I don’t trust painting. At least not in New York. Most painting here relies on formula and repetition, whoring itself to the… — Kenneth Goldsmith Copy Share Image
My finding of myself as an artist, which I think in itself helped me to find just who I am and how… — Uzo Aduba Copy Share Image
Before 1999, Tracey Emin and Sarah Lucas offered to get me exhibitions, but joining the Stuckists put a kaibosh on all that… — Billy Childish Copy Share Image
That's the power of the good con artist: the ability to identify your deepest need and exploit it. It's not about honesty… — Maria Konnikova Copy Share Image
When an artist becomes pop, it's because the people choose it. Yes, you can have that dream to be a big pop… — Rosalia Copy Share Image
Art inspires, produces an unwillingness to settle for what we have and a desire for something better. It is the product and… — Russell L. Ackoff Copy Share Image
“Others, faced with Turner's competitiveness were less contented. C.R. Leslie was on hand when Turner's Helvoetsluys , to start with "a grey… — Anthony Bailey Copy Share Image
“Look at a full vivid painting, and look at an empty picture. If you can immediately see an entire universe within the… — Lionel Suggs Copy Share Image
I'd hate to be a writer forever and never perform, and I'd hate to perform and not write. I get sad if… — Kristen Schaal Copy Share Image
Indeed, an engineer designing a structure is not unlike an artist painting one. Both start with nothing but talent, experience, and inspiration.… — Henry Petroski Copy Share Image
“I should’ve probably warned you: once you end a relationship with an artist, you are perpetually reminded of them. They have now… — Kamand Kojouri Copy Share Image
I think a lot of actors, comedians, musicians, artists are drawn to this world, because you're allowed to excavate whatever it is… — Sandra Bullock Copy Share Image
I began to paint again, even though I could barely hold the brush, but knowing exactly what I wanted to paint, I… — Vincent Van Gogh Copy Share Image
My programme, The Art of Creative Expression, empowers young people with tools to express themselves. We teach photography, art and drama, but… — Dawud Wharnsby Ali Copy Share Image
Luckily, I don't have to be anybody but Yolanda, because people don't expect me to be anything other than who I am.… — Yolanda Adams Copy Share Image
I wake up each day with a greater appreciation of the world, my unique place in it and the limitless possibilities that… — Innah Delos Angeles Copy Share Image
Abstraction has always been around, since the drawings in the caves. It exists in all cultures all over the world. I thought… — Brice Marden Copy Share Image
“if you didn’t take picture from museum, and Sascha didn’t steal it back, and I didn’t think of claiming reward—well, wouldn’t all… — Donna Tartt Copy Share Image
I'm creating my own oasis in my house. I've got a lot of calming, soothing things around my house. The way it's… — Ryan Guzman Copy Share Image
What modern art means is that you have to keep finding new ways to express yourself, to express the problems, that there… — Louise Bourgeois Copy Share Image
My treasure chest is filled with gold. Gold . . . gold . . . gold . . . Vagabond's gold and… — Don Blanding Copy Share Image
Art has become more than painting, sculpture or music: art is more than Van Gogh painting a landscape or Wagner composing an… — Paul Virilio Copy Share Image
Two aesthetics exist: the passive aesthetic of mirrors and the active aesthetic of prisms. Guided by the former, art turns into a… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
Andy [Warhol] was on the scene, but he wasn't an artist at first; he was more an illustrator. He was always surrounded… — Claes Oldenburg Copy Share Image
There's a lot of madness going on out there. Artists can only be what they are, but the industry only goes with… — Pras Michel Copy Share Image
The moment of creative impulse is what an artist gives you. You look at a Pollock, and it can't give you the… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
The world of the arts is by no means always comfortable, but neither is it likely ever to be boring. It is… — Russell Lynes Copy Share Image
My husband and I have watched a lot of Hitchcock movies in bulk, and there's a lot to be gained from that,… — Claire Danes Copy Share Image
It seems to me that today, if the artist wishes to be serious - to cut out a little original niche for… — Edgar Degas Copy Share Image
I love writing, composing and producing music. It's what I enjoy doing most in life and I create so much material that… — Maya Jane Coles Copy Share Image
I have no idea of what it's going to look like when I start a piece. Making art is like having a… — Nick Bantock Copy Share Image
I like the ideology of there being no such thing as perfection. But I'm of the opinion that I have witnessed perfection… — Jack O'Connell Copy Share Image
This is the time for every artist in every genre to do what he or she does loudly and consistently. It doesn't… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
You know, it's no accident that the great painters came from areas like Europe where there is a lot of clouds and… — Al Hirschfeld Copy Share Image
Of course, people will call you an old artist or young artist, which is just a character of you. But personally, I… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
I remain detached and distant, but it is under my eyes and my orders that the work of art must create itself.… — Yves Klein Copy Share Image
However, the radio and national media depend much more on the hype from a good record label, and from a " buzz… — Pat Garrett Copy Share Image
I do not plan any painting, but begin with layers of textures and colors. As I layer the colors, something is suggested… — Katherine Dunn Copy Share Image
“Faced with the enormous insult of his burial in Rome, the citizens of Florence finally realized their cultural and spiritual debt to… — Benjamin Blech Copy Share Image
“What she wanted was to donate to the world a good Maud Martha. That was the offering, the bit of art, that… — Gwendolyn Brooks Copy Share Image
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