“Insofar as believing artists claim this big biblical story as their own, their overall bodies of their work ought to convey its… — David K. Naugle Copy Share Image
Suttree stood among the screaming leaves and called the lightning down. It cracked and boomed about and he pointed out the darkened… — Cormac McCarthy Copy Share Image
The complete and definitive work of art is created beyond one's individuality... ...The universal transcends such a level. Mere spontaneity has never… — Theo van Doesburg Copy Share Image
They say that art should stand the test of time. Life lasts a limited amount of time. Mountains and trees and earth… — Anna Deavere Smith Copy Share Image
My father had wanted to be a commercial artist. He got as far as being a photographer in the army in World… — David Salle Copy Share Image
“In his landscapes, Alex expresses the totality of everything in the universe. At the same time, within each leaf, each drop of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Now sexual obsessions are the basis of artistic creation. Accumulated frustration leads to what Freud calls the process of sublimation. Anything that… — Salvador Dali Copy Share Image
I have a lot of tattoos. My first tattoo I had when I was a teenager was just a little heart. I… — Marc Jacobs Copy Share Image
The costume designer designing clothes that helped the comedy in The Proposal, that sold the character. Each and every detail was so… — Sandra Bullock Copy Share Image
I think both of my parents are unique in the way they don't live their lives as celebrities. They're both artists, first… — Zoe Kravitz Copy Share Image
From the union of power and money, from the union of power and secrecy, from the union of government and science, from… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
The refusal to be creative is an act of self-will and is counter to our true nature. When we are open to… — Julia Cameron Copy Share Image
MAC is truly at the forefront of trendsetting, which reminds me every time I see a MAC campaign or the incredible looks… — Lisa Copy Share Image
There is always some accident in the best things, whether thoughts or expressions or deeds. The memorable thought, the happy expression, the… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Whatever you do as an artist, people have to have an experience. It's not about the details or the wrong note or… — Nils Frahm Copy Share Image
I think when something becomes a comfortable genre, it's against what street art stood for in the beginning - breaking out of… — M.I.A Copy Share Image
Unlike Etsy, which is all handmade, we print and ship the products, not the designers. We relieve the designer from having to… — Mariam Naficy Copy Share Image
“The site of his thinking and writing was a small office wedged in one corner of his shaggy house, on whose door… — Jennifer Egan Copy Share Image
On the other hand, the artist has much to do in the realm of color construction, which is so little explored and… — Robert Delaunay Copy Share Image
I often told the fanatics of realism that there is no such thing as realism in art: it only exists in the… — Antoni Tapies Copy Share Image
In the world's history certain inventions and discoveries occurred of peculiar value, on account of their great efficiency in facilitating all other… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
“Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art, like the universe itself (for God did not need to create). It has no survival… — C.S. Lewis Copy Share Image
I don't know what the definition of pornography is and nobody else does either. Pornography is somebody else's erotica that you don't… — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
“Only those who commit to following their own artistic path can look back and see this issue in clear perspective: the real… — David Bayles Copy Share Image
“True, I'd never met him. And true, he was a fictional character. But he also was what people needed him to be:… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
Dancing is a very living art. It is essentially of the moment, although a very old art. A dancer's art is lived… — Martha Graham Copy Share Image
I'm a contemporary artist with a bit of an unexpected background. I was in my 20s before I ever went to an… — Shea Hembrey Copy Share Image
I think there's a time and a place, but not everything has to be redone or remade. Because then you're missing out… — Da'Vine Joy Randolph Copy Share Image
I was an art history major and I really love art. I wanted to give them artist names. 'The Ninja Turtles' happen… — Hilaria Baldwin Copy Share Image
I think people would actually be surprised by what we put out. Unfortunately the shadow that the original founders cast was that… — Todd McFarlane Copy Share Image
Such movies are always a danger...falling in love is something most adults have actually experienced...The theme is universal and encourages...unhealthy comparisons...why can't… — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
Nordenson describes wrestling with work as with a large force that wants to have its way with you, even as you want… — Luci Shaw Copy Share Image
By day, Venice is a city of museums and churches, packed with great art. Linger over lunch, trying to crack a crustacean… — Rick Steves Copy Share Image
Even the wisest man grows tense With some sort of violence Before he can accomplish fate, Know his work or choose his… — William Butler Yeats Copy Share Image
In fact, the influence of Schoenberg may be overwhelming on his followers, but the significance of his art is to be identified… — Maurice Ravel Copy Share Image
“The game is getting old, and I don’t know if it’s because I’ve mastered the art of it, or if I just… — Kris Kidd Copy Share Image
I never liked the whole thing about pictures with the artists. You look back at an Elvis Presley record, and you don't… — Chris Blackwell Copy Share Image
The art of drawing conclusions from experiments and observations consists in evaluating probabilities and in estimating whether they are sufficiently great or… — Antoine Lavoisier Copy Share Image
I do not enjoy the promotional side of being a writer, to be blunt about it. Even with the little amount that… — Rachel Kushner Copy Share Image
What I mean is I'd rather be a Burt Bacharach figure, where if I did gigs there'd be other people there singing… — Nick Heyward Copy Share Image
