I want to hear the artist. I want to hear them give me something that I can relate to, other than the… — Nas Copy Share Image
Most of the work I make uses materials that are a bit outside of the traditional fine art world. — Patricia Piccinini Copy Share Image
I think art is about human existence. Almost by default I'm expressing my experiences as a human. — Robert Gober Copy Share Image
People who die in an untimely way who are artists, somehow that validates their art, we feel. Why culturally we feel that,… — Kevin Macdonald Copy Share Image
A work of art is an echo chamber which repeats what people say about it. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
“The Fine Arts are five in number: Painting, Music, Poetry, Sculpture, and Architecture--whereof the principle branch is Confectionery.” — Antonin Carême Copy Share Image
I am very conscious of who I am as an artist and as an inspirational person. — R. Kelly Copy Share Image
I have to say, that's pretty typical for artists, kind of embarrassingly typical for artists that everything is all about selection. — David Salle Copy Share Image
I would like to say a few things about that photo in 'Tatler'. I have no regrets. The article was about the… — Amanda Foreman Copy Share Image
It's hard to put into words the impact of the perfect lyric, melody or contagious beat that moves you in an unexpected… — Leopold Stokowski Copy Share Image
There's something pleasing about large, well-lit spaces. I love that dealers are willing to take massive chances in order to give this… — Jerry Saltz Copy Share Image
What is sublime? / the artist said. / I haven't time / to be well read. / To be sub lime /… — Walter Darby Bannard Copy Share Image
Another year is fast approaching. Go be that starving artist you’re afraid to be. Open up that journal and get poetic finally.… — Jason Mraz Copy Share Image
The contemporary thing in art and literature is the thing which doesn't make enough difference to the people of that generation so… — Gertrude Stein Copy Share Image
I believe that art is a tool and that, like all tools, it has functions. I also think it is important to… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
I visited the Museum of Modern Art and viewed the exhibition of Picasso's sculptures, and I couldn't help but think about what… — Jerry Pinkney Copy Share Image
“One person connect you to your art. You cant connect with that person unless you show up.” — Matthew Settle Copy Share Image
Art calls for complete mastery of techniques, developed by reflection within the soul. — Bruce Lee Copy Share Image
The artist and the photographer seek the mysteries and the adventure of experience in nature. — Ansel Adams Copy Share Image
My still-life painting has more to do with light and shadow than with the objects themselves. — William C. Wright Copy Share Image
Raft Point is among the greatest examples of ancient indigenous art we know of. — John Torode Copy Share Image
The artist has to be something like a whale swimming with his mouth wide open, absorbing everything until he has what he… — Romare Bearden Copy Share Image
And its object is Art not power, sub-creation not domination and tyrannous re-forming of Creation. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“We will, of course, without hesitation use art to parody, ridicule, debunk, or criticize ideologies--but this is very different.” — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
There should be something revelatory about art. It should be totally creative and open doors for new thoughts and experiences. — Tracey Emin Copy Share Image
I think most paintings are a record of the decisions that the artist made. I just perhaps make them a little clearer… — Chuck Close Copy Share Image
If I could make a career out of drawing little girls hiding in corners, I would do really well. — Lynne Rae Perkins Copy Share Image
To live an art-filled life, one must be willing to try new things & accept that things change. — Lee Hammond Copy Share Image
“Music is exciting and easy to enjoy, the rhythm and voice. It does not need interpretation. That is why it is called… — Ellen J. Barrier Copy Share Image
In painting, detail for the sake of itself is useless. It must have relevance to the whole. — Ken Danby Copy Share Image
The air we see in the paintings of the old masters is never the air we breathe. — Edgar Degas Copy Share Image
We should comfort ourselves with the masterpieces of art as with exalted personages-stand quietly before them and wait till they speak to… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
Play is the taproot from which original art springs. It is the raw stuff that the artist channels with all his learning… — Stephen Nachmanovitch Copy Share Image
When I think about 'Beast Mode,' that's what I think about. I don't think about just a hard project; they just created… — Zaytoven Copy Share Image
This theme of bigness — all painters and sculptors have dealt with it ever since. — Michael Heizer Copy Share Image
The art market is global now, and there's becoming more of an international consensus about what constitutes good art. — Larry Gagosian Copy Share Image
The power of art is that it can connect us to one another, and to larger truths about what it means to… — Daniel Levitin Copy Share Image
The love of art in its many forms lives on and enables us to enjoy the past, the present, and look with… — John Kurtz Copy Share Image
“set me a task in witch i can put something of my very self and it is a task no longer,it is… — Bliss Carman Copy Share Image
“The night belonged to the bold, to the crazed and to the artist--often one and the same” — Anne Fortier Copy Share Image
