Opera is an extremely disciplined art form, and every excess a singer indulges in has a direct effect on the voice. — Beverly Sills Copy Share Image
Writers who teach tend to prefer literary theory to literature and tenure to all else. Writers who do not teach prefer the… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
I think art is the ability to change people with your work, to see things as they are and then create stories,… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Actors in general are pretty good bullshit artists; we're good at just chewing the fat, interacting with people. So we're good ambassadors… — John C. Reilly Copy Share Image
To be a songwriter-singer means the songs come from deep within, and you treat them as an artist, with that much respect.… — Roy Orbison Copy Share Image
From 1940 to the present, the art world - and particularly Los Angeles - has undergone a transformation not unlike the Italian Renaissance. — Jeffrey Deitch Copy Share Image
When I get compared to artists like Jose Gonzalez or Bon Iver, I can't help but think, "I've been doing this since… — Mark Kozelek Copy Share Image
Madness is the absolute break with the work of art; it forms the constitutive moment of abolition, which dissolves in time the… — Michel Foucault Copy Share Image
Every movement that slays its gods creates new ones, of course. I loathe talk of the sixties and seventies being a 'Greatest… — Jerry Saltz Copy Share Image
I feel that as artists - whatever your medium is - I feel that we're watching what goes on around us and… — Miguel Copy Share Image
The minority who actually loves its work seems to be made up chiefly of the writers, dancers, actors and other artists, most… — Robert Anton Wilson Copy Share Image
I believe art prefers rules. For some artists, the worst thing you can do is say 'Do whatever you want.' Such permission… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Lady Gaga, Beyonce, Rihanna, all of these artists that we do love - you see so much of what we do, the… — BeBe Zahara Benet Copy Share Image
Casals says music fills him with the wonder of life and the 'incredible marvel' of being a human. Ives says it expands… — Richard Riley Copy Share Image
The more you love your art/ calling/ enterprise, the more important its accomplishment to the evolution of your soul, the more you… — Steven Pressfield Copy Share Image
My week is full-tilt boogie. I wake up every morning, and the singular thought in my head is that maybe today is… — Lyor Cohen Copy Share Image
All painting, no matter what you are painting, is abstract in that it's got to be organized. — David Hockney Copy Share Image
The best musicians or sound-artists are people who never considered themselves to be artists or musicians. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The details are the very source of expression in architecture. But we are caught in a vice between art and the bottom… — Arthur Erickson Copy Share Image
Savages and modern artists are alike strangely driven to create something uglier than themselves. but the artists find it harder. — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“... food is not simply organic fuel to keep body and soul together, it is a perishable art that must be savoured… — E.A. Bucchianeri Copy Share Image
My interest in art must have started with my Catholic upbringing. Art was everywhere: churches with its paintings, sculptures, stained glass, textiles,… — Cheech Marin Copy Share Image
For just as some women are said to be handsome though without adornment, so this subtle manner of speech, though lacking in… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Music is made by individuals. Some artists will be very politically overt in their songs, some will be more subtle. You have… — Win Butler Copy Share Image
“The notes I can handle no better than many pianists. But the pauses between the notes-ah, that is where the art resides.” — Artur Schnabel Copy Share Image
Art is so subjective--it means something different to every person. The important thing for it to do is to touch on the… — Michelle Malone Copy Share Image
If an artist is any good at all, then he or she will have a later phase that's more interesting than the… — Clive James Copy Share Image
Kanye West is inspirational. He expresses such a strong vision beyond music, beyond fashion - it's art. He sn't afraid to push… — Olivier Rousteing Copy Share Image
I have a more direct avenue to expression as an artist than I ever would as a politician. — Serj Tankian Copy Share Image
“The great martial artist Bruce Lee had once commented, “If someone comes at you with a sword, run if you can. Kung… — Douglas E. Richards Copy Share Image
I was always in dance and performing arts school. All of my schools were performing arts. I'm the one that, like, turns… — Hennessy Carolina Copy Share Image
Since I was a kid, music has been a huge part of my life. My parents had a pretty solid vinyl collection… — Reid Scott Copy Share Image
The highest duty of the writer, the composer, the artist, is to remain true to himself and to let the chips fall… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
“Cooking was a passion and sometimes a serious art form, to be shared with a select few.” — Isabel Vincent Copy Share Image
I would advise young artists to paint as they can, as long as they can, without being afraid of painting badly. — Claude Monet Copy Share Image
A proof of really great art is that it is generally true - it seldom falls into the misapprehensions to which minor… — Lafcadio Hearn Copy Share Image
Art has always got more and more extreme, and it will continue to get more and more extreme. — Marco Pirroni Copy Share Image
I want to learn martial arts," he said docilely, "so when I want to kill someone, I can do something about it. — Neil Strauss Copy Share Image
I suggest that it is the honesty of the attempt to recreate the forms and spaces visually without artistic editing that is… — Philip Pearlstein Copy Share Image
I was always interested in dance as a creative art and traditionally dance is taught as an interpretive art. — Jack Waters Copy Share Image
