Make copies, young man, many copies. You can only become a good artist by copying the masters. — Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres Copy Share Image
I know I'm not the kind of person who's gonna wind up a walking jukebox, like many rock 'n' roll artists. They… — Carlos Santana Copy Share Image
I was a pretty fit and physical kid, and my first interest was in martial arts and kung fu with all the… — Dorian Yates Copy Share Image
When I met Johnny Cash, I didn't know what to ask: where were you born, who was your favorite recording artist, what's… — Robert Hilburn Copy Share Image
Beauty is the vocation bestowed on the artist by the Creator in the gift of artistic talent. — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
How is it that in the so-called barbarian ages art was understood, whereas in our age of progress exactly the opposite is… — Pierre-Auguste Renoir Copy Share Image
I've been doing martial arts since I was five, so for me competition is something that's very common. — Yair Rodriguez Copy Share Image
The excellence of every art is its intensity, capable of making all disagreeables evaporate, from their being in close relationship with beauty… — John Keats Copy Share Image
I think there's escapist moviemaking, and we want to be captivated and taken away. If it's done right, you can craft an… — Ryan Reynolds Copy Share Image
I love the English language just like I love all American things. But I confess that I don't feel confident using complex… — Andy Warhol Copy Share Image
The 'Art of Charm' podcast can be intimidating. Not just because it's the work of a lawyer called Jordan Harbinger. Not simply… — David Hepworth Copy Share Image
I realize that some of you may have come in hopes of hearing tips on how to become a professional writer. I… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
Claude Cahun is a fascinating artist - one of the few women to be part of the surrealist movement, she and her… — Naomi Alderman Copy Share Image
For poets today or in any age, the choice is not between freedom on the one hand and abstruse French forms on… — James Fenton Copy Share Image
I had no special training at all; I am completely self-taught. I don’t fit the mold of a visual arts designer or… — Toru Iwatani Copy Share Image
The QSM Software Almanac is an invaluable resource. It establishes a norm for software projects, including best of class, worst of class… — Tom DeMarco Copy Share Image
“Talent never guarantees the success, its the art of success which can leads you to the sky” — Dr. Zeeshan Ahmed Copy Share Image
Movies aren't just supposed to be a representation of reality. They're supposed to be an art. — James Mangold Copy Share Image
Very wealthy people often want to talk to broke artists about what it's like to try to follow your passion. — Celine Song Copy Share Image
“...art is made by the alone for the alone… The reward of art is not fame or success but intoxication...” — Cyril Connolly Copy Share Image
I always talk about the hierarchy of art, and I always put music on the top of everything, because it's so immaterial. — Igor Levit Copy Share Image
When you look at that period when Warhol and the Velvets and the Stones were doing things, it was this intersection of… — Robbie Robertson Copy Share Image
There is such opacity within the art market. There's also an abundance of fraud and misrepresented goods, which leads to mistrust between… — Alexander Gilkes Copy Share Image
Now I have a business, artists to take care of. I want to make sure everything's going right, because at the end… — Mustard Copy Share Image
Article Five: If you have no reason or ability to accomplish anything, then just practice the art of becoming. — Elif Safak Copy Share Image
I've had to sell a lot of art, which I've hated to do because I really love the art I have. — Agnes Gund Copy Share Image
For the man of talent affects to call his transgressions of the laws of sense trivial and to count them nothing considerd… — Charles Ives Copy Share Image
Hollywood was born schizophrenic. For 75 years it has been both a town and a state of mind, an industry and an… — Richard Corliss Copy Share Image
There are contemporary artists that I hate with all my heart. These are provocateurs that are without feeling. Where is the real… — Paolo Sorrentino Copy Share Image
Mitt Romney is a businessman, a turnaround artist, a CEO. That is who he is. The former governor has experience in the… — Mark McKinnon Copy Share Image
Idea and experience will never coincide in the center; only through art and action are they united. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
There are 100,000 artists on Pandora & 70% are indies; artists making $100K - $2 million. — Tim Westergren Copy Share Image
To make large, site-specific work as an artist is usually quite tortuous; there are so many boxes you have to tick. — Cornelia Parker Copy Share Image
If you're using a computer as an artist and expressing your personal vision, I think your personal vision comes through. — Dave Gibbons Copy Share Image
Someone asked me a while back, 'Why do artists always write about love?' And I was like, 'Love is the coolest thing… — Kris Allen Copy Share Image
An artist in 2014 who is thinking about album sales is either sadly deluded or has to make so many commercial compromises… — Moby Copy Share Image
I want the biggest artist of 2030, 2027 or even 2025 to say, 'I was inspired by Cordae. Cordae is the reason… — Cordae Copy Share Image
Thus, though I have heard of successful military operations that were clumsy but swift, cleverness has never been seen associated with long… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
The artist doesn't have time to listen to the critics. The ones who want to be writers read the reviews, the ones… — William Faulkner Copy Share Image
Eventually, with success, I started to feel more and more isolated - like I didn't have a community of artists. — Joni Mitchell Copy Share Image
