linguistically, politically and literally. — Gerald Stern Copy Share Image
I get my inspiration from books, pictures, art. I might find a vintage scarf and say, "I think this should be our… — Jessica Simpson Copy Share Image
The highest art of professional management requires the literal ability to 'smell' a 'real fact' from all others. — Harold Geneen Copy Share Image
“We live in a universe driven by chance,” his father had said once, “but the bullshit artists all want causality.” — Jeff VanderMeer Copy Share Image
I had the benefit of there being no stigma attached to the arts. My brother's a ballet dancer, and he never came… — Jack Lowden Copy Share Image
The most important imperative to be questioned is the one that tells you to go the the art supply store to be… — Mark Bradford Copy Share Image
The artist needs but a roof, a crust of bread, and his easel, and all the rest God gives him in abundance.… — Albert Pinkham Ryder Copy Share Image
![“I couldn't have written [What Good Are The Arts?] because I--and I'm not alone, by any means--do not have Carey's breadth of reading, nor his calm, wry logic, which enables him to demolish the arguments of just about everyone who has ever talked tosh about objective aesthetic principles. And this…” quote by Nick Hornby](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/764/nick-hornby-325_aesthetic_i-couldn-t-have-written-what-good-are-th_2016521.jpg)
![“In this world, this life, "flow" [the times when our work or play so absorbs and attunes our energies that we lose track of time] comes to an end. The canvas is dry, the fugue is complete, the band plays the tag one more time and then resolves on the final chord. And, too, the book is finished…” quote by Andy Crouch](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/6df/andy-crouch-15704_andy-crouch_in-this-world-this-life-flow-the-times-w_2400806.jpg)
