I like the confusion you get between science and religion … that’s where belief lies and art as well. — Damien Hirst Copy Share Image
When we go all over the world and observe art therapy, it's used frequently with people who are having some kind of… — Karen Pence Copy Share Image
Trust is everything between two artists, or between subject and artist. You have to have trust or nothing good will come out… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
Prejudice renders a man's virtue his habit, and a series of unconnected arts. Though just prejudice, his duty becomes a part of… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
You have to be polite with your friends and your family, but in your art, it's important to not be polite. — Lisa Yuskavage Copy Share Image
I'm not a film snob at all. I much prefer a really good Hollywood blockbuster than a thought-provoking art house movie because… — Ricky Gervais Copy Share Image
When I got into art school, I thought it was paradise. I wanted to be an artist so much that I was… — Sean Scully Copy Share Image
People forget that boxing is the art of self-defence - ideally, hit and not be hit - and maybe we should all… — Amir Khan Copy Share Image
THE NAME OF THE WIND has everything fantasy readers like, magic and mysteries and ancient evil, but it's also humorous and terrifying… — Tad Williams Copy Share Image
IMBECILE!" the chef shouted. "Next time why don't you just put your whole HAND in the food, hey? Yes, your whole hand,… — Kenneth Oppel Copy Share Image
I've just finished my 20th book this past year and I'm working on my 21st book about the Middle East right now… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
“This is why the shaman is the remote ancestor of the poet and artist. Our need to feel part of the world… — Terence McKenna Copy Share Image
I now want to tell three stories about advances in twentieth-century physics. A curious fact emerges in these tales: time and again… — Steven Weinberg Copy Share Image
Of course, this is one of the really important things about art, that you can make more than you can understand at… — Emmet Gowin Copy Share Image
Christians who enjoy and support art and culture, who make it a priority in their lives, and who reach out to those… — Eric Metaxas Copy Share Image
What I love about new technology is that it really pushes the art. It really pushes it in a way that you… — Robert Rodriguez Copy Share Image
What one seems to want in art, in experiencing it, is the same thing that is necessary for its creation, a self-forgetful,… — Elizabeth Bishop Copy Share Image
“That’s too much power for one man to wield, too much temptation. The easier we make it to kill, the less time… — Lindsay Buroker Copy Share Image
I may be a character artiste but I want the audiences to clap and whistle for me as well. — Rao Ramesh Copy Share Image
"Let the dead bury the dead." There is not a single word of Christ to which the Christian religion has paid less… — Andre Gide Copy Share Image
“The art of life is the art of avoiding pain: and he is the best pilot who steers clearest of the rocks… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Foster and polish the warrior spirit while serving in the world; illuminate the path according to your inner light. — Morihei Ueshiba Copy Share Image
Note too that a faithful study of the liberal arts humanizes character and permits it not to be cruel. — Ovid Copy Share Image
To me Art (poetry) is a continuous and continuing process and that when a man fails to write good poetry he fails… — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
Such shame is not even skin deep. And as to forgetting, surely, you know that is Woman's First and Greatest Art? — Richard Aldington Copy Share Image
A passion for his art, and an eager desire to excel, will more than supply an artist with the place of method. — Joshua Reynolds Copy Share Image
It became like a symbolic thing, to be “an artist.” After Duchamp, I realized that being an artist is more about a… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
The ultimate justification of the work of art is to help the spectator to become a work of art himself. — Bernard Berenson Copy Share Image
As far as playing jazz, no other art form, other than conversation, can give the satisfaction of spontaneous interaction. — Stan Getz Copy Share Image
When we neglect the artist in ourselves, there is a kind of mourning that goes on under the surface of our busy… — Pat Schneider Copy Share Image
There is no comparison between him and me; he developed a whole new way of making art and he's clearly in a… — Tracey Emin Copy Share Image
Collage has been one of the most relevant forms of art making. It's resonant because it is made of the stuff that… — Elliott Hundley Copy Share Image
“Today, “crossover” has become the golden word of the age. Crossover is based, in fact, on the model used for the development… — Renee Fleming Copy Share Image
I think that other people covering my work is really exciting... Im really open to that kind of thing because I think… — Tori Amos Copy Share Image
To be an artist is to take responsibility for the world's destiny. You shape it by your vision. — Laurence Gartel Copy Share Image
I believe in limitations. I think the worst art ever made - in my opinion, because it's all so subjective - is… — Fred Armisen Copy Share Image
Anger and jealousy's all that he sells us, he's content when you're under his thumb. Madmen oppose him, but your kindness throws… — Bob Dylan Copy Share Image
It is difficult in life to be good, and difficult in art to portray goodness. Perhaps we don't know much about goodness. — Iris Murdoch Copy Share Image
Due to my work as a musician, songwriter, recording artist and author, hundreds of people stream in and out of my basement… — Dan Hill Copy Share Image
The job of the artist is not to resolve or beautify, but to hold complexities, to see and make clear. — Toi Derricotte Copy Share Image
