The historical museum has to be very conservative and careful in its choices. The modern museum, on the other hand, has to… — Alfred H. Barr, Jr Copy Share Image
I don't think people get the pressure of becoming famous and what it does for an artist. What does that for your… — Sandra Oh Copy Share Image
The main joy I have in owning or being a part of my own label is the platform I've created to really… — Jennifer Lee Copy Share Image
“The Symbol of all Art is the Prism. The goal is unrealism. The method is destructive. To break up the white light… — E E Cummings Copy Share Image
I have been doing some writing on the side a little bit with artists that I'm really excited about. Kind of more… — Bonnie McKee Copy Share Image
It is frequently the tragedy of the great artist for example Vincent Van Gogh, as it is of the great scientist, that… — Loren Eiseley Copy Share Image
Love is not only a feeling, it is also an art. A simple word, a sensitive precaution, a mere nothing reveal to… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
Female artists I love the most are Fiona Apple, Paramour and Regina Spektor - those girls that really write amazing songs themselves,… — Jennifer Damiano Copy Share Image
I'm just kind of really interested in athletes as artists of a pretty serious variety and people who devote themselves to what… — Chad Harbach Copy Share Image
The critical sense is so far from frequent that it is absolutely rare, and the possession of the cluster of qualities that… — Henry James Copy Share Image
Art cannot be separated from life. It is the expression of the greatest need of which life is capable, and we value… — Robert Henri Copy Share Image
The miniatures of the Mughal period are really the pinnacle of Indian artistic achievement. And not a single one of those paintings… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
Oscar Wilde quite rightly said, 'All art is useless'. And that may sound as if that means it's something not worth supporting.… — Stephen Fry Copy Share Image
“In the 20th century after WWII, Ralph Burke Tyree led the transformation and appreciation of the South Pacific’s serene beauty with his… — C.J. Cook Copy Share Image
Of course, I, like the sponsoring government, would like to have as many people as possible visit Yokohama Triennale. This is because… — Yasumasa Morimura Copy Share Image
I've been really lucky to spend some time around actors and artists I really admire. One thing I gathered from asking a… — Jason Segel Copy Share Image
Art comes out of art; it begins with imitation, often in the form of parody, and it's in the process of imitating… — Alan Bennett Copy Share Image
I paint my own reality. The only thing I know is that I paint because I need to, and I paint whatever… — Frida Kahlo Copy Share Image
A work of art may be understood as a conductor from the artist's mind to the viewer's. But it may never reach… — Sol LeWitt Copy Share Image
My art career actually began under the kitchen table. My mother wanted to get me out of her hair while she cooked,… — Alton Tobey Copy Share Image
The painter is not an intellectual if, when he has painted a nude woman, he gives us the idea that she is… — Odilon Redon Copy Share Image
If I were related to Monet, I don't know if I would be comfortable becoming an artist because it's too much, the… — Dree Hemingway Copy Share Image
There are a lot of doors that still get shut, and there are a lot of walls to still breach. But, the… — Jimmy Smits Copy Share Image
I am very excited to be at a point where I can put out these big bodies of work that I'm proud… — Ethel Cain Copy Share Image
It's a shock for me to go through and see all those years of painting my life, which is very personal for… — Andrew Wyeth Copy Share Image
There are moods in which we court suffering, in the hope that here, at least, we shall find reality, sharp peaks and… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Art establishes the basic human truths which must serve as the touchstones of our judgement. The artist... faithful to his personal vision… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
“A picture is worth a thousand words, but the way I paint I'm going to need to contact an editor. Even if… — James Lee Schmidt Copy Share Image
“Why do we sacrifice so much energy to our art? Not in order to teach others but to learn with them what… — Jerzy Grotowski Copy Share Image
Vienna is relatively small. And it had wonderful salons, opportunities for people to get together. There was a lot of interaction between… — Eric Kandel Copy Share Image
Ah! My dear friend painting is to us what the music of Berlioz and Wagner was before us - a consolatory art… — Vincent Van Gogh Copy Share Image
How do you live with evil? Art is traditionally - certainly with my secular background - the answer, but art is very… — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
I always had to fight. I still do, believe it or not. When I had to go backstage. Even in Paris, I… — Roxanne Lowit Copy Share Image
I would like to continue to make art by being able to do what I love and have that make it possible… — Gerard Way Copy Share Image
I thought there was a way of marrying what I wanted to do with filmmaking with pop videos, which I found out… — Hiro Murai Copy Share Image
I learned to paint at home from my mom. She was a very good teacher, but with spray paint, I taught myself.… — Alec Monopoly Copy Share Image
“A writer must find his own grain, way, bent. ...He aspires to create new and original works. His way is alone. If… — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
“As you will see, we do not believe that artists have an obligation to strike up attitudes to the war. Indeed, they… — Ian McEwan Copy Share Image
We're painting the same people all our life - it's just the way we look at them that changes. If you experience… — Christian Boltanski Copy Share Image
An artist may sustain a body of work as an ecosystem, in which every part is used to every advantage, not consuming… — Jan Peacock Copy Share Image
