I suppose it would be really alarming to an artist to play in a concert and see everybody just watching. — John Hughes Copy Share Image
Reason! how many eyes hast thou to see evils, and how dim, nay, blind, thou art in preventing them. — Philip Sidney Copy Share Image
Doth sickness fill my heart with fear, 'Tis sweet to know that Thou art near; Am I with dread of justice tried,… — James Edmeston Copy Share Image
I think it's very important for Arts Ministers to purchase art, to attend art, to validate art. — Ian McLeod Copy Share Image
“My life is like a memento more painting from European art: there is always a grinning skull at my side to remind… — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
The more you put yourself out there, the more there is for people to take exception with. — Lee Hammond Copy Share Image
What a good artist understands is that nothing comes from nowhere. All creative work builds on what came before. Nothing is completely… — Austin Kleon Copy Share Image
6'2 human skeleton being made of 1/4 copper wire, weighing at over 50 pounds when done? OHHH YYEEAAHH!!!!!!! Loving every minute of it! ^.^ — Christopher Timmerman Copy Share Image
“I've had people come up to me with the strangest interpretations of what my lyrics might mean, and I'm like, "You go!… — Serj Tankian Copy Share Image
When I was in the sixth grade my friend and I always won writing contests, and we read a lot of books.… — Chath Piersath Copy Share Image
What draws me to theater and religion are these rituals made to make you feel emotion. It's so banal in an interesting… — Ragnar Kjartansson Copy Share Image
Take some elocution lessons; you can joke with Ebonics, but the truth is, nothing beats the King's English. Learning how to speak… — Wendy Williams Copy Share Image
When the nations of the world look upon the United States, they see a country which has achieved what they would all… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
While I know that the beautiful, the spiritual and the sublime are suspect today, I have begun to stop resisting the constant… — Ian Hornak Copy Share Image
It's not like I think my art is inspirations from icons strung together. They're just sort of people who others talk about.… — Lana Del Rey Copy Share Image
There's a lot of artists out there who are pretty big but don't write their songs, they just have a lifestyle brand.… — Weyes Blood Copy Share Image
When I look at great works of art or listen to inspired music, I sense intimate portraits of the specific times in… — Billy Joel Copy Share Image
I don't know the history of art, but I got over intimidation from the art world when I realized that I was… — Marc Jacobs Copy Share Image
Know the names of past and current artists who are most famous for playing their instruments. — Marilyn vos Savant Copy Share Image
“Thunder Road' knows who I am and what I feel, and that is one of the consolations of art.” — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
“Artists are people with a genius for finding a new answer, a new connection, or a new way of getting things done.… — Seth Godin (Author Copy Share Image
Nothing is more difficult than the art of maneuver. What is difficult about maneuver is to make the devious route the most… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
We must help the child to act for himself, will for himself, think for himself; this is the art of those who… — Maria Montessori Copy Share Image
Be natural my children. For the writer that is natural has fulfilled all the rules of art. — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
Why should not the camera artist break away from the worn out conventions and claim the freedom of expression which any art… — Alvin Langdon Coburn Copy Share Image
It can be a machine. The machine tries to make money and forget about the heart and the art. Hollywood is more… — Jean-Marc Vallee Copy Share Image
How can anybody learn anything from an artwork when the piece of art only reflects the vanity of the artist and not… — Lou Reed Copy Share Image
“Like art, love is an act of creation, but love far surpasses art as a cure for emotional suffering.” — George E. Valliant Copy Share Image
If you are searching to figure out what is true and what is not, you will have a sad life. It means… — Maurizio Cattelan Copy Share Image
More and more, cultural groups are cross-pollinating, and we're getting much more interesting art as a result. — Damon Albarn Copy Share Image
I wasn't really sold on being an artist until high school, my senior year. I was going to do the college thing… — Ab-Soul Copy Share Image
Always have one artistic thing that is pure, at least one thing, where you don’t compromise. You can do other things to… — James Franco Copy Share Image
All art is probably erotic in its ultimate character, but painting more than anything else is a purely nervous erotic activity. — Patrick Swift Copy Share Image
I like people that challenge their art, not only in the purist way, but also in terms of how they could provoke… — Guy Laliberte Copy Share Image
I've always known that I'm very, very ordinary looking. But I'm not alien looking. I am an artist here to play characters. — Dhanush Copy Share Image
Being an artist, I had an artist's instincts.You can see the picture before it's taken; then it's up to you to get… — James Van Der Zee Copy Share Image
It's only an interim trip. I love the music, but it's really giving me a way in which I can comfortably explore… — Dan Fogelberg Copy Share Image
There are artists who think they have to be on top all the time. I think that would be exhausting. — Natalie Imbruglia Copy Share Image
Virtue runs before the muse, and defies her skill; she is rapt and doth refuse to wait a painter's will. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
What does a painter do? You get a painting, you put some intent and passion and emotion into these things, and hope… — Creed Bratton Copy Share Image
