Artists, by definition innocent, don't steal. But they do borrow without giving back. — Ned Rorem Copy Share Image
I hate all that woozy political and psychotherapeutic crap applied to books and art. — Dave Hickey Copy Share Image
A work of art doesn't dare you to realize it. It germinates and gestates by itself. — John Huston Copy Share Image
Anytime an artist puts your name in a song, it's unbelievable. It never gets old. — Dwyane Wade Copy Share Image
It's only when you abandon your ambitions that they become possible. — Thomas Keneally Copy Share Image
“An artist's role is to make you realize the doom and glory of knowing who you are and what you are.” — James Baldwin Copy Share Image
“If the Peony flower is not number one in your heart…I’m sure it’s not too far down your list of favorite blooms!” — Chantal Larocque Copy Share Image
It's a constant quest to push the bar and work in films that allow me to prove what I can do as… — Tamannaah Copy Share Image
When I'm in a session with an artist, my job is to help execute their vision - so it's whatever story they're… — Justin Tranter Copy Share Image
The art of reading consists in remembering the essentials and forgetting non essentials. — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
The difference between art about death and actual death is that one's a celebration and the other's a dull fact. — Damien Hirst Copy Share Image
“Cinema is the ultimate pervert art. It doesn't give you what you desire - it tells you how to desire.” — Slavoj Žižek Copy Share Image
I grant you that the artist does not see Nature as she appears to the vulgar, because his emotion reveals to him… — Auguste Rodin Copy Share Image
If the artist does not fling himself, without reflecting, into his work, as Curtis flung himself into the yawning gulf, as the… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
Rock n' roll was my art school. For many people from working-class backgrounds, rock wasn't a chosen thing, it was the only… — Chris Rea Copy Share Image
I don't have to work on it. I'm naturally a writer. The rapping and writing, they can go hand-in-hand - but rapping… — Lupe Fiasco Copy Share Image
“The artist tries to show reason in experience and appearance – and lyric is the daily appearance, the commonplace dress, of reason.… — Edward Bond Copy Share Image
When musical theatre is working and people are really connecting with the characters, and then the music adds that strong emotional element,… — Stephen Schwartz Copy Share Image
The condition of the theater is always an accurate measure of the cultural health of a nation. A play always exists in… — Edward Albee Copy Share Image
To approach a city, or even a city neighborhood, as if it were a larger architectural problem, capable of being given order… — Jane Jacobs Copy Share Image
Architects, sculptors painters, we all must return to the crafts! For art is not a 'profession.' There is no essential difference between… — Walter Gropius Copy Share Image
