In spite of all the refinements of society that conspired to make art the dizzying perfection of the string quartet or the… — Anne Rice Copy Share Image
The power of beauty at work in man, as the artist has always known, is severe and exacting, and once evoked, will… — Lawren Harris Copy Share Image
Music, the most abstract and uncanny art, is an eternal river of sound moving through time. We can free ourselves from whatever… — William Westney Copy Share Image
“A pat on the back to an artist now could one day result in your favorite film, or the cartoon you loved… — Kevin Smith Copy Share Image
“You’re the Dentonville High art teacher?” She couldn’t help feeling defensive at his derisive tone. “Yes, and I love my job.” “Do… — Sara Daniel Copy Share Image
Understand that this art has been created by few soldiers in Vietnam to escape or reach: and this is the spirit I'd… — David Belle Copy Share Image
There must be a judicious arrangement of all the parts. Considered conversely, the artist's task is to fill his panel with a… — Walter J. Phillips Copy Share Image
As rich as you think some of us are, for every $18.99 CD you buy, the artist usually sees a toonie or… — Steven Page Copy Share Image
I could play it safe by recording songs that are familiar, but am I expanding myself as an artist by doing covers?… — Donny Osmond Copy Share Image
Our job is to get out of the way of ourselves and let the art flow through us. We need to stop… — Kyle Cease Copy Share Image
“Art, she said, is more nuanced than life. If a teacher is lecturing and looking out of smudged windows, smeared with obscenities… — Clark Blaise Copy Share Image
I have a suspicion that a lot of artists are trying to get a laugh but, unlike stand-ups, they don't get an… — Arthur Smith Copy Share Image
“Shadow! or Spirit! Whatever thou art, Which still doth inherit The whole or a part Of the form of thy birth, Of… — George Gordon Byron Copy Share Image
I feel more a part of the wrestling community than I feel I belong to the community of arts and letters. Why?… — John Irving Copy Share Image
We are fighting the greatest battle of all time with the most untrained army on earth. If strict discipline is necessary in… — Vance Havner Copy Share Image
Tacked above my desk are photos of artists I admire - Hopper, Sargent, Twain - and postcards from beloved bookstores where I've… — J. R. Moehringer Copy Share Image
“Happy people don’t create anything, their world is one without art and music and skyscrapers, without discoveries and innovations. All leaders, all… — Fredrik Backman Copy Share Image
When I was sixteen and knew nothing about art, I sat through almost six hours of Andy Warhol’s Empire. I did not… — Uta Barth Copy Share Image
For the young generation, when they see that there is a film director from Cambodia to go on to be nominated, for… — Rithy Panh Copy Share Image
When I started, I was an artist; I wanted to be an artist. I became an actor almost by accident. I acted… — Robert Redford Copy Share Image
I feel like the point of being an artist is to have your own voice: to do it the way you would… — Jason Robert Brown Copy Share Image
Be it sculpture, poetry, or narrative fraught with terrible insight... art does endure. It troubles and pleases, inspires, and reminds us that… — Stephanie Mills Copy Share Image
“I think there's a story inside every one of us and we all have different talents that allow us to tell our… — Susan Rushmore Copy Share Image
“The task of art is to transform what is continuously happening to us, to transform all these things into symbols, into music,… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
I came into having an artist's career in this very sheepish and directionless way. It's hard to explain, but I was 18… — Porter Robinson Copy Share Image
Business schools do most things very well. They are just not comprehensive and what they miss are things like culture and creativity… — Grant David McCracken Copy Share Image
I have a preference for writing that deals with domestic issues; even in visual art, I like work that focuses on very… — Carol Windley Copy Share Image
“Poe would certainly have applauded Walter Pater’s assertion that ‘all art continuously aspires to the condition of music’ – to that ideally… — Edgar Allan Poe Copy Share Image
“It is natural to care for those who have cared for us, but at the point a man has been dead a… — Joshua Gibbs Copy Share Image
A work of art is an abstract or epitome of the world. It is the result or expression of nature, in miniature.… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“Compared with that of a great artist, the friendliness of a great nobleman, however charming it may be, seems like play-acting, like… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
There's so much in this world that I want to do that I don't want to pigeonhole myself into one thing. I… — Darby Allin Copy Share Image
“The heart of Stepping on the Sword, something used principally in the martial arts, is that even with bows and firearms, you… — Miyamoto Musashi Copy Share Image
Agreeing on the "why" takes all the romance out of everything, takes all the seduction. Seduction used to be an art. Now… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
In an ever-changing technological landscape, where today's platforms are not tomorrow's platforms, the key seems to be that any one of these… — Ze Frank Copy Share Image
Art is humanity's most essential, most universal language. It is not a frill, but a necessary part of communication. The quality of… — Ernest L. Boyer Copy Share Image
Violence must be inflicted once for all; people will then forget what it tastes like and so be less resentful. Benefits must… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
What can be more foolish than to think that all this rare fabric of heaven and earth could come by chance, when… — Jeremy Taylor Copy Share Image
I always encourage my young clients just starting to create a home, to buy at least one piece of investment furniture, or… — Hilary Farr Copy Share Image
In '68 I was 13 years old, so I was a child, but I felt a lot of excitement in listening to… — Ludovico Einaudi Copy Share Image
