No, I didn't become disenchanted. I just couldn't paint like them. — Lawrence Ferlinghetti Copy Share Image
“Pop art: only possible in an affluent society, where one can be free to enjoy ironic consumption.” — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
I am unable to make any distinction between the feeling I get from life and the way I translate that feeling into… — Henri Matisse Copy Share Image
Hitler was never more than average as an artist. His great talent was for the games of politics. — Volker Ullrich Copy Share Image
What an artist learns matters little. What he himself discovers has a real worth for him, and gives him the necessary incitement… — Emil Nolde Copy Share Image
I always give money to a sidewalk con if the story is a good one, even if I don't believe a word… — Luc Sante Copy Share Image
I started at school. When I painted, all the girls would come and sit around me. I realised that this was a… — Sean Scully Copy Share Image
I never really took a proper art class in college. I just started reading art magazines and going to galleries. I was… — Larry Gagosian Copy Share Image
The Bauhaus fights imitation, inferior craftsmanship and artistic dilettantism — Walter Gropius Copy Share Image
The fact is, the public make use of the classics of a country as a means of checking the progress of Art.… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
I obviously pursued a career in the arts but always wondered if I had just been supported a little more in math,… — Wil Wheaton Copy Share Image
I'm an artist, and I go in the studio and make my music. And then I'll give it to my dad and… — Ashlee Simpson Copy Share Image
When I can focus on something like guitar or painting, I do. I started painting people I admire, like Kerouac, Bob Dylan,… — Johnny Depp Copy Share Image
You were probably steered benignly away from things at school when you were a kid - things you liked - on the… — Ken Robinson Copy Share Image
However contradictory the coroner's report — whether he pronounces Consumption or Loneliness or Suicide to be the cause of death — isn't… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Sometimes I think your intellect can get in your way as an actor or an artist. When you come from a world… — Paul Dano Copy Share Image
For me, the canvas is an abstract interpretation of a wall. It's a piece of art with its own history, one that… — Jose Parla Copy Share Image
