I've always had standards about writing well. There is art in this business. There is potentially great art. — Gay Talese Copy Share Image
Consumers have always found ways to copy art, from dubbing cassette tapes and VHS to recording a special remix off the radio… — Jason Johnson Copy Share Image
If you can say a thing with one stroke, unanswerably you have style; if not, you are at best a marchande de… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
All art is a kind of exploring. To discover and reveal is the way every artist sets about his business. — Robert J. Flaherty Copy Share Image
No matter how incredible you are as a person, as an artist, if you have all these negative people around you, it's… — Jackson Wang Copy Share Image
I would much rather watch myself than listen to myself. The moving is second nature, but the listening... that's the art. — Bette Midler Copy Share Image
An artist... must actively caress wonder: for fascination, like the desire to play, can be eradicated by the rigors of living. — Eric Maisel Copy Share Image
I'm inspired by many things, from landscapes to textiles. Art and architecture always influence my design process. — Francisco Costa Copy Share Image
Every underground artist has that little chip on his shoulder, like "I'm stuck here, and I'm trying to get out of this… — Chamillionaire Copy Share Image
“By keeping on being what we most intimately are, we can continually redefine ourselves so that we become what we have not… — Anne Truitt Copy Share Image
I think art has a right — not an obligation — to be difficult if it wishes. And, since people generally go… — Geoffrey Hill Copy Share Image
It was never going to be easy transitioning from a band to being a solo artist but I accepted that right from… — Darren Hayes Copy Share Image
“I do not feel that artists have to spend hours a day to keep their technic efficient. If that were the case… — Gregor Piatagorsky Copy Share Image
People value makeup differently. Some people see makeup as an artistic expression, some people use makeup as a boost of confidence. I… — Bretman Rock Copy Share Image
“You will never make a good impression on other people until you stop thinking about what sort of impression you are making.… — C.S. Lewis Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, we played a jump rope game called double Dutch - where you had to jump over two… — Chris Gardner Copy Share Image
The prime motivation in making almost any film is success, because film is the art form of the 20th century. — Charlton Heston Copy Share Image
They'll sell you thousands of greens. Veronese green and emerald green and cadmium green and any sort of green you like; but… — Pablo Picasso Copy Share Image
I'm overflowing with stories, delighted and quite mad with the beauty and tragedy of them. — Katharine Susannah Prichard Copy Share Image
The Socratic demonstration of the ultimate unity of tragic and comic drama is forever lost. But the proof is in the art… — George Steiner Copy Share Image
What is saved in the cinema when it achieves art is a spontaneous continuity with all mankind. — John Berger Copy Share Image
My idea is that there is music in the air, music all around us; the world is full of it, and you… — Edward Elgar Copy Share Image
“Modern man has lost the sense of wonder about the unknown and he treats it as an enemy.” — Laurens van der Post Copy Share Image
An artist is someone who cannot rest, who can never rest as long as there is one suffering creature in the world. — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
That has been my outlet and a way to provide for my child - writing songs for myself and for other artists. — Jamie Lynn Spears Copy Share Image
I was very sickly as a kid and had a lot of allergies, so martial arts gave me the chance to feel… — Dolph Lundgren Copy Share Image
I completely take on the risk, the poker game, which being an artist means, and I'm going to try to make a… — Antonio Banderas Copy Share Image
Labels are curators of taste, and the best ones know how to monetize what an artist is trying to do. — El-P Copy Share Image
I actually got into music because of art and because of skateboarding: All those graphics and punk bands and fanzines - they… — Alison Mosshart Copy Share Image
I make art primarily for myself and to show my friends so I guess it's important to make art that they can… — Marcel Dzama Copy Share Image
When my body, my energy is low, it's hard for me to be a good husband, hard for me to be a… — Trip Lee Copy Share Image
I am trying to make art that relates to the deepest and most mythic concerns of human kind and I believe that,… — Judy Chicago Copy Share Image
Only the bad artists of the nineteenth century were frightened by the invention of photography; the good ones all welcomed it and… — Kenneth Clark Copy Share Image
Art that arises out of the inner landscape, and is connected to our lived experience, illuminates the darkness and heals the soul. — Daria Halprin Copy Share Image
A common sense of humour and a love of music is really important, as I love all types of music. You name… — Adam Rodriguez Copy Share Image
“Any work of art," said her grandfather,"must achieve sainthood before we set it free to roam in the world.” — Jane Urquhart Copy Share Image
“In the history of mankind, the fine art of killing one another in a civilized and uniformed manner has been elusive.” — Richard Marsden Copy Share Image
It's easy to say "This year in art sucked." After all, about 85 percent of all shows of contemporary art are bad.… — David Edelstein Copy Share Image
Completing a piece of art and using all of the elements of making a film, was satisfying, for sure. — Robert Stromberg Copy Share Image
It is imperative that the artist reveal through the medium in which he is happiest, what he sees, thinks and feels about… — Franklin Carmichael Copy Share Image
