I think, in any artist's mind, you can't just be into yourself. You have to look at the world in an objective… — Mekhi Phifer Copy Share Image
There is hardly any money interest in art, and music will be there when money is gone. — Duke Ellington Copy Share Image
The artist is the consciousness of society... but musicians' role is very special. — Wadada Leo Smith Copy Share Image
Aesthetics is both politics and philosophy, a series of agreements and disagreements between subjective minds. — Jimenez Lai Copy Share Image
How vain painting is, exciting admiration by its resemblance to things of which we do not admire the originals. — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
My skin is an art gallery right, with paintings and crucifixes hoping to save me from all the dangers in the music… — Nas Copy Share Image
People in the media, it makes their day when someone they say is a five-star artist goes platinum. — Soulja Boy Copy Share Image
There are a lot of young, well-educated, artistic people out there that like to be entertained. — Tim Heidecker Copy Share Image
No, United Artists was a very extraordinary organization, because once they had agreed on the director, they believed in letting him have… — John Schlesinger Copy Share Image
You can't really appreciate a work of art until you can understand how difficult it was to create. And that's probably true… — Laurence Overmire Copy Share Image
A controller doesn't trust his/her ability to live through the pain and chaos of life. There is no life without pain just… — Rita Mae Brown Copy Share Image
It took me some years to clear my head of what Paris wanted me to admire about it, and to notice what… — Julian Barnes Copy Share Image
Through sharing my pain, I can possibly heal your pain. There is no other feeling like it. Money doesn't compare. This is… — Richard Cabral Copy Share Image
We're going to do three things: teach-ins across the country so people can learn about each other's issues and causes; parties with… — Van Jones Copy Share Image
For me, it's really important that the experience of art is always something that is able to provoke strong emotion, an emotion… — Camille Henrot Copy Share Image
As the twentieth century ends, commerce and culture are coming closer together. The distinction between life and art has been eroded by… — Stephen Bayley Copy Share Image
Life is more important than art; that's what makes art important. — James A. Baldwin Copy Share Image
I want to draw and study a few things closely by feeling, not thinking. — Marion Milner Copy Share Image
