The thing represented had to pass through two distorting lenses: the artist's mind, and his medium of expression, before it emerged as… — Arthur Koestler Copy Share Image
In everything that can be called art there is a quality of redemption. It may be pure tragedy, if it is high… — Raymond Chandler Copy Share Image
A true artist is expected to be all that is noble-minded, and this is not altogether a mistake; on the other hand,… — Ludwig van Beethoven Copy Share Image
In the beginning, the energy involved to create came from my reaction to the work of other artists. The force behind this… — Georg Baselitz Copy Share Image
It's always so rewarding, gratifying to me, as an artist and a writer, to see how this music gets more important for… — Ed Kowalczyk Copy Share Image
I would like to try to understand what is. We know very little, and I am trying to do it by creating… — Gerhard Richter Copy Share Image
I think some people have this thing where just because you do singles that means you're not a real artist. It's like… — Jonas Blue Copy Share Image
“Indeed, the idea that doubt can be heroic, if it is locked into a structure as grand as that of the paintings… — Robert Hughes Copy Share Image
The less subsidy we have, the more the 'producers' take over, and the 'bottom line' becomes the raison d'etre. That's quite an… — Marianne Elliott Copy Share Image
What really happened was one day in my late five I went out and I found my dad in the garage staining… — Autumn de Forest Copy Share Image
What motivates me is the chance to improve the world in my own special way; to contribute to the fight that all… — Jinkx Monsoon Copy Share Image
Art has no need of philosophical arguments, it does not follow the signposts of philosophical systems; Art like life, dictates systems to… — Naum Gabo Copy Share Image
“By art alone we can get out of ourselves, find out what another person sees of this universe which is not the… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
Without the great arts which speak to the sense of beauty, a man seems to me a poor, naked, shivering creature. These… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
After working on 'Europa,' I found it incredibly freeing to speak English in a film, so it kind of sparked an interest… — Daniel Wu Copy Share Image
There was no image of the other biological half of myself. And as an artists, as a - as an - as… — Kehinde Wiley Copy Share Image
You can never not feel like that, as a working artist these days. It's funny - time off makes me nervous, but… — Zach Condon Copy Share Image
The question isn't whether or not to censor artists who espouse misogynistic views. The question is whether or not we support them… — Dessa Darling Copy Share Image
When we look at a painting, listen to a piece of music, read a novel, or watch a movie we are taking… — Mike Svob Copy Share Image
You would hardly believe how difficult it is to place a figure alone on a canvas, and to concentrate all the interest… — Edouard Manet Copy Share Image
I'm the kind of exec that's artist-friendly, because I give them the whole play. I let them be involved with their careers… — Benny the Butcher Copy Share Image
“Sometimes it is when we stop trying to understand or interrogate apparently 'absurd' phenomena - like the category of the 'new' in… — Zadie Smith Copy Share Image
Copy, art, and typography should be seen as a living entity; each element integrally related, in harmony with the whole, and essential… — Paul Rand Copy Share Image
It is for the artist... in portrait painting to put on canvas something more than the face the model wears for that… — James Whistler Copy Share Image
Poetry criticism at its worst today is mean in spirit and spiteful in intent, as if determined to inflict the wound that… — David Lehman Copy Share Image
Do not turn the superior eye of critical passivity upon these efforts … We must not be ambitious. We cannot aspire to… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
And so to me, I've always thought the kinds of fans that I want is the kind of fan that I am,… — Taylor Goldsmith Copy Share Image
It is the fertile hallucination that makes paint so compelling. Paint is like the numerologist's numbers, always counting but never adding up,… — James Elkins Copy Share Image
Creative expression is not just a means of getting attention, although some have approached art that way. Think of art as a… — Nita Leland Copy Share Image
You're always taught that the world is so competitive. You're taught that it's not very likely for you to become successful and… — Kali Uchis Copy Share Image
“It would be futile to delude ourselves that at present, readers find every pathography unsavory. This attitude is excused with the reproach… — Sigmund Freud Copy Share Image
The Gnostics believed that exile was the essential condition of man. Do you agree? I do. The artist and the addict both… — Steven Pressfield Copy Share Image
Art is interesting because there can be so many different perspectives in a piece of art. The way I see it may… — Joakim Noah Copy Share Image
Having a little fun at my work does not make me any less of an artist and people who appreciate truly beautiful… — Clarice Cliff Copy Share Image
Realist artists should join together in a worldwide effort... Sharing it with each other and teaching it - that is the key… — Igor Babailov Copy Share Image
I believe that it is important for the artist, painter, poet, dancer, etc. to keep in mind that it is the art… — Thornton Willis Copy Share Image
A series of powers are at work within the great stream of Expressionism who have no outward similarity to one another but… — Max Ernst Copy Share Image
I think my music is born out of the music that I personally like to listen to. I love amazing singer-songwriters and… — Hoodie Allen Copy Share Image
The artist, and particularly the poet, is always an anarchist in the best sense of the word. He must heed only the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
In fact, whatever exists in the universe, in essence, in appearance, in the imagination, the painter has first in his mind and… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
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