The man who tells the tale if he has a tale worth telling will know exactly what he is about and this… — William Golding Copy Share Image
I always felt that my work hadn't much to do with art; my admirations for other art had very little room to… — Lucian Freud Copy Share Image
“I mention these ritual dances, this ritual drama, this bridge between art and life, because it is things like these that I… — Jane Ellen Harrison Copy Share Image
I have wanted to be a fine artist painter, and I reached the point in art schools were I'd like to understand… — John Hench Copy Share Image
I was brought up in a way that was based purely on the senses. Everything in my upbringing was a reaction to… — Stella McCartney Copy Share Image
I'd say, in some ways, I'm very Bengali. I have a love of the arts - dance, music, visual arts - which… — Tiya Sircar Copy Share Image
“Initially, I feel expansive when I try something new, and then contract as soon as I encounter difficulty or the unknown. I… — Susan Ariel Rainbow Kennedy (SARK Copy Share Image
A lot of young girls don't realise how diverse the career opportunities are in games development. Many think that you need elite… — Rhianna Pratchett Copy Share Image
Kiss the hand of him who can renounce what he has publicly taught when convicted of his error, and who, with heartfelt… — Johann Kaspar Lavater Copy Share Image
Artists have been used over and over again since the early 1980s as the legitimizers of a neighborhood in New York. And… — Sharon Zukin Copy Share Image
The art of negotiation is perhaps what most deeply distinguishes man from the animals, and it is this art and this will… — Harry Martinson Copy Share Image
“Wherever Reformed convictions gained a foothold, there was a revival of classical learning and interest in the arts and sciences—not only among… — Michael S. Horton Copy Share Image
The crews that are going to be self-produced are going to make the great albums, as opposed to making these mix-tapes, these… — El-P Copy Share Image
“It is a cruel, ironical art, photography. The dragging of captured moments into the future; moments that should have been allowed to… — Kate Morton Copy Share Image
I love the discipline. I love the schedule of pushing your body to an extreme and getting it to a particular type… — Jessica Biel Copy Share Image
Non-Russian readers do not realize two things: that not all Russians love Dostoievsky as much as Americans do, and that most of… — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
The most obvious ones inspiring me are probably women in political life. There are also many women in artistic endeavors, but if… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
“Some part of me knew that I could play this part well, or better than well. But I was almost afraid to… — J. B. Cheaney Copy Share Image
“Kung Fu, like any art, is a practical affair, not just a question of gathering knowledge. In other words, one becomes proficient… — Wong Kiew Kit Copy Share Image
Being a fan of science fiction, I collect a lot of science fiction art work and so if you go to my… — Len Wiseman Copy Share Image
You are only an actor if you absolutely love it and can not do anything else. Starving for your art is great… — James Avery Copy Share Image
More often than not, the fans really gravitate towards who's on the cover as opposed to how it's drawn or how it's… — Jim Lee Copy Share Image
I ended up at Tufts because I fell in love with its unique theater program and because I wanted to go to… — Josh Gates Copy Share Image
What happens when an art form becomes ambiguous, I think, is that the standards are lowered. You can say anything is jazz.… — Stefon Harris Copy Share Image
“Early in this century a group of passionate artists in Russia claimed that the essence of art was to make the familiar… — Sueellen Campbell Copy Share Image
The first movie I was when I was around 16 or 17. It was a hard-core drama, artistic movie. I had never… — Shira Haas Copy Share Image
For me, I was in school and I pushed myself to be a good student, just because that's the type of person… — Misty Copeland Copy Share Image
“He who overcomes will inherit all this, and I will be his God and he will be My son. But the cowardly,… — Michael L Brown Copy Share Image
Mastering the art of aloneness doesn't mean living in isolation or never needing the love, support, and involvement of others. It means… — Lauren Mackler Copy Share Image
For me, there has always been a disconnect with the sort of elitist structure of the high-art world - and my distaste… — Shepard Fairey Copy Share Image
This has always been my plan and my vision, to build a strong team and build artists like Glock. I always knew… — Young Dolph Copy Share Image
“There is a lot to life beyond the computer screen. There is food and music and art and friendship and talking and… — Bob Hoffman Copy Share Image
For millions of women and men around the world, the playwright Eve Ensler is a beloved figure. She represents the epitome of… — Jackson Katz Copy Share Image
Aesthetic life is not something sophisticated - that's a humanistic lie. Aesthetic life is as integral to being human as building sandcastles… — Calvin Seerveld Copy Share Image
My whole family is in the arts some way or the other. My father was a cellist in a symphony outside Chicago… — Jason Graae Copy Share Image
“I have a friend who's an artist and has sometimes taken a view which I don't agree with very well. He'll hold… — Richard P. Feynman Copy Share Image
Too much me is annoying under any circumstance, but too much me in an essay, however personal, would mar the art. My… — Charles D'Ambrosio Copy Share Image
“I have always loved art and am an aspiring painter, and in early years when I was struggling to find a style,… — Bob Schieffer Copy Share Image
The one object of fifty years of abstract art is to present art-as-art and as nothing else, to make it into the… — Ad Reinhardt Copy Share Image
The photograph of the Queen sitting stiffly across the table from Glasgow resident Susan McCarron is so natural and expressive that it… — Amanda Foreman Copy Share Image
