“Look at this one.” I picked up a small painting of a man with dark hair and a short, dark beard. He… — Laura Anderson Kurk Copy Share Image
“{ Miller, who was president of American Federation of Musicians, had this to say about Robert Ingersoll at his funeral } On… — Owen Miller Copy Share Image
I think there's a kind of built-in arrogance to anyone who considers themself an artist. They want to feel as though like… — Sylvester Stallone Copy Share Image
Twentieth-century art may start with nothing, but it flourishes by virtue of its belief in itself, in the possibility of control over… — Al Alvarez Copy Share Image
I believe that arts education is necessary for promoting creativity and nurturing student's talents, and I encourage all students to continue exploring… — Al N. Green Copy Share Image
I went to an Arts High School, so everyone there was kind of anti-clique, though they still happened. I guess I was… — Finn Wittrock Copy Share Image
Free speech is essential to education, especially to a liberal education, which encourages the search for truths in art and science. If… — Norman Dorsen Copy Share Image
“Become a great artist. That is the only way to justify what you are doing to everyone's life.'... I did not understand… — Chaim Potok Copy Share Image
“In my hands is power. The power to hear or to destroy. To grant life or to cause death. I revere this… — J.D. Robb Copy Share Image
You don't own art. What does that mean? We are trustees of art. Art is in transit with us. That is why… — Pierre Berge Copy Share Image
“How can we expect to know everything about God?" He looked at me, his eyes narrowing. "I call that ambiguity," I said.… — Chaim Potok Copy Share Image
Artists don't always know. Almost every song I ever recorded that was a hit at the majors that the promotional people picked… — Roy Ayers Copy Share Image
Americans might not understand, but within Korea, Big Bang was one of the first artists to make their own production. We have… — G-Dragon Copy Share Image
“I knew that my trauma, no matter what it was, was not unique. I knew that pain was the universal driving force… — Lydia Lunch Copy Share Image
I had to jump around in the arts for a while just to survive. I earned a little money here and there,… — Alan Arkin Copy Share Image
Aestheticism is a search after the signs of the beautiful. It is the science of the beautiful through which men seek the… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
In college I had to major in something, so I was like, "Okay I like art history, so I will major in… — Walter Martin Copy Share Image
I get really self-conscious about people staring at me. It sounds so weird. As a performer, as an artist, these should be… — Sam Smith Copy Share Image
“And I submit that this is what the real, no-shit value of your liberal arts education is supposed to be about: How… — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
Was there a reason behind it? There would be no point in asking Zaphod, he never appeared to have a reason for… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
A good painter has two main objects to paint, man and the intention of his soul. The former is easy, the latter… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
Sure we girls can wear pants now, and vote, and go to college, have a bank account, get a job that is… — Cecil Castellucci Copy Share Image
Dancing and building are the two primary and essential arts. The art of dancing stands at the source of all the arts… — Havelock Ellis Copy Share Image
The performance of Carnatic music is multi-dimensional and layered. A performance is at once an artiste's cathartic process of personal exploration and… — Sid Sriram Copy Share Image
The artist, surgeon, through clay form, can only look for cure with great obstinacy until he discovers, repeatedly, that love is god's… — Jabra Ibrahim Jabra Copy Share Image
Creativity is so delicate a flower that praise tends to make it bloom while discouragement often nips it at the bud. Creativity… — Alex Faickney Osborn Copy Share Image
The world is not kind to whistleblowers - a term of art with particular resonance in football, the most hierarchical and repressive… — Jane Leavy Copy Share Image
It cannot be emphasized too strongly that art, as such, does not "pay," to use an American expression - at least, not… — Antonin Dvorak Copy Share Image
I think artists are aware that talking gives a songwriter so much material. If they just tell us what's happening, it's so… — Julia Michaels Copy Share Image
I am not so bad, actually, at doing my own makeup, so for more low-key events, I'll do my own, but for… — Devon Windsor Copy Share Image
When we finished [training with my wife] we came to St. Paul, because St. Paul was the first place where we got… — Warren MacKenzie Copy Share Image
I remember one time in my junior year, in my art class, our teacher had us doing, like, finger paints, and I… — CC Sabathia Copy Share Image
“In the hierarchy, the artist faces outward. Meeting someone new he asks himself, What can this person do for me? How can… — Steven Pressfield Copy Share Image
The art (as opposed to the technology) of reading requires that you develop a beautiful tolerance for incomprehension. The greatest books are… — Michael Silverblatt Copy Share Image
We poets don't tend to be certain a lot. Much of our art is made out of our own uncertainty. And there… — Sam Hamill Copy Share Image
Every project might only sell like 30 to 50,000, but I mean, I'm getting seven, eight dollars every CD. I make more… — Freddie Gibbs Copy Share Image
When I joined, I was one of the first artists to sign on to the Motown West label when they opened their… — Thelma Houston Copy Share Image
I always say it takes three weeks to know a character and three months to own it. And I think that's probably… — Brian Stokes Mitchell Copy Share Image
ART, n. This word has no definition. Its origin is related by the ingenious Father Gassalasca Jape as "One day a wag… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
The word 'star' is misused. A good film will never fail. And if you have become an actor to become a star,… — Varun Dhawan Copy Share Image