I've always argued, unsuccessfully, that there's no point in giving money to the arts unless you educate people in them. — Richard Eyre Copy Share Image
Nature does not create works of art. It is we, and the faculty of interpretation peculiar to the human mind, that see… — Man Ray Copy Share Image
“What did you ever do to deserve this? In all probability, something terrible.” — Amrit Brar Copy Share Image
The more a man cultivates the arts the less he fornicates. A more and more apparent cleavage occurs between the spirit and… — Charles Baudelaire Copy Share Image
I got out of the business because I went from being the biggest artist on my record label to someone they didn't… — Billy Squier Copy Share Image
The hardest things to do in any art is to risk failure and put yourself out on the line. — Oscar Isaac Copy Share Image
I don't listen to the contemporary pop artists. They all sound alike, anyway. — Patti LuPone Copy Share Image
There were certain expectations that were assumed of me as a young black American 20th-century - then 20th-century artist. — Kehinde Wiley Copy Share Image
After being an Impressionist, Cubist, and an Abstract Expressionist, I was influenced by realistic artists, including Andrew Wyeth in the late '50s,… — Robert Bateman Copy Share Image
When I'm teaching, I tell the story of this painting for two reasons. First of all, if you want a good solid… — Milford Zornes Copy Share Image
The plastic artist may or may not be concerned with presenting a superficial appearance of reality, but he is always concerned with… — Hans Hofmann Copy Share Image
The Jackass movies are honestly some of the best movies I've ever seen. I laugh so hard at them. Those guys are… — Louis C. K Copy Share Image
In his garden every man may be his own artist without apology or explanation. Here is one spot where each may experience… — Louise Wilder Copy Share Image
You can make your life into a grand ever-evolving work of art. The key is your thoughts, the wonderous invisible part of… — Wayne Dyer Copy Share Image
It's important for all people, and not just people in bands, to speak out on social justice issues. That means journalists or… — Serj Tankian Copy Share Image
I like the idea of having many different ways to express myself. There is a part of me as an artist and… — Donna Karan Copy Share Image
“Creating a world within the imagination one day at a time through words and colors.” — Peggy A. Borel Copy Share Image
The mere imitation, however accurate, of what is in Nature, entitles no man to the sacred name of Artist — Edgar Allan Poe Copy Share Image
I'm grateful to have the chance to be inspired by the incredible artists that are out there. — Sara Bareilles Copy Share Image
The art of war is like the art of the courtesan; indeed they might be called sisters, since both are slaves of… — Pietro Aretino Copy Share Image
We're all trying to be artists making our own unique statements. I think the only real way to do that is through… — Ryan Guzman Copy Share Image
As an artist I come to sing, but as a citizen, I will always speak for peace, and no one can silence… — Paul Robeson Copy Share Image
The black artist is dangerous. Black art controls the 'Negro's' reality, negates negative influences, and creates positive images. — Sonia Sanchez Copy Share Image
As artists, it's really important to take time to see what other art is happening and to know what's happening in the… — Zoe Lister-Jones Copy Share Image
I think it's pretentious to create art just for the sake of stroking the artists ego. — Lou Reed Copy Share Image
As an artist I'd choose the thing that's beautiful more than the one that's true. — Laurie Anderson Copy Share Image
I am also an artist. I have the whole world as my canvas. I paint souls... — Meher Baba Copy Share Image
Art is the result of a creative impulse derived out of a consciousness of life. — John French Sloan Copy Share Image
True art can only spring from the intimate linking of the serious and the playful. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
One might as well attempt to describe the smoothness of the wind as to paint a clear picture of his complete swing. — Grantland Rice Copy Share Image
Television represents what happens to a medium when the artists have no power and the businessmen are in full, unquestioned control. — Pauline Kael Copy Share Image
I often painted fragments of things because it seemed to make my statement as well as or better than the whole could. — Georgia O'Keeffe Copy Share Image
I used to sit and draw in the evening with a couple of crates of beer. That makes the ideas flow. — David Linley Copy Share Image
Art seems to me to be above all a state of soul. All souls are sacred, the soul of all the bipeds… — Marc Chagall Copy Share Image
The director Steve McQueen has found a way to constantly include the element of surprise in his work, both as an artist… — Elvis Mitchell Copy Share Image
Some people have recognized their friends in my paintings, but I'm not directly responsible for any hooking up as far as I… — Sophie Blackall Copy Share Image
The beauty of art is that it allows you to slow down, and for a moment, things that once seemed unfamiliar become… — Kehinde Wiley Copy Share Image
What critics often ask for is the impossible, though this may be a salutary means of extending the borders of art. — Anthony Burgess Copy Share Image
Can art change the world? Maybe ... we should change the question: Can art change people's lives? — JR Copy Share Image
“Life beats down and crushes the soul and art reminds you that you have one. -- Stella Adler” — Sheana Ochoa Copy Share Image
