In homosexual love the passion is homosexuality itself. What a homosexual loves, as if it were his lover, his country, his art,… — Marguerite Duras Copy Share Image
What gives me hope is art - it's the most powerful weapons ever created. It's a weapon of mass construction. — Louie Psihoyos Copy Share Image
Inspiration more often comes during the work than before it, because the largest part of the job of an artist is to… — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
“Sod it. If he laid a finger on my David, I’d just have to use my newfound martial arts mojo and kick… — J.L. Merrow Copy Share Image
As artists, we evolve, and certain music speaks to us a certain way. I've always subscribed to: whatever the music is telling… — B-Real Copy Share Image
What distinguishes the artist from the dilettante? Only the pain the artist feels. The dilettante looks only for pleasure in art. — Odilon Redon Copy Share Image
I always saw myself as a singer-songwriter, a solo-artist, that's why working with other artists was never satisfying for me. — John Legend Copy Share Image
Yeah, I think to make art and horror successful you need a strong contrast. Otherwise, it just becomes titillation and shock value.… — Ti West Copy Share Image
I wanted to be a visual artist because I grew up around a lot of painters and photographers and had a very… — Jared Leto Copy Share Image
Entertainment is the devil's substitute for joy. The more joy you have in the Lord the less entertainment you needwhen you can… — Leonard Ravenhill Copy Share Image
As the unity of the modern world becomes increasingly a technological rather than a social affair, the techniques of the arts provide… — Marshall McLuhan Copy Share Image
Like students of art who walk around a great statue, seeing parts and aspects of it from each position, but never the… — Robert Grudin Copy Share Image
Monsters are a departure from 'reality' in a way that allows for a range of fantastic possibilities. I mean this within the… — Emil Ferris Copy Share Image
My mom was an art teacher at an elementary school in Studio City. She was younger than I am now when she… — Alana Haim Copy Share Image
When I contemplate the immense advances in science and discoveries in the arts which have been made within the period of my… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
I have met Mariah before and she's really cool and so funny. Everyone has been given the wrong impression of her, and… — Janet Jackson Copy Share Image
Those little nimble musicians of the air, that warble forth their curious ditties, with which nature hath furnished them to the shame… — Izaak Walton Copy Share Image
I visit a lot of art galleries. I live in Dublin and there's a very good gallery called the Kevin Kavanagh gallery. — Ardal O'Hanlon Copy Share Image
Writing as an art form belongs to all people, regardless of economic class or educational level. . . . A writer is someone who writes. — Pat Schneider Copy Share Image
The musician is perhaps the most modest of animals, but he is also the proudest. It is he who invented the sublime… — Erik Satie Copy Share Image
The furnace which melts gold, also hardens clay. Before blaming thy fate, therefore, find whether thou art gold or clay. — Ivan Panin Copy Share Image
I know a lot of artists say, 'If you want your song on my record, I get 50 per cent' I'd like… — Kelly Clarkson Copy Share Image
Politics is the art of preventing people from busying themselves with what is their own business. — Paul Valery Copy Share Image
Keeping the balance of fast-growing and smooth-growing is always important. It's almost an art. — Guo Guangchang Copy Share Image
I don't have to spend a lot of time figuring out, 'Gosh, I wonder how guys feel,' because most every piece of… — Laeta Kalogridis Copy Share Image
Well, each artist has something special about them. And I try to find whats best in them and find a song that… — Dr. Luke Copy Share Image
I wish to lead a life free from care, and I see that I shall be unhappy if I cannot always work… — Clara Schumann Copy Share Image
I always wanted to be a doctor and go to art school, but I thought Id regret it if I didnt act. — Kate Ashfield Copy Share Image
Artists are expected to talk about their work but writers aren't expected to talk about their writing. — Peter Schjeldahl Copy Share Image
“Art books are filled with interesting images. And that’s cool and all, but I look more for the nudes.” — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
There's a lot of one-hit wonders and a lot of come-and-go artists and even the labels give up on you after a… — Jadakiss Copy Share Image
A lot of jazz artists think people should like what they're doing just because it's jazz. I don't buy that. — Pat Metheny Copy Share Image
What we have to do, what at any rate it is our duty to do, is to revive the old art of… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
The study of beauty is a duel in which the artist cries with terror before being defeated. — Charles Baudelaire Copy Share Image
We were thrilled when we were nominated for best new artist at the Grammys, but we were even more so when they… — Ted Dwane Copy Share Image
I feel like there’s a space of personal freedom for me where my art-making happens. When I go to that space, I’m… — Laura Owens Copy Share Image
“We are often unaware of the gradual decline and the erosion in our lives but not unaware of the gnawing feeling it… — Eric Samuel Timm Copy Share Image
When you're not hearing my voice, I'm working on art. So if you're not hearing me, I'm working for the people and… — Lil B Copy Share Image
Honestly, I always think it's cool when artists name their first album after themselves. It's confident it just means like this is… — AJ Tracey Copy Share Image
In music, it makes for a good platform to take time and really mold a piece the way I need to mold… — Erykah Badu Copy Share Image