The artist can within limits make what he likes of his life... It is only the artist, and maybe the criminal, who… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
A lawyer art thou? Draw not nigh! Go, carry to some fitter place The keenness of that practised eye, The hardness of… — William Wordsworth Copy Share Image
“Only art as meditation reminds people so that they will never forget that the most beautiful thing a potter produces is...the potter.” — Matthew Fox Copy Share Image
I've decided that art is a habit-forming drug. That's all it is, for the artist, for the collector, for anybody connected with… — Marcel Duchamp Copy Share Image
I want more of my favorite artists or more of the guy that makes the anthems. I want more. — DJ Khaled Copy Share Image
Each moment calls for a different stylistic essence and a different sense of impact, and mastery of this balance is an art… — Nina Garcia Copy Share Image
The art of good decision making is looking forward to and celebrating the tradeoffs, not pretending they don't exist. — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Painting is an extension of man's means of communication. As such, it's pure, difficult, and wonderful. — Sidney Nolan Copy Share Image
I get ticked off a lot because I don't think she [Faith Hill] gets the respect she deserves. I tell her all… — Tim McGraw Copy Share Image
But some great records are are being made with today's technology and there are still great artists among us. Likewise there are… — Tony Visconti Copy Share Image
Something about music urges us to engage with its larger context, beyond the piece of plastic it came on-it seems to be… — David Byrne Copy Share Image
Bond is actually my dream role. Only because it was the film I watched with my grandfathers and father from a very… — Aneurin Barnard Copy Share Image
“Read as little as possible in the way of aesthetics and criticism - it will either be partisan views, fossilized and made… — Rainer Maria Rilke Copy Share Image
Throughout history, works of art have been stolen under mysterious circumstances...Said by some to be the work of "Phantom" thieves... ...Others dismiss… — Yukiru Sugisaki Copy Share Image
Art of course survives on the walls of private dwellings and corporate offices, but it 'dies' in the sense of losing its… — Julian Young Copy Share Image
Real artists find answers. The knowledge of the artisan is within the confines of his skills. For example, I know a lot… — Krzysztof Kieslowski Copy Share Image
God put a secret art into the forces of Nature so as to enable it to fashion itself out of chaos into… — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
Ya know it doesnt bother me because what people dont understand is like when Ime myself, when I go in the studio,… — J Dilla Copy Share Image
Sometimes two artists wanna work together, but it doesn't mean it's gonna happen, because you have to find the right idea. — David Guetta Copy Share Image
Art isn't about drawing; it's about learning to see. What organization doesn't need this ability? — Edwin Catmull Copy Share Image
“Art is long, life is short. Unless your funding is f%$ked, in which case all our days are numbered.” — Whoopi Goldberg Copy Share Image
All these years, I have handpicked my films. It was passion and love for the art that made me do films. — Nithya Menen Copy Share Image
The purpose of art is always, ultimately, to give pleasure - though our sensibilities may take time to catch up with the… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
Should # graffiti be judged on the same level as modern art? Of course not: It's way more important than that — Banksy Copy Share Image
The arts teach children that problems can have more than one solution and that questions can have more than one answer. — Elliot W. Eisner Copy Share Image
Art - my slats! Guts! Guts! Life! Life! I can paint with a shoe-string dipped in pitch and lard. — George Luks Copy Share Image
The difference between famous creators and struggling artists is that the creators know that improving the lives of others deserves the highest… — Alan Cohen Copy Share Image
In my early days, I was about 145 pounds. I was really a starving artist; the poster child for starving artists. — Creed Bratton Copy Share Image
“TIMING TOAST Grook on how to char for yourself There's an art of knowing when. Never try to guess. Toast until it… — Piet Hein Copy Share Image
I started in Martial Arts with my father when I was 4 years old. I guess I started because my two older… — Duke Roufus Copy Share Image
It's a blessing to have people who love the art that you make and who are inspired by the art you create… — Anthony Ramos Copy Share Image
As long as there are musicians who have a passion for spontaneity, for creating something that's never been before, the art form… — Charlie Haden Copy Share Image
Art is creative for the sake of realization, not for amusement... for transfiguration, not for the sake of play. — Max Beckmann Copy Share Image
Leadership is the science of giving life to your goal and the art of making people see and aspire for it. — Tasneem Hameed Copy Share Image
“All Art is a gift of the Holy Spirit. When this light shines thru the mind of a musician, it manifests itself… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We must be vigilant in sharing our stories and our truths as queer parents of color at every chance we get if… — Karamo Brown Copy Share Image
Wasn't the whole point of being an artist, or at least part of it, that you didn't have to wear a tie? — Meg Wolitzer Copy Share Image
Music itself was color-blind but the media and the radio stations segregate it based on their perceptions of the artists. — Anthony Kiedis Copy Share Image
Art gives life to what history killed. Art gives voice to what history denied, silenced, or persecuted. Art brings truth to the… — Carlos Fuentes Copy Share Image
The most important thing for anyone, I think, is to be engaged, whether you're an artist or a journalist is to be… — Billy Bragg Copy Share Image