“Expectation. That is the true soul of art. If you can give a man more than he expects, then he will laud… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
I just believe in collaboration. I mean, I've written songs on my own, you know, but I think if the artist has… — Max Martin Copy Share Image
When I went through the break-up, I really looked for some kind of music, or art or literature that could say, "I've… — Jens Lekman Copy Share Image
Even if 80 percent of the population of a country are Christian believers, they will have almost no cultural influence if the… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
There have been a lot of hip-hop artists who have made a difference to people's lives, spreading the message of the struggle… — Ali Shaheed Muhammad Copy Share Image
I know from my own experience that great films and great actors can have a really big influence on you. There is… — Sally Hawkins Copy Share Image
People think, "Wow, people in America have so much money, they're sending hundreds of pencils to this guy." I don't think those… — David Rees Copy Share Image
Every artist wants to feel like they're still valid in a contemporary way. But you can't be so arrogant not to think… — Dennis DeYoung Copy Share Image
Ads and logos are our shared global culture and language, and people are insisting on the right to use that language, to… — Naomi Klein Copy Share Image
When they invented the Steadicam, every movie had to have a fight in a stairwell. Whenever there's a new thing, it's abused… — Robert Zemeckis Copy Share Image
Johnny Cash was the champion of the voiceless, the underdogs and the downtrodden. He was also something of a holy terror, like… — Kris Kristofferson Copy Share Image
Some popular quotations smell of airless closets. They exhale the stale imagination of the intellectual lower middle class. "Suspension of disbelief" has… — Rudolf Arnheim Copy Share Image
If you're an artist, it's great to have a knowledge of the business and be educated about that, but you've got to… — Gugu Mbatha-Raw Copy Share Image
I went to Art College and during the summer I made a movie with my brother. I got hold of a little… — Ridley Scott Copy Share Image
Every work of art has its necessity; find out your very own. Ask yourself if you would do it if nobody would… — Ernst Haas Copy Share Image
The gift of imagination is by no means an exclusive property of the artist; it is a gift we all share; to… — Leonard Bernstein Copy Share Image
I had to learn to think, feel, and see in a totally new fashion, in an uneducated way, in my own way,… — Henry Miller Copy Share Image
Zen is the enemy of analysis, the friend of intuition. The Zen artist understands the ends of his art intuitively, and the… — Tom Hoover Copy Share Image
To be honest with you, I dont really feel any different as a person. I dont live my life any differently. I… — Matthew Bomer Copy Share Image
The most authentic Russian Impressionism leaves one perplexed if one compares it with Monet and Pissarro. Here, in the Louvre, before the… — Marc Chagall Copy Share Image
Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler. A man should look for what is, and not for what he thinks… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
“The best-laid schemes o' mice an' men Gang aft agley, An' lea'e us naught but grief an' pain For promised joy! Still… — Robert Burns Copy Share Image
“You are perfectly justified in scoffing at the outrageous transparency of it if I tell you that his wife said that he… — Gilbert Sorrentino Copy Share Image
[Shahrazad] had perused the books, annals and legends of preceding Kings, and the stories, examples and instances of by gone men and… — Richard Francis Burton Copy Share Image
Despite the persistent image of the architect as a heroic loner erecting monumental edifices through sheer force of will, the building art… — Martin Filler Copy Share Image
Art is actually based on the notion that if you would really celebrate an idea or a principle, you must think, you… — Maya Deren Copy Share Image
My relationship to photography growing up was like, the idea of photojournalism or newspapers - it's far less art or marketing. It… — RaMell Ross Copy Share Image
Poetry, unlike music, is a meta-art, and relies upon non-physical structures for the production of its effects. In its case, the medium… — Don Paterson Copy Share Image
“Note to myself - It is time for me to start taking my guitar lessons. One of my neighbor's singing and guitar… — Avijeet Das Copy Share Image
When I am trying to understand the method of winning in the endgame with two bishops against the knight, chess is a… — Ashot Nadanian Copy Share Image
Movies are about time. You can take that momentum and manipulate time as well, or you can deliberately slow it down, stop… — Danny Boyle Copy Share Image
“- Vidite, umetnik, to je "sumnjivoo lice", maskiran čovek u sumraku, putnik sa lažnim pasošem. Lice pod maskom je divno, njegov rang… — Ivo Andrić Copy Share Image
That is what I seek, to essay interesting and challenging characters, which develop me as an actor and at a personal level… — Anupriya Goenka Copy Share Image
I didn't know Michael Heizer until I was preparing for my "Earthworks" show in 1968, and somebody called and told me to… — Virginia Dwan Copy Share Image
I feel a kinship to the idea of beloved stories and beloved pieces of art that we can imagine in different ways… — Karyn Kusama Copy Share Image
When we talk about contemporary art and contemporary artists, we usually imagine artists who are alive. But I feel very uncomfortable about… — Yasumasa Morimura Copy Share Image
I have been involved in music since 1972 when I started managing two artists from The Jimi Hendrix Band. My family has… — Earl Monroe Copy Share Image
Everybody has his own great ideas about what my art should be. But I can do whatever I like and there aren't… — Raymond Pettibon Copy Share Image
As we lose our vagueness about ourself, our values, our life situation, we become available to the moment. It is there, in… — Julia Cameron Copy Share Image
Art begs you to notice it. Why? Because art is God's way of saying hello. So pay attention to poetry. Pay attention… — Neale Donald Walsch Copy Share Image
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