The first sight of Degas' pictures was the turning point of my artistic life. — Mary Cassatt Copy Share Image
A foolish picture I live in disgust, degradation being eaten by lust. — Ozzy Osbourne Copy Share Image
I don't think I am a soul singer and definitely don't think that I am a country artist by any stretch. — Anderson East Copy Share Image
A painting which does not take its inspiration from the heart is nothing more than futile juggling. — Caspar David Friedrich Copy Share Image
When your principal artists deliver convincing performances, the film's quality is elevated. — Mani Ratnam Copy Share Image
I wasn't sure I was an artist, so I thought maybe I just was throwing ideas out for people to consider. — Jenny Holzer Copy Share Image
Did you know Richard Nixon is the only president whose formal portrait was painted by a police sketch artist? — Johnny Carson Copy Share Image
Every happening, great and small, is a parable whereby God speaks to us, and the art of life is to get the… — Malcolm Muggeridge Copy Share Image
Good new songs are the backbone of the music industry. There isn't an artist out there who could survive without hit songs. — Kara DioGuardi Copy Share Image
People think that the big companies make songs and their artists just release it. It's not like that. — Henry Lau Copy Share Image
It is not without trepidation that I have appropriated the codes of the Sublime and the Picturesque in my work. After all,… — John Pfahl Copy Share Image
“True perfection seems imperfect, yet it is perfectly itself. True fullness seems empty, yet it is fully present. True straightness seems crooked.… — Lao Tzu Copy Share Image
For me, that's one of the best validations as an artist. To have a stranger come up to you and say that… — Sarah McLachlan Copy Share Image
Poetry is - it's an art form, but, to me, it's also a weapon, it's also an instrument. It's the ability to… — Amanda Gorman Copy Share Image
"Black culture" is ready for whatever. I sense some momentum and excitement around black artists (especially in comedy, which is where most… — Baratunde Thurston Copy Share Image
These pictures possibly give rise to questions of political content or historical truth. Neither interests me in this instance. And although even… — Gerhard Richter Copy Share Image
“No artist desires to prove anything. Even things that are can be proved. No artist has ethical sympathies. An ethical sympathy in… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
It's a good feeling to be at a place where you know who you are as an artist. I didn't know back… — Tiffany Villarreal Copy Share Image
