“That’s too much power for one man to wield, too much temptation. The easier we make it to kill, the less time… — Lindsay Buroker Copy Share Image
What one seems to want in art, in experiencing it, is the same thing that is necessary for its creation, a self-forgetful,… — Elizabeth Bishop Copy Share Image
People forget that boxing is the art of self-defence - ideally, hit and not be hit - and maybe we should all… — Amir Khan Copy Share Image
When I got into art school, I thought it was paradise. I wanted to be an artist so much that I was… — Sean Scully Copy Share Image
You have to be polite with your friends and your family, but in your art, it's important to not be polite. — Lisa Yuskavage Copy Share Image
I'm not a film snob at all. I much prefer a really good Hollywood blockbuster than a thought-provoking art house movie because… — Ricky Gervais Copy Share Image
Prejudice renders a man's virtue his habit, and a series of unconnected arts. Though just prejudice, his duty becomes a part of… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
Trust is everything between two artists, or between subject and artist. You have to have trust or nothing good will come out… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
“And as the recession continues and our prospects look bleaker and bleaker, I’m excited. I look to the past to see what… — Sarra Manning Copy Share Image
Like William Morris, Joe Hollis asks us to perceive paradise gardening as a juncture where artfulness directly serves life. In fact, we… — Jim Nollman Copy Share Image
Time after time have nations, ay, and rich and strong nations, learned in the arts, been, and passed away to be forgotten,… — H. Rider Haggard Copy Share Image
Some people have been kind enough to call me a fine artist. I've always called myself an illustrator. I'm not sure what… — Norman Rockwell Copy Share Image
I feel like the downfall of any person is the second an artist starts celebrating their work themselves, that becomes problematic. And… — Questlove Copy Share Image
At first he who invented any art that went beyond the common perceptions of man was naturally admired by men, not only… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Ere long the most valuable of all arts will be the art of deriving a comfortable subsistence from the smallest area of… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
The desire to please is maligned, unfairly. There are many sides to it. First of all, pictures have to arouse interest before… — Gerhard Richter Copy Share Image
When we go all over the world and observe art therapy, it's used frequently with people who are having some kind of… — Karen Pence Copy Share Image
I like the confusion you get between science and religion … that’s where belief lies and art as well. — Damien Hirst Copy Share Image
American ballet... is ultimately an evolutionary art form, requiring many voices to creatively carry forward. — Justin Peck Copy Share Image
Seeing various aspects of the secret state and surveillance state echoes a long tradition in art of looking at the sublime. — Trevor Paglen Copy Share Image
“Art manifests itself in paradoxical ways. At times it creates and at times it gets created!” — Avijeet Das Copy Share Image
There are many tremendous artists that never make it. Talent is not enough if no one sees, hears and tastes your work. — apl.de.ap Copy Share Image
Music is my number one, it's my life, it's my everything. I'm enjoying challenging myself; I want to raise the bar and… — Ricki-Lee Coulter Copy Share Image
Art is to me the glorification of the human spirit, and as such it is the cultural documentation of the time in… — Hans Hofmann Copy Share Image
I've been slagged off completely by the art world and I don't know whether fancy being slagged off by the literary world… — Tracey Emin Copy Share Image
The thing I hate about mixed martial arts is that it's no longer a sport. It's a big-money business, and it's an… — Tyron Woodley Copy Share Image
Our society and media have lost touch with the job of the artist. The job of the artist has been subordinated to… — Terence Trent D'Arby Copy Share Image
I think, as an artist, part of your job is being aware of what's going on around you and not selling out… — Tyler Farr Copy Share Image
Songwriting is a mysterious art. When I sit down to write a song, the end result should be mysterious and have this… — Martin Gore Copy Share Image
The real artist while he paints does not think of the sale, only of the need to make a beautiful living thing. — Irving Stone Copy Share Image
The art form is to become one with the hurdle, to make it your friend, and I embraced that process. — Renaldo Nehemiah Copy Share Image
I would have enjoyed playing some county cricket and learning my art that way, but I never had any ambitions at all… — Steve Smith Copy Share Image
Whether I'm painting or not, I have this overweening interest in humanity. Even if I'm not working, I'm still analyzing people. — Alice Neel Copy Share Image
The artist performs only one part of the creative process. The onlooker completes it, and it is the onlooker who has the… — Marcel Duchamp Copy Share Image
“Really, we shouldn't neglect the study of idleness so criminally, but make it into an art and a science, even into a… — Friedrich Schlegel Copy Share Image
There's been enough building of fences with labels trying to categorize artists, limiting artists' ability to be themselves. — Mannie Fresh Copy Share Image
A dubbing artiste does a lot of repair work for an artiste who doesn't naturally speak the language they are acting in. — Chinmayi Copy Share Image
It is probable that both in life and in art the values of a woman are not the values of a man. — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
The world is a king, and like a king, desires flattery in return for favor; but true art is selfish and perverse… — Ludwig van Beethoven Copy Share Image
“Creativity is a fragile, delicate flower, which must be cautiously cared for and protected, from the harsh elements of "human weather.” — ELLE NICOLAI Copy Share Image
