When I went to Standing Rock, it opened my mind, as did going to Indian reservations and speaking to kids about music… — Taboo Copy Share Image
I wouldn't consider myself an outsider artist because I have a university degree in painting. — Marcel Dzama Copy Share Image
I think people have come to expect that in artistic representation; that every work of art should be a work of extravagant… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
I watched films growing up, but no more than the next guy, really. Working on 'Hugo' made me appreciate cinema and the… — Asa Butterfield Copy Share Image
The only thing worse than a silly politician analyzing art is a silly artist analyzing politics — Jonathan Alter Copy Share Image
The art of art, the glory of expression and the sunshine of the light of letters, is simplicity. — Walt Whitman Copy Share Image
Poetry gets to be the poetry of life by successfully becoming first the poetry of poetry. — John Hollander Copy Share Image
I was not interested in irony; I wanted to emphasize the primacy of the idea in making art — Sol LeWitt Copy Share Image
The detachment of the artist is kind of creepy. It's kind of rude, and yet really it's where art comes from. It's… — Lorrie Moore Copy Share Image
Once we know the plot and its surprises, we can appreciate a book's artistry without the usual confusion and sap flow of… — Michael Dirda Copy Share Image
“For ignorance is the first requisite of the historian──ignorance, which simplifies and clarifies, which selects and omits, with a placid perfection that… — Lytton Strachey Copy Share Image
I stand between two worlds. I am at home in neither, and I suffer in consequence. You artists call me a bourgeois,… — Thomas Mann Copy Share Image
"Contemporary art" for me is a kind of historical term that describes the 40 years between the Berlin Wall going up and… — Liam Gillick Copy Share Image
“Chess teaches the Clausewitzian concepts of “center of gravity” and the “decisive point”—the game usually beginning as a struggle for the center… — Henry Kissinger Copy Share Image
As an artist who performs on the stage, I try to express my feelings and convey my inner thoughts through the looks… — Lee Tae-min Copy Share Image
Some of my favorite artists are Jason Mraz, Eric Hutchinson, Ben Folds, Bruno Mars, Mumford and Sons, Maroon 5 - their vibe… — Grant Gustin Copy Share Image
Degenerates are not always criminals, prostitutes, anarchists and pronounced lunatics; they are often authors and artists — Max Nordau Copy Share Image
“What if you start to think of your art in terms of sales, too? Can you still be true to yourself?” — Kevin Emerson Copy Share Image
I was about 6 or 7, I would have said I wanted to be an actor and an artist. And that just… — Todd Haynes Copy Share Image
The art and culture that is New York, communications, finance, all these things help make up New York. The rest of the… — David Dinkins Copy Share Image
The real question is what to live for. And I can't answer it. Except another one of your records. And another chance… — Lester Bangs Copy Share Image
A standard line, promoted by people like Clement Greenberg, is that politics contaminates art, and Manet is often cited as an example… — Hans Haacke Copy Share Image
We got a chance to represent Black country artists for younger Black kids who want to do country but don't feel anyone… — Jimmie Allen Copy Share Image
I think it's exciting because it pushes you harder to write a great song. Even for established artists, it has to be… — Nina Nesbitt Copy Share Image
Lose something every day. Accept the fluster of lost door keys, the hour badly spent. The art of losing isn't hard to… — Elizabeth Bishop Copy Share Image
I'm not in a competition with any other artist, anything that's goin' on - I'm strictly competing with myself. — Joe Budden Copy Share Image
I am a commercial artist because I paint to earn a living. We who earn money from what we produce are all… — Jack White Copy Share Image
Speak the truth, do not yield to anger; give, if thou art asked for little; by these three steps thou wilt go… — Confucius Copy Share Image
There's definitely some sort of dissent brewing between labels, publishing companies and artists. A lot of it has to do with older… — Sean Parker Copy Share Image
When a record company makes a mistake, the artist pays for it. When a manager makes a mistake, the artist pays for… — Robert Fripp Copy Share Image
I can never fathom it when people say things like "I can't understand abstract art!" Or: "Abstract art is junk!" Or: "Abstract… — Derek R. Audette Copy Share Image
But why I cry out against Rubens is because he painted undressed people instead of naked ones. — E. M. Forster Copy Share Image
“The birders I encountered in books and in the world shared little in common except this simple secret: if you listen to… — Kyo Maclear Copy Share Image
The artist's business requires an involvement in practically everything... The total scope of information he receives day after day is of concern. — Hans Haacke Copy Share Image
If you have the opportunity for your art to meet activism, you shouldn't pass that up when it comes your way. — Regina King Copy Share Image
I just happened to be Latino, and like any artist, I was trying to forge a career. If I opened doors for… — Jose Feliciano Copy Share Image
I have lots of different interests. Any of my friends will know I'm interested both in science and in art. — Ann Makosinski Copy Share Image
I don't like to treat a piece of clothing like an object of art because I don't consider myself an artist. I'm… — Frida Giannini Copy Share Image
I believe that sensory pleasure should take precedence over intellectual pleasure in art and architecture. — Bernard Rudofsky Copy Share Image
I hope martial artists are more interested in the root of martial arts and not the different decorative branches, flowers or leaves. — Bruce Lee Copy Share Image
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