Anybody can direct a picture once they know the fundamentals. Directing is not a mystery, it's not an art. The main thing… — John Ford Copy Share Image
I went into the business for the money, and the art grew out of it. If people are disillusioned by that remark,… — Charlie Chaplin Copy Share Image
All good works of art must ask this question: 'You want to breathe free, yes, but do you know how to kiss?' — Amitava Kumar Copy Share Image
Painters make paintings, but it takes a representative of the art-world to make a work of art. — Richard Wollheim Copy Share Image
“Originality is crucial. We as artists are trendsetters. People want to be like us. Every record brings out new elements of artistry.” — Lisa Goldin Copy Share Image
For me, what I do is an artistic expression which is channeled through me. Fashion is just the medium. — Alexander McQueen Copy Share Image
There is a fine art to making enemies and it requires diligent cultivation. It's not as easy as it looks. — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
“The art of mission, we can conclude, asks us to suppress the most grandiose of our work instincts and instead adopt the… — Cal Newport Copy Share Image
Back then, I didn't have a big organization around me. I was just a kid with a guitar, traveling around. My responsibility… — Joni Mitchell Copy Share Image
Kids are always infatuated with the action in Martial Arts Films. Let me tell you, there is nothing better for kids than… — Thomas Ian Griffith Copy Share Image
I said earlier that I do not believe an artist's life throws much light upon his works. I do believe, however, that,… — W. H. Auden Copy Share Image
With music there's so many limbs and facets. Video and touring and merchandise and all those little things require attention. They're artist… — Devendra Banhart Copy Share Image
A prudent man... must behave like those archers who, if they are skillful, when the target seems too distant, know the capabilities… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
To feel the meaning of what one is doing, and to rejoice in that meaning; to unite in one concurrent fact the… — John Dewey Copy Share Image
It should be if you're a good singer and a good songwriter, you should have your spot. You get everybody trying to… — Randy Houser Copy Share Image
In every art form, nothing exists in a bubble. It exists because of what came before it. A lot of bricks were… — Jason Blum Copy Share Image
“Wherever we are, whatever we’re doing and wherever we are going, we owe it to ourselves, to our art, to the world… — Ryan Holiday Copy Share Image
In mathematics and science we solve our problems as well as create them. But in art and philosophy things are not so… — Roger Scruton Copy Share Image
The art works of women, who are intelligent and creative, need to be showcased and understanding their thoughts through art can definitely… — Shriya Saran Copy Share Image
The thing is, about a character, it's not about being right, it's about the truth. The truth comes from within, so you… — Russell Hornsby Copy Share Image
An artist's job is simply to take the mirror in front of your face and hold it there. It's not to give… — Aasif Mandvi Copy Share Image
Luxury is the wolf at the door and its fangs are the vanities and conceits germinated by success. When an artist learns… — Tennessee Williams Copy Share Image
A big enough artist, I say, can eat anything, must eat everything and then alchemize it. Only the feeble writer is afraid… — Anais Nin Copy Share Image
“You will usually discover that the creative process itself is truly the most healing part of any art therapy experience.” — Cathy Malchiodi Copy Share Image
I don't know if I'm necessarily a role model, but hopefully I can inspire any artist - Latin or otherwise - to… — Michael Pena Copy Share Image
Art's task is to save the soul of mankind.. anything less is a dithering while Rome burns. — Terence McKenna Copy Share Image
Painting or poetry is made as one makes love - a total embrace, prudence thrown to the winds, nothing held back. — Joan Miro Copy Share Image
I hope that we can bridge the worlds of appearances and of insights, and thus rescue art from triviality, from 'sensation' alone. — Burton Silverman Copy Share Image
“How many performance artists does it take to screw in a lightbulb? I don't know. I left early.” — Lynne Tillman Copy Share Image
I studied Computer Science when I was in my undergrad and minored in Digital Art & Design. — Jenova Chen Copy Share Image
The arts, sciences, humanities, physical education, languages and maths all have equal and central contributions to make to a student's education. — Ken Robinson Copy Share Image
Today the artist has inherited the combined functions of hermit, pilgrim, prophet, priest, shaman, sorcerer, soothsayer, alchemist. — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
“Create something. Create something ugly. Create something beautiful. I don't care what it is. Create it. ” — Jill Telford Copy Share Image
We made an amazing video about Newtown's struggle to figure out what to do with all the letters and art sent to… — Clara Jeffery Copy Share Image
“Documenting little details of your everyday life becomes a celebration of who you are.” — Carolyn V. Hamilton Copy Share Image
Dont avoid extremes, and dont choose any one extreme. Remain available to both the polarities - that is the art, the secret… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
The library was open for one hour after school let out. I hid there, looking at art books and reading poetry. — Lynda Barry Copy Share Image
“A career must be husbanded. Care must be taken. Everyday must bring some small bit of progress. How would an artist with… — Julia Cameron Copy Share Image
“Since ancient times artists and architects have seen in the golden mean the most aesthetically satisfying geometric ratio.” — Stephen M. Barr Copy Share Image
Whether something is called art is beside the point. What counts is what happens when you ask it to actually be art. — Walter Darby Bannard Copy Share Image
