“The art of being wise is the art of knowing that solutions don’t come from individuals, but rather experiences.” — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
We have no obligation to make history. We have no obligation to make art. We have no obligation to make a statement.… — Don Simpson Copy Share Image
Merely corroborative detail, intended to give artistic verisimilitude to an otherwise bald and unconvincing narrative. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
In art, theories are as useful as a doctor's prescription; one must be sick to believe them. — Maurice de Vlaminck Copy Share Image
I believe there is little to gain by exchanging opinions with other artists concerning either the ideology of art or technical methods. — Yves Tanguy Copy Share Image
Art has a double face, of expression and illusion, just like science has a double face: the reality of error and the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“If you were to create a piece of art, what would the subject be? I haven't met her yet. :)” — Amie Kaufman Copy Share Image
The world around us is in a sea change, and I think the glory of art is that it cannot only survive… — Robert Redford Copy Share Image
The true poem is not that which the public read. There is always a poem not printed on paper,... in the poet's… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
The philosophic spirit of inquiry may be traced to brute curiosity, and that to the habit of examining all things in search… — William Winwood Reade Copy Share Image
If conversation be an art, like painting, sculpture, and literature, it owes its most power charm to nature; and the least shade… — Henry Theodore Tuckerman Copy Share Image
Her mother, Laurie Simmons, is a contemporary artist, and my stepmother, Cindy Sherman, is a photographer, so they've known each other forever.… — Gaby Hoffmann Copy Share Image
“In fact, there is an axiom of martial arts training that everyone ought to know: The way you train is the way… — Renzo Gracie Copy Share Image
I embrace the middle ground, because curiously it has more edge to it than the cutting edge. It has been a weirdly… — Grayson Perry Copy Share Image
There are risks in the sheer brevity of Twitter, and it's actually quite an elegant art reducing what you have to say… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
I really liked Glasgow. I really liked living there for a year. It's a very fun city, and it has a lot… — Sonoya Mizuno Copy Share Image
The rule I stand by as an artist is definitely be yourself, and don't make music just for other people: make it… — Stefflon Don Copy Share Image
“When you judge your art with number of likes you get in response to it, you're killing the artist within, and giving… — Sameer Khan Copy Share Image
“I’m not on a diet. I’m on a journey with Jesus to learn the fine art of self-discipline for the purpose of… — Lysa TerKeurst Copy Share Image
I feel like all the artists that I really love, they've had a strong contingent of people who really hate their work… — Girl Talk Copy Share Image
“Imagine! In each of us lies the potential to do superhuman things. Feats of great physical daring, art, science. The ability to… — Peter Lerangis Copy Share Image
My becoming an actor wasn't planned. My interest always lied in sports such as football, martial arts, gymnastics and dance. — Tiger Shroff Copy Share Image
Hung-up women can't produce anything but mediocre art, and there ain't no room for mediocre art. — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
We should self-examine and talk about things like our own white privilege and these phony senses of being an artist. — Geoff Rickly Copy Share Image
You are just as qualified as any expert to make a judgment and have a feeling or a response to any work… — Bill Viola Copy Share Image
Wind is the loving Wooer of waters; Wind blends together Billows all-foaming. Spirit of man, Thou art like unto water! Fortune of… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
The work of art itself is . . . a vibrant, magical, and exemplary object which returns us to the world in… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
“In Europe, being an artist is a form of behavior; in America, being an artist is an excuse for a form of… — William Faulkner Copy Share Image
The job of the artist is not to resolve or beautify, but to hold complexities, to see and make clear. — Toi Derricotte Copy Share Image
Due to my work as a musician, songwriter, recording artist and author, hundreds of people stream in and out of my basement… — Dan Hill Copy Share Image
Anger and jealousy's all that he sells us, he's content when you're under his thumb. Madmen oppose him, but your kindness throws… — Bob Dylan Copy Share Image
It is difficult in life to be good, and difficult in art to portray goodness. Perhaps we don't know much about goodness. — Iris Murdoch Copy Share Image
To be an artist is to take responsibility for the world's destiny. You shape it by your vision. — Laurence Gartel Copy Share Image
I believe in limitations. I think the worst art ever made - in my opinion, because it's all so subjective - is… — Fred Armisen Copy Share Image
I think that other people covering my work is really exciting... Im really open to that kind of thing because I think… — Tori Amos Copy Share Image
“Today, “crossover” has become the golden word of the age. Crossover is based, in fact, on the model used for the development… — Renee Fleming Copy Share Image
I think our sensibility is not modernist anymore, that is, sensibility of people who are interested in art and literature. — Louis Menand Copy Share Image
Every piece of art will be if it's lucky enough to be dug up, if there's anything to dig up. — Pat Steir Copy Share Image
I'm aware of the other drag artists with makeup lines, and I celebrate them. The pie is big and there's room for… — Willam Belli Copy Share Image
It is not enough that the artist should be well prepared for the public. The public must be well prepared for what… — Hector Berlioz Copy Share Image
