The thief, as will become apparent, was a special type of thief. This thief was an artist of theft. Other thieves merely… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
The function of the painter is to render... the visible surface so that at a certain distance... and position it appears... like… — Leon Battista Alberti Copy Share Image
For centuries, the arts and philanthropists have worked well together: look at the Tate family and the Courtaulds. If you've been fortunate… — Lloyd Dorfman Copy Share Image
That of War and Peace or of Almagestes. All are satisfactory. The only criterion of a work is its validity: that it… — Jean-Paul Sartre Copy Share Image
I usually think of art as having a measurable content of nourishment, whether factual or emotional or whatever, and I try to… — Jeffrey Lewis Copy Share Image
The artist has to look at life as he did when he was a child. If he loses that faculty, he cannot… — Henri Matisse Copy Share Image
I think the consensus among our generation and people younger than us is that we do have a defining challenge in the… — Edward Norton Copy Share Image
There are so many things in the world - in the cities - so much to see. Does art need to represent… — Philip Guston Copy Share Image
I found that the artist market was expanding in comics. Marvel was going from something like eight books a month to somewhere… — Jim Starlin Copy Share Image
Gene Colan was like no other artist of his generation. His ability to create dramatic, multi-valued tonal illustrations using straight India ink… — Jim Lee Copy Share Image
Inspiration in Science may have to do with ideas, but not in Art. In art it is in the senses that are… — Arthur Erickson Copy Share Image
If you go to a master to study and learn the techniques, you diligently follow all the instructions the master puts upon… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
Probably my favorite artists to listen to James Taylor, Stevie Wonder - I haven't gone back in a really long time and… — Jonny Lang Copy Share Image
When the artist is truly the servant of the work, the work is better than the artist; Shakespeare knew how to listen… — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
Since I moved six or seven times the first year I was in New York, I had to be able to roll… — David Salle Copy Share Image
When contemplating a work of art it is possible to perceive if it has been created according to the eye or to… — Theo van Doesburg Copy Share Image
“The painting was food. He wanted to caress it, hold it in his hands, lick its glazed surface, plunge into it, dive… — Pete Hamill Copy Share Image
Bad art is never really enjoyed in the same sense in which good art is enjoyed. It is only "liked": it never… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
If I go to the National Gallery and I look at one of the great paintings that excite me there, it's not… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
In 1939 I wrote my first article ("Intime banaliteter" [Intimate banalities] in the journal Helhesten) in which I expressed my love for… — Asger Jorn Copy Share Image
“Nature and art: The material and the workmanship. There is no beauty unaided, no excellence that does not sink to the barbarous,… — Baltasar Gracián Copy Share Image
People all over the world know me as an Indian artist. I could have chosen any other country and wouldn't have had… — Adnan Sami Copy Share Image
“In the case of someone who is spiritual receptive, it is possible to talk of an analogy between the impact made by… — Andrei Tarkovsky Copy Share Image
For me, art is make-believe. It's enchantment. It's a fable. I'm enjoying that and playing with it. Of course it's serious, and… — Shea Hembrey Copy Share Image
Pretty much any artist that I know of that has found that mentor status, if they're generous and okay to bestow a… — Rodney Crowell Copy Share Image
I think probably the first time I wanted to be an artist was when I was about six or seven years old.… — Dave Gibbons Copy Share Image
Art is much less important than life, but what a poor life without it. Robert Motherwell Every man becomes, to a certain… — Robert Motherwell Copy Share Image
Contemporary curators orbit in the place of distribution and consumption, and less and less in the space of artists. I think it… — Michelle Grabner Copy Share Image
Just be comfortable. Sometimes, when open up for a bigger artist at a conventional concert, you can feel unwelcome. But when you're… — Vince Staples Copy Share Image
I like real art. It's difficult to define 'real' but it is the best word for describing what I like to get… — Frank Stella Copy Share Image
“A nation which neglects the perceptions of its artists declines. After a while it ceases to act, and merely survives. There is… — Ezra Pound Copy Share Image
“I didn't want painting to be simply an act of emphasizing one color to do something to another color, like using red… — Robert Rauschenberg Copy Share Image
You can't get at the thing itself, the real nature of the sitter, by stripping away the surface. You can only get… — Richard Avedon Copy Share Image
Shepard Fairey, the street artist responsible for President Obama's 'Hope' poster, is now facing vandalism charges in Detroit. It's pretty serious. Detroit… — Jimmy Fallon Copy Share Image
There was very little art in my childhood. I was raised in South Carolina; I wasn't aware of any art in South… — Jasper Johns Copy Share Image
My drawings and paintings were done as an act of protest; I was trying by means of my work to convince the… — George Grosz Copy Share Image
“It's been said that the role of the artist is to teach us to see and that's true. However, the role of… — Brooks Jensen Copy Share Image
I like to watch 'Grey's Anatomy' when I'd doing cardio. But, sometimes I do need good music to get me moving. I… — Alison Sweeney Copy Share Image
My grandma, Edith, was one of the greatest inspirations in my life, both personally and professionally. She was an incredibly talented artist… — Jennifer Meyer Copy Share Image
“Art then becomes a safety valve for the expression of individual and collective neuroses originating in the inability of coping with the… — Luis Camnitzer Copy Share Image
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