Architecture approaches nearer than any other art to being irrevocable because it is so difficult to get rid of. — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
Art is the free expression of the artist and they tried to stop us from expressing ourselves, our art. — Marilyn Manson Copy Share Image
Poetry lies at the centre of the literary experience because it is the form that most clearly asserts the specificity of literature. — Jonathan Culler Copy Share Image
The ideal artist is he who knows everything, feels everything, experiences everything, and retains his experience in a spirit of wonder and… — George Bellows Copy Share Image
Any musician who can stop may be a musician, but they're no artist. If it's in your blood, it can't stop flowing. — Paul Westerberg Copy Share Image
People who make films don't think they have any obligation to help bring (perpetrators) to justice. They are only interested in art,… — Efraim Zuroff Copy Share Image
Our photographs are filthier and our stories are more disgusting. We make no effort to be artistic. — Al Goldstein Copy Share Image
To think about love and passion and political correctness all together, it doesn't work. Art has to go way past the political… — Louise Erdrich Copy Share Image
I was making my work as transparent as possible, without equivocations, without calling attention to itself, without apology. There's a lot of… — Raymond Pettibon Copy Share Image
I didn't feel comfortable as an executive. I felt comfortable around artists and record producers... and then I found my niche: I… — Jimmy Iovine Copy Share Image
I'm all for CM Punk becoming a part of the organization. I think his background and training in martial arts, he should… — Frank Mir Copy Share Image
“The good painter has to paint two principal things, man and the intention of his mind,” he wrote. “The first is easy… — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
To be an artist, you don't have to compose music or paint or be in the movies or write books. It's just… — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
By Liberty I understand the Power which every Man has over his own Actions, and his Right to enjoy the Fruits of… — Cato the Younger Copy Share Image
Football really was my salvation in high school. For some kids it's art. For some it's music. For me, it was strapping… — Rudy Ruettiger Copy Share Image
The awesome thing about lettering - which is different from many forms of art - is that you can actually see your… — Jessica Hische Copy Share Image
“I don’t know anyone but television assassins and serial killers who’ve perfected the art of sounding deadly over the telephone as well… — Adrianne Brooks Copy Share Image
If I set out to sculpt a standing man and it becomes a lying woman, I know I am making art. — Henry Moore Copy Share Image
There's a lack of creativity in every field because people are afraid. As an artist in this world we can do whatever… — Kanye West Copy Share Image
I would like to assure those who would serve Daridranarayana that there is music, art, economy and joy in the spinning wheel. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
I think that there is always room for improvement so I am seeking to reach as far as I can in my… — St. Lucia Copy Share Image
Just as the science and art of agriculture depend upon chemistry and botany, so the art of education depends upon physiology and… — Edward Thorndike Copy Share Image
The world I feel, within the realm of art, is more genuine than the wrorld of matter. Artistic feeling is not tape… — Gu Cheng Copy Share Image
I am all about the arts and whenever I go to New York, London or Sydney I check out the latest plays,… — Shibani Dandekar Copy Share Image
Some art needs to be hung on the wall and stared at inquisitively, while other pieces require a more active approach. — Anthony Fantano Copy Share Image
Fate wings, with every wish, the afflictive dart, Each gift of nature, and each grace of art. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Imagination guides you in your contacts with individuals and crowds, so you can discover new concepts and approaches. — Wilferd Peterson Copy Share Image
The task of art today is to bring chaos into order. Artistic productivity is the capacity for being voluntarily involuntary. — Theodor Adorno Copy Share Image
“I am the proud indentured servant of a brilliant art adviser who may or may not have purposely stapled my index finger… — Sloane Crosley Copy Share Image
I need my 'art work' or 'entertainment work' or whatever to have empathy for or connection to the way I experience the… — Oneohtrix Point Never Copy Share Image
“To know how to avoid the cliche, to know what tradition you are pushing forward, begins with knowing what that tradition is.” — Blake Snyder Copy Share Image
In many respects, theater is still grappling with problems of reality and representation that the visual art movement realized were unimportant many… — Tim Crouch Copy Share Image
I have learned to master the art of being different and to prove that it has nothing to do with the color… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There's something retro about the pop culture references in the paintings, so I'd imagine it's not as much a pop culture reference… — Joe Bradley Copy Share Image
In a secularising world, art has replaced religion as a touchstone of our reverence and devotion. — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
'Honey' was the first song I wrote where I was really enjoying myself again after questioning the idea of being an artist. — Robyn Copy Share Image
All of the generations go to what is chic for them, and theater seems to be an older generation's art form. — Estelle Parsons Copy Share Image
My whole life has been nothing more than a continuous struggle against Reaction and the death of art. — Pablo Picasso Copy Share Image
The master swordsman isn't interested in killing people. He only wants to perfect his art. — Helen DeWitt Copy Share Image
Creativity and artistic endeavors have a mission that goes far beyond just making music for the sake of music. — Herbie Hancock Copy Share Image
