Beauty is the vocation bestowed on the artist by the Creator in the gift of artistic talent. — Pope John Paul II 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
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
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
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
All art is probably erotic in its ultimate character, but painting more than anything else is a purely nervous erotic activity. — Patrick Swift Copy Share Image
Always have one artistic thing that is pure, at least one thing, where you don’t compromise. You can do other things to… — James Franco Copy Share Image
It's only an interim trip. I love the music, but it's really giving me a way in which I can comfortably explore… — Dan Fogelberg Copy Share Image
As an artist, there's a sweet, jump-starting quality to [marijuana] for me. I've often felt telepathic and receptive to inexplicable messages my… — Alanis Morissette Copy Share Image
The real reason to abolish departments like Energy and Education is not to promote efficiency, nor even to save taxpayers’ money. It… — David Boaz Copy Share Image
Become better listeners. Practice the art of listening in everything you do. Not just listening to yourself and your body, but listening… — Rodney Yee Copy Share Image
I was driving down a familiar road one fall day when I almost drove off the road, the beauty was so intense.… — Sheila Walsh Copy Share Image
I'm very fussy about how my records sound, but I'm very aware that because of the way they sound, I will never… — Nick Lowe Copy Share Image
“Historically, women have either been excluded from the process of creating the definitions of what is considered art or allowed to participate… — Judy Chicago Copy Share Image
It was the most beautiful thing I'd ever seen. How the artist captured the light, the details of my mother's dimples, the… — Ellen Schreiber Copy Share Image
There is no short-cut to art, one has to work hard, be open and flexible in your mind, keep the child alive… — Bente Borsum Copy Share Image
Virtue runs before the muse, and defies her skill; she is rapt and doth refuse to wait a painter's will. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
There are artists who think they have to be on top all the time. I think that would be exhausting. — Natalie Imbruglia Copy Share Image
I've always known that I'm very, very ordinary looking. But I'm not alien looking. I am an artist here to play characters. — Dhanush Copy Share Image
Being an artist, I had an artist's instincts.You can see the picture before it's taken; then it's up to you to get… — James Van Der Zee Copy Share Image
I like people that challenge their art, not only in the purist way, but also in terms of how they could provoke… — Guy Laliberte Copy Share Image
Be natural my children. For the writer that is natural has fulfilled all the rules of art. — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
We must help the child to act for himself, will for himself, think for himself; this is the art of those who… — Maria Montessori Copy Share Image
If you are searching to figure out what is true and what is not, you will have a sad life. It means… — Maurizio Cattelan Copy Share Image
More and more, cultural groups are cross-pollinating, and we're getting much more interesting art as a result. — Damon Albarn Copy Share Image
I wasn't really sold on being an artist until high school, my senior year. I was going to do the college thing… — Ab-Soul Copy Share Image
How can anybody learn anything from an artwork when the piece of art only reflects the vanity of the artist and not… — Lou Reed Copy Share Image
It can be a machine. The machine tries to make money and forget about the heart and the art. Hollywood is more… — Jean-Marc Vallee Copy Share Image
Why should not the camera artist break away from the worn out conventions and claim the freedom of expression which any art… — Alvin Langdon Coburn Copy Share Image
“Like art, love is an act of creation, but love far surpasses art as a cure for emotional suffering.” — George E. Valliant Copy Share Image
The more you put yourself out there, the more there is for people to take exception with. — Lee Hammond Copy Share Image
I think it's very important for Arts Ministers to purchase art, to attend art, to validate art. — Ian McLeod Copy Share Image
Doth sickness fill my heart with fear, 'Tis sweet to know that Thou art near; Am I with dread of justice tried,… — James Edmeston Copy Share Image
“My life is like a memento more painting from European art: there is always a grinning skull at my side to remind… — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
Come boldly, 'O believer, for despite the whisperings of Satan and the doubtings of thine own heart, thou art greatly beloved. — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
Reason! how many eyes hast thou to see evils, and how dim, nay, blind, thou art in preventing them. — Philip Sidney Copy Share Image
I suppose it would be really alarming to an artist to play in a concert and see everybody just watching. — John Hughes Copy Share Image
I knew nothing about martial arts. The coach told me I was talented with learning martial arts, and put me in a… — Jet Li Copy Share Image
Every day, through engagement in the arts, our children learn to open their imagination, to dream just a little bigger and to… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
“Artists are people with a genius for finding a new answer, a new connection, or a new way of getting things done.… — Seth Godin (Author Copy Share Image
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