“Art has one purpose, that is to leave you changed. Love has one purpose, that is to create art.” — Julieanne O'Connor Copy Share Image
Life is like a canvas. It begins blank and every day is like another brush stroke. — Babloo Copy Share Image
“An artist, however modest, is always willing to hear himself preferred to his rivals, and tries only to see that justice is… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
If you sacrifice your art because of some woman, or some man, or for some color, or for some wealth, you can't… — Miles Davis Copy Share Image
There are millions of people around the world that want to be artists and want to make stuff to entertain people, but… — Greg Sestero Copy Share Image
Painting is so close, so personal, so immediate, and so ordinary... It is the ordinary resurrections that define your painting. — Joshua L. Goldberg Copy Share Image
Let's just say that I think any person who aspires, presumes, or feels the calling to be an artist has a built-in… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
Artists of all disciplines must be willing to go into the dark, let go control, be surprised. — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
I made a conscious decision to take my life and career in a different direction. I started working on a play, and… — Scott Cohen 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… — Marshall McLuhan Copy Share Image
“Inherent in the artist's creative inspiration is the process of subliminally sniffing out environmental change," observed McLuhan in a 1969 interview. "It's… — John W. Whitehead Copy Share Image
Contradictions of perspective. Contrasts of light. Contrasts of form. Points of view impossible to achieve in drawing and painting. Foreshortenings with a… — Alexander Rodchenko Copy Share Image
I think most artists feel like they're outside society - no matter how many accolades they receive, or how much money is… — Aaron Rose Copy Share Image
That sculpture is more admirable than painting for the reason that it contains relief and painting does not is completely false. ...… — Galileo Galilei Copy Share Image
That's the age that people are exploited, exploitable, and they're easily manipulated. The problem with me is, you can't manipulate me anymore.… — Billy Corgan Copy Share Image
A lot of artists think that to be current, you have to follow what's out there and do something that's so unlike… — Gza Copy Share Image
