The creatives, they want to connect with people. These artists, the clothing designers, they want to connect with people the same way… — Kanye West Copy Share Image
I believe as musicians and artists we have an obligation to our souls. What that is? Only each one of us knows.… — Narada Michael Walden Copy Share Image
Experiment is necessary in establishing an academy, but certain principles must apply to this business of art as to any other business… — Robert Menzies Copy Share Image
Art does not organize parties, nor is it the servant or colleague of power. Rather, the work of art becomes a political… — Lewis Hyde Copy Share Image
After touring with David Bowie last year, I was inspired to look at what I wanted to do as an artist, and… — Emm Gryner Copy Share Image
The goal of the martial arts is not for the destruction of an opponent, but rather for self-growth and self-perfection. The practice… — Dan Inosanto Copy Share Image
Not only does art imitate life but life imitates art. Perhaps we not only learn about life from stories, perhaps we make… — Ramona Koval Copy Share Image
“Almost exactly five hundred years ago, a tormented soul named Michelangelo built a very narrow bridge in the middle of the air… — Benjamin Blech Copy Share Image
“I really believe that there is an invisible red thread tied between him and me, and that it has stretched and tangled… — Jennifer Elisabeth Copy Share Image
My main influences - I loved art. I sounds a little pretentious to say I was into art but I liked drawing.… — Gavin Friday Copy Share Image
I like the idea of seeing a film that has the artist's hand in there,a film where you can see his strokes,… — Bill Plympton Copy Share Image
The dominant problem of pictorial art since the nineteen-fifties is photography, and, by extension, film and video. The basilisk eye of the… — Peter Schjeldahl Copy Share Image
Art should exhilarate, and throw down the walls of circumstance on every side, awakening in the beholder the same sense of universal… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
An artist creates songs and timeless moments that are reflections that impact culture, and you can do that in any way -… — Skrillex Copy Share Image
“Once I've mastered the art of pretending that I don't care what other kids think of me, I start to pay attention… — Margarita Engle Copy Share Image
Most people don't like to be confronted with an actual fact-of-life because it's difficult to metabolize. A painting of a bowl of… — Adamo Macri Copy Share Image
Today when a man gets married he gets a home, a housekeeper, a cook, a cheering squad and another paycheck. When a… — Duke of Wellington Copy Share Image
“There is a great deal of illusion in a work of art; one could go farther and say that it is illusory… — thomas mann Copy Share Image
I've been in this business for a long while, but it's not like I've been waiting tables. Since I started writing, I've… — Joss Whedon Copy Share Image
“Do not suppose, however, that we are merely a society of lotus-eaters, lolling on divans and cuddling lovely women. Ecstasy is something… — Alan Wilson Watts Copy Share Image
“Very few people possess true artistic ability. It is therefore both unseemly and unproductive to irritate the situation by making an effort.… — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
Do we value privacy in any real way? Thinking about blogs, Twitter, Facebook, MySpace... all these suggest we value exposure rather more.… — Guy Gavriel Kay Copy Share Image
I was raised on GG Allen, Divine, Elvira and Marilyn Manson. I was always more interested in those button pushing, transgressive artists… — Sharon Needles Copy Share Image
If the essence of cynicism consists in preferring nature to art, virtue to beauty and science; in not bothering about the letter… — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel Copy Share Image
The motive of art comes to us not from what exists, but from the notion that there is something higher, something nobler,… — Abraham Kuyper Copy Share Image
I think a more complex idea of fiction - and the human self's relationship with the world - emerges when we abandon… — Pankaj Mishra Copy Share Image
The refusal to rest content, the willingness to risk excess on behalf of one's obsessions, is what distinguishes artists from entertainers, and… — John Updike Copy Share Image
What makes philosophy so tedious is not the profundity of philosophers, but their lack of art; they are like physicians who soughtto… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
If the mystical lovers of the arts, who consider all criticism dissection and all dissection destruction of enjoyment, thought logically, an exclamation… — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel Copy Share Image
Good, well-defined, well-honed art is not a foreign language. You can sell it to people. You just have to move your ego… — Van Hunt Copy Share Image
In magic we have a variety of "uses" for our art beyond magic itself, which reminds me of the notion of art… — Derren Brown Copy Share Image
Hosting over 35,000 concerts and festivals each year, Live Nation has the opportunity and responsibility to provide our artists and fans with… — Michael Rapino Copy Share Image
I've always liked playing with somebody else and collaborating, just to get out of my own head all the time. Everybody does,… — Natalie Prass Copy Share Image
I think there is a debate in the arts about, you know, whether we must strive for art for art's sake, and… — Sarah Jones Copy Share Image
Art can retain its value and even make you some money. If you have your iPhone on you - and you probably… — Lara Spencer Copy Share Image
I'll take any opportunity to make costumes for my daughters and me, and it makes Halloween a weeklong bonanza of multiple costumes,… — Mary Katharine Ham Copy Share Image
When men are prosperous, they are in love with life. Nature grows beautiful, the arts begin to flourish, there is work for… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
I was always interested in art at school, and after year twelve, senior year, I spent three years studying graphic design at… — Graeme Base Copy Share Image
“Father thou art in heaven, please make my inside so good and so fine that he can love me. I'm going to… — Irmgard Keun Copy Share Image
“Literature under despotism: “The personality of the artist should develop freely and without restraint. One thing, however, we demand: acknowledgement of our… — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
