I write because it gives me the greatest possible artistic pleasure to write. If my work pleases the few I am gratified.… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
I think that the whole experience of living, breathing, thinking, and being lost in wonderment is, for me, that of being an… — Tony Shafrazi Copy Share Image
REPLICA, n. A reproduction of a work of art, by the artist that made the original. It is so called to distinguish… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
Relax. Knowing when to work and when to rest is key ... Allow your body to rejuvenate and be happy with who… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Being a kid with black skin in South Central Los Angeles, in a part of the world where opportunity didn't necessarily knock… — Kehinde Wiley Copy Share Image
An artist is a provincial who finds himself somewhere between a physical reality and a metaphysical one. It’s this in-between that I’m… — Federico Fellini Copy Share Image
A total work of art is only possible in the context of the whole of society. Everyone will be a necessary co-creator… — Joseph Beuys Copy Share Image
There has never been a book like this. At once a poetics of place, a work of deep history, a bildungsroman, and… — Melissa Holbrook Pierson Copy Share Image
The Carlyle Group is the most politically connected investment firm in the world. The company has mastered the art of influence peddling… — William Hartung Copy Share Image
The great thing about cinema is that it's a great binder. It brings people from across the world together, often erasing the… — Priyanka Chopra Copy Share Image
The discoveries of science, the works of art are explorations-more, are explosions, of a hidden likeness. The discoverer or artist presents in… — Jacob Bronowski Copy Share Image
Jackie Chan is a very good comedy/martial arts star. He does one kind of martial arts that Jet Li doesn't know how… — Jet Li Copy Share Image
A real artist may create his picture in a lonely desert... gods look over his shoulder; he creates in their company. What… — Rudolf Steiner Copy Share Image
Country music is a form letter. You fi ll in the blanks. You move from one broken heart to the next one… — Ben Mink Copy Share Image
The names of great painters are like passing-bells: in the name of Velasquez you hear sounded the fall of Spain; .in the… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
It's not like since I make comics I only read comics and since I make movies I will only go out and… — Marjane Satrapi Copy Share Image
“Meaning in art isn’t the same as meaning in science. The meaning of the second law of thermodynamics, so long as the… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
If you're an artist or someone creative, it's all about cheap rent and not having to work for a living. That's what… — Richard Prince Copy Share Image
“And I'll go even further and say that mathematics, this art of abstract pattern-making — even more than storytelling, painting, or music… — Paul Lockhart Copy Share Image
I've never been what they call a 'pure gallerist.' I find that somewhat pretentious, honestly - I'm an art dealer. I like… — Larry Gagosian Copy Share Image
“You want your art to be hip and seem cool to people, but a great deal of what passes for hip or… — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
“If we don't have pictures in our minds when we read, then it is the interaction of ideas - the intermingling of… — Peter Mendelsund Copy Share Image
I like to read and listen to music and go for walks and travel and see art. I enjoy cooking and eating… — James Spader Copy Share Image
Growing up in Middlesbrough [in England], I listened to artists like Chuck Berry, Little Richard, and Howlin' Wolf. It was like another… — Paul Rodgers Copy Share Image
Originally this was the most important thing about martial arts - to reach a higher level, to become a strong human being.… — Tsutomu Ohshima Copy Share Image
“The word 'brand' makes me shudder because of its links to commercialism and selling out. But the truth is that because great… — Rod Judkins Copy Share Image
There are a lot of great technicians in advertising. And unfortunately they talk the best game. They know all the rules ...… — William Bernbach Copy Share Image
Perhaps the best reason for regarding mathematics as an art is not so much that it affords an outlet for creative activity… — Morris Kline Copy Share Image
“As they moved from exhibit to exhibit like reluctant tourists in some artist's studio, Buffin sat on a stool with his limbs… — M. John Harrison Copy Share Image
If professional religious leaders can [no longer] instruct..., our artists and creative writers can perhaps step into this priestly role and bring… — Karen Armstrong Copy Share Image
I have a set of images that go around the world in an art gallery installation. Each of them have different audiences,… — Tim Hetherington Copy Share Image
Do you realize that people don't know how to read Kafka simply because they want to decipher him? Instead of letting themselves… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
[We often] criticize the people on TV: 'He just can't act.' 'You call that singing?' ... We get jealous not because we're… — Young-Ha Kim Copy Share Image
As far as I can tell, there are two kinds of poets: those who want to tell stories and sing songs, and… — Simon Armitage Copy Share Image
Art is the pure realization of religious feeling, capacity for faith, longing for God. ... The ability to believe is our outstanding… — Gerhard Richter Copy Share Image
To listen fully means to pay close attention to what is being said beneath the words. You listen not only to the… — Peter Senge Copy Share Image
You have to have conviction and completely question everything and anything you do. No matter how much you study, no matter how… — Maya Lin Copy Share Image
Only 10 percent of people who go to art school will still be making art in 10 years. To some extent, you… — Jeffrey Brown Copy Share Image
After my kids were born I found myself incorporating my photography into different art endeavors and from there it just blossomed. I… — Angela Cartwright Copy Share Image
“Her books on alchemy were marvellous objects, every page a work of the engraver's art, but they nowhere contained instructions like "Be… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
![“Growing up in Middlesbrough [in England], I listened to artists like Chuck Berry, Little Richard, and Howlin' Wolf. It was like another world. Something happened to me when I heard that music. It leapt out of the speakers and went straight into my heart. And I thought, "Right, that's what I'm…” quote by Paul Rodgers](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/3a1/paul-rodgers-4957_another-world_growing-up-in-middlesbrough-in-england-i_2603186.jpg)
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