“Artistic talent is far more common than the talent to nurture artistic talent. Any parent with a hard hand can crush it,… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
I have to say, that's pretty typical for artists, kind of embarrassingly typical for artists that everything is all about selection. — David Salle Copy Share Image
Loneliness was tough, the toughest role you ever played. Hollywood created a superstar, and pain was the price you paid. — Elton John Copy Share Image
I lived in the world of poetry and ideas. I thought life was all about art and philosophy. In the military, I… — Shahin Najafi Copy Share Image
“But having mastered the art of descending the stairs to a gathering of admirers, she had yet to master the art of… — Amor Towles Copy Share Image
“The Fine Arts are five in number: Painting, Music, Poetry, Sculpture, and Architecture--whereof the principle branch is Confectionery.” — Antonin Carême Copy Share Image
'In order to lead a fascinating life, one brimming with art, music,intrigue and Romance? One must surround themselves with precisely those THINGS!' — Andrew Guzaldo Copy Share Image
It is an art to be where you are, and see happiness in life's ever changing landscape. Today look with new eyes,… — Ritu Ghatourey Copy Share Image
Black painters have done all kinds of work. It's the treatment of forms they engage in-that's what determines the value of the… — Kerry James Marshall Copy Share Image
I love fashion. My grandmother and great-grandmother were seamstresses, so I know fashion on an artistic level, not as labels, labels, labels.… — Zoe Saldana Copy Share Image
“The picture of change in human society that emerges from this recent research throws new light on that aspect of the Transition… — James David Lewis-Williams Copy Share Image
It's not as though there aren't many, many art works and many other cultures, but there was something special about the civic… — Martha C. Nussbaum Copy Share Image
Build thee more stately mansions, O my soul, As the swift seasons roll! Leave thy low-vaulted past! Let each new temple, nobler… — Oliver Wendell Holmes Copy Share Image
I was in college, and very disappointed. I majored in commercial art and interior design for three or four years. At that… — Eric Burdon Copy Share Image
There, at the centre, are the artists who really form the consciousness of their time; they respond deeply, intuitively to what is… — John Wain Copy Share Image
When our eyes met, I felt that I was growing pale. A curious sensation of terror came over me. I knew that… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
I knew what I wanted to do, which was to become a recording artist, so I definitely felt like I had a… — Ariel Pink Copy Share Image
I prefer working with artists who are prepared to get down in the dungeons and get the job done. — Shaggy Copy Share Image
Every artistic form has its golden age, and unfortunately I think the golden age for whatever I do probably ended about 1990. — Daryl Hall Copy Share Image
People who die in an untimely way who are artists, somehow that validates their art, we feel. Why culturally we feel that,… — Kevin Macdonald Copy Share Image
For years, I had heard about the lack of interest in literature in the U.S. and I had complained about it. I… — Rita Dove Copy Share Image
The source of genius is imagination alone, the refinement of the senses that sees what others do not see, or sees them… — Eugene Delacroix Copy Share Image
“Writing is a simple but elusive art,” he said. “To write is to describe. Describe accurately and respectfully. And perhaps passionately.” — Josh Farrar Copy Share Image
I think art is about human existence. Almost by default I'm expressing my experiences as a human. — Robert Gober Copy Share Image
Most of the work I make uses materials that are a bit outside of the traditional fine art world. — Patricia Piccinini Copy Share Image
I have plenty of enemies... among artists who resent my earning a living. They think I should go off and starve while… — Arnold Friberg Copy Share Image
The nice thing about growing up in that kind of environment is you were exposed to so much -- music, plays, art… — Perrey Reeves Copy Share Image
I want to hear the artist. I want to hear them give me something that I can relate to, other than the… — Nas Copy Share Image
When it comes to our makeup artist asking me, 'So, what do you want today?' I'm like, 'I don't know.' I have… — Dinah Jane Copy Share Image
Art is communication spoken by man for humanity in a language raised above the everyday happening. — Mary Wigman Copy Share Image
“For me, meaning of design is to give soul to objects by Art. Art sometimes need to be in every part of… — Baris Gencel Copy Share Image
If music is frozen architecture, then the potpourri is frozen coffee-table gossip... Potpourri is the art of adding apples to pears… — Arnold Schoenberg Copy Share Image
I was much further along as a poet than as a songwriter, but the songs were getting more attention. They were doing… — David Berman Copy Share Image
Blow your brains out and do it right, make sure it's on prime time and on Saturday night. — Ray Davies Copy Share Image
Creativity and self-expression generate happiness. Schedule some creative time each day, even if it's just a few minutes of writing, painting, sculpting,… — N Copy Share Image
“Give humanity a truly unlimited field, and it would fill it with Happy Meal toys and holographic sports-star, collectible trading card game… — Charles Stross Cory Doctorow Copy Share Image
I wrote on my desk wall when I was writing the film...'Art is socialism, but life is capitalism.' That's the hard thing… — Mike Birbiglia Copy Share Image
Whether we like to admit it or not, as artists, we do project our own worldview on to what we do. — David Oyelowo Copy Share Image
Chaos is everywhere - and artists, to fashion art and live truthfully, have no choice but to invite this unwanted guest right… — Eric Maisel Copy Share Image
It's a very satisfying feeling for everyone involved into giving bands a new life - for me, the artists, and the audience. — Veronica Vasicka Copy Share Image
