I thought it was a wonderfully conceptual act actually, to fire a replica pistol at a figurehead - the guy could have… — J. G. Ballard Copy Share Image
I think the Internet gives too much for a young artist to compare themselves too. I'm not sure that "notes" or "likes"… — Liz Prince Copy Share Image
“How does a copy become more than a copy? Is art the creation of something new and original, or simply the continuous… — Madeleine Thien Copy Share Image
I honestly think that it was when the actual voices started to stand up for me. It was the iconic artists like… — Michael Buble Copy Share Image
Painting is a very difficult thing. It absorbs the whole man, body and soul, thus have I passed blindly many things which… — Max Beckmann Copy Share Image
Believe me, I grow daily more convinced that the atmosphere is an inexhaustible source of countless beauties. It is up to we… — Mario de Sa-Carneiro Copy Share Image
“Watching the painter painting And all the time, the light is changing And he keeps painting That bit there, it was an… — Kate Bush Copy Share Image
I mean, the idea that it might help somebody out or help somebody make the decision to become a stewardess or otherwise...… — Zooey Deschanel Copy Share Image
Maybe we didn't even have a chance. The message of American Pop Art was so powerful and so optimistic. But it was… — Gerhard Richter Copy Share Image
The power of nature is what all art strives to be. The more we can get in tune with the harmony of… — Rick Rubin Copy Share Image
One thing that really interests me is-and it comes out of Chinese and Japanese painting-where you have a number of different kinds… — Mary Heilmann Copy Share Image
I am convinced the most unfortunate people are those who would make an art of love. It sours other effort. Of all… — Norman Mailer Copy Share Image
“Artists who painted natural curiosities found themselves documenting a world emerging and disappearing at the same time, a brief encounter as species… — Kim Todd Copy Share Image
I don't have an image of myself, when I'm walking down the street, like I'm a rock star or something. I'm a… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
I buy based on emotion, because I am fascinated with an object that I simply cannot live without. Although I often end… — Michael Audain Copy Share Image
I realized that was what was happening in my work already. I think that's where, as artists, we begin to master our… — Kalup Linzy Copy Share Image
Anyone can write. Some people can write a bit better than others; they're called authors. Then there are some who can write… — Walter Moers Copy Share Image
“So perhaps the reason I shuddered at the idea of writing something about 'Christian art' is that to paint a picture or… — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
Back in the early days like for the Temptations, Supremes and Four Tops, artist development was alive in record companies. Every artist… — Laurieann Gibson Copy Share Image
No one wants my painting because it is different from other people's peculiar, crazy public that demands the greatest possible degree of… — Paul Gauguin Copy Share Image
There was a period there where I was like, "No, no, no, this is crazy. I don't want to take any more… — James Pearse Connelly Copy Share Image
I felt most beautiful on the red carpet in Givenchy's sheer lace dress at a dinner hosted by Givenchy in honor of… — Joan Smalls Copy Share Image
The society to which we belong seems to be dying or is already dead. I don't mean to sound dramatic, but clearly… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
What distinguishes a great artist from a weak one is first their sensibility and tenderness; second, their imagination, and third, their industry. — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
“Science and art,... they seek the truth and the meaning of life, they seek God, [and] the soul, and when they are… — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
You know, it's just like being a peddler. You want two breasts? Well, here you are -- two breasts. We must see… — Pablo Picasso Copy Share Image
“The subjectivist approach to art simply fails to understand that the subjective experience of art in itself is meaningless, and that in… — Theodor W. Adorno Copy Share Image
Jimmy [Dean] was the most talented and original actor I ever saw work. He was also a guerrilla artist who attacked all… — Dennis Hopper Copy Share Image
“I do believe most curators - maybe I'm only speaking for myself here - want to be artists on some level. Curators… — Marion Boulton Stroud Copy Share Image
Bus stops are far more interesting and useful places to have art than in museums. Graffiti has more chance of meaning something… — Banksy Copy Share Image
I helped found Artists for New South Africa, but it used to be called Artists for Free South Africa. Alfre Woodard and… — Mary Steenburgen Copy Share Image
“Art is neither good nor bad, but a clairvoyant vision of the nature of both, and any attempt to align it with… — Northrop Frye Copy Share Image
“Any artist who fails to engage with society and the vulnerability of the individual in a cruel existence should not style him-or… — Lena Andersson Copy Share Image
In Giacometti's work, the armature has once again become the life-line of the sculpture, and also, he's brought back to sculpture a… — Henry Moore Copy Share Image
“How a painter treats this edge is the real subject of realist painting; how the brush behaves in the vicinity of an… — David Salle Copy Share Image
While it is true that commercial art is always in danger of ending up as a prostitute, it is equally true that… — Erwin Panofsky Copy Share Image
I think most of the people involved in any art always secretly wonder whether they are really there because they're good or… — Katharine Hepburn Copy Share Image
The arts were like, there's no opponent. It's just yourself. I'm not saying they don't make the arts a competition with awards… — Richard Linklater Copy Share Image
Robert Crumb is an influence on how I draw, but not on the subject matter I take or my approach. One thing… — Joe Sacco Copy Share Image
I think as an actor, or any artist, you move with your moods and you express what's going on for you, and… — Guy Pearce Copy Share Image
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