“The paradox is that some of the most artistically valuable contemporary photographs are content with being photographs, are not under the same… — Geoff Dyer Copy Share Image
I got my first camera when I was 21 - my boyfriend gave it to me for my birthday - but at… — Carrie Mae Weems Copy Share Image
“I don't think immediate tragedy is a very good source of art. It can be, but too often it's raw and painful… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
“I don't believe art is meant to be economical. Art is adventurous, sloppy and hugely imaginative. What I look at is hitting… — Kevin Max Copy Share Image
“As with art, first impressions are not rigid or carved in stone. Rather they are agile and adaptable, depending on the inspiration,… — Susan C. Young Copy Share Image
Some of my peers are artists who are at the same level as I am and have been getting paid more than… — Nadine Shah Copy Share Image
To a degree which is difficult to determine, the esoteric impulse in twentieth-century music, literature and the arts reflects calculation. It looks… — George Steiner Copy Share Image
I think it's almost a unique control that artists can have now more than they ever did, I think if you don't… — Lizzy Plapinger Copy Share Image
I never considered myself an Americana artist, but I'm a huge fan of old-time music from the States, the recordings that were… — Will Sheff Copy Share Image
“I remember once, in talking to Mr. Burne-Jones about modern science, his saying to me, ‘the more materialistic science becomes, the more… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Revolt is the violence of an entire people; rebellion the unruliness of an individual or an uprising by a minority; both are… — Octavio Paz Copy Share Image
If I want to pursue the art of painting - or music or writing or sculpture - it requires only my time… — Orson Welles Copy Share Image
“She thought of all the people in all the paintings she had seen that day, not just Father's, in all the paintings… — Susan Vreeland Copy Share Image
If you look at all the artists I've ever worked with, I'm still blessed enough to have one of the biggest singles… — Sean Garrett Copy Share Image
Nowadays I see my work being used, without my permission, as if it was an attack against the Trump regime. People want… — Alfredo Jaar Copy Share Image
Technology is 50% of rock 'n' roll - the magic, the art, the performance. If you don't have good technicians and a… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
When state funding for Irvine public schools began to diminish some time ago, my Irvine Company colleagues helped me to provide private… — Donald Bren Copy Share Image
I liked the sport of martial arts because I loved anything that involved contact, conflict or collision. But as a young kid,… — Brad Tavares Copy Share Image
It is time for writers to admit that nothing in this world makes sense. Only fools and charlatans think they know and… — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
“The male frog, in mating season," said Crake, "makes as much noise as it can. The females are attracted to the male… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
The fact that I'm a woman is as important to my work as a poet as the fact that Ahmad Shāmlu was… — Simin Behbahani Copy Share Image
My mother was a very big inspiration. She loved fashion. I loved art in school, and I was very good at drawing.… — Nina Garcia Copy Share Image
My father has a golden voice and sings beautifully. So does my brother, and my sister pursues dance as well. Love for… — Ananya Birla Copy Share Image
All art is at once surface and symbol. Those who go beneath the surface do so at their peril. Those who read… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
I was an art student when I was a boy, and as an art student you don't have to talk to anyone… — Roger Rees Copy Share Image
Labels only confuse people. The smarter people recognize artists who transcend categories. But I always try to entertain. It's in my nature;… — John Shirley Copy Share Image
“Film is more than the twentieth-century art. It’s another part of the twentieth-century mind. It’s the world seen from inside. We’ve come… — Don DeLillo Copy Share Image
Some of our most powerful works of art have been produced by older Americans-by hands that have engaged in years of hard… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
There are some very powerful contributions to knowledge in the scientific world or the legal world, but art is singular. That's why… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
“What I saw at Yale I have continued to see at campuses around the country. Everybody looks extremely normal, and everybody looks… — William Deresiewicz Copy Share Image
I'm a member of the National Trust. I absolutely love architecture, history, geography, the arts and culture. Oh, and I love gardens.… — Limahl Copy Share Image
I feel like a lot of artists these days are going out with being a feminist and making it cool, and being… — Zara Larsson Copy Share Image
“I'm beginning to see that there's a difference between art that trusts beauty's simple power to point people to God and Christian… — Ian Morgan Cron Copy Share Image
“No art takes places without inspiration. Every artist also needs effective knowledge of his or her tools (e.g., does a certain brush… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Nowadays, if you're a great artist, you don't have to leave the house, which is a really big difference. You're closer to… — Russell Simmons Copy Share Image
When I have a creative block, I take walks. I like to see what shapes stick out - so many legs rushing… — Caio Fonseca Copy Share Image
“I'm that person passing through time, as big as Universe as small as a grain, while my memories kept me intact in… — Kanan Alibayov Copy Share Image
“Art is the conscious making of numinous phenomena. Many objects are just objects - inert, merely utilitarian. Many events are inconsequential, too… — K.J. Bishop Copy Share Image
“It was yet another example of Jobs consciously positioning himself at the intersection of the arts and technology. In all of his… — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
My father was very sure about certain matters pertaining to the universe. To him all good things-trout as well as eternal salvation-come… — Norman Maclean Copy Share Image
