I teach a graduate photo seminar at Yale, and I sometimes feel so overwhelmed by the task the students set before themselves… — Laurie Simmons Copy Share Image
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No matter how humble your work may seem, do it in the spirit of an artist, of a master. In this way… — Orison Swett Marden Copy Share Image
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Tink is the voice of the youth. I'm not one of those artists who talks about unrealistic things or fairy tales. I'm… — Tink Copy Share Image
I was doing something that the officials or art commission probably didn't consider important... I was experimenting with different kinds of realistic… — E. J. Hughes Copy Share Image
That's what [Frank] Sinatra did. He was the first artist to come out in a major way against anti-Semitism and racial bigotry.… — Robert Davi Copy Share Image
Human beings are created with empathy. Art serves that purpose. So why should I be disinterested in a character who's a man,… — Evelyne Brochu Copy Share Image
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Generally, when a record label suggests album ideas for you, you smile politely, and then proceed to shoot it down, because it's… — John Scofield Copy Share Image
Country music was a part of my life. Now it isn't. We had a good relationship, really, but we wanted each other… — K. D. Lang Copy Share Image
Mastering the art of resilience does much more than restore you to who you once thought you were. Rather, you emerge from… — Carol Orsborn Copy Share Image
If someone like Karl Rove had wanted to neutralize the most creative, intelligent, and passionate members of his opposition, he'd have a… — John Perry Barlow Copy Share Image
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In order to create, we draw from our inner well. This inner well, an artistic reservoir, is ideally like a well stocked… — Julia Cameron Copy Share Image
I was quite a shy kid, but I was quite funny at school, and I was really into art. In our class,… — Noel Fielding Copy Share Image
Some imaginations help to break the bondage of the rest. The whole universe is imagination, but one set of imaginations will cure… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
A lot of my work has been about stuff I've been frightened of: cliffs, explosions, meteorites, that kind of stuff. I would… — Cornelia Parker Copy Share Image
Remember always, in painting as in eloquence, the greater your strength, the quieter will be your manner, and the fewer your words;… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
They shaved my head, eyebrows. This is not a sci-fi picture. It's not a fantasy picture. You're dealing with something that's supposed… — Rick Yune Copy Share Image
I've never been that person to fake it, and say what everyone else wants you to say. Then you never have anything… — Miley Cyrus Copy Share Image
Perhaps it's the artist in me, but most days, I try to reflect the atmosphere my spirit is breathing in and let… — Amanda Warren Copy Share Image
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Although we read with our minds, the seat of artistic delight is between the shoulder blades. That little shiver behind is quite… — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
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Artists in general never stay in the same place, we keep growing. It's still you, you still have that core that you… — John Legend Copy Share Image
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When I see 16 year-olds waiting for me, I just want to spank them and give them guitars and tell them to… — Courtney Love Copy Share Image
History is driven, over the long haul, by culture - by what men and women honor, cherish, and worship; by what societies… — George Weigel Copy Share Image
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Being a talented artist is good, it's nice, but it's not the most important thing. I think being a good storyteller, having… — Bill Plympton Copy Share Image
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