The sculptor must paint with his chisel; half his touches are not to realize, but to put power into, the form. They… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
I try not to limit myself. The actors that inspire me are the comedians and the people able to shape-shift into different… — Gugu Mbatha-Raw Copy Share Image
“He unzipped the nylon case, and inside was a discolored frame that smelled like smoke. A thin layer of soot covered the… — Melanie Dobson Copy Share Image
That's what everyone should do with their lives: stand up for what they believe in or try to do some good in… — Tracy Chapman Copy Share Image
“White-walled once. Red-roofed. But painted in weather-colors now. With brushes dipped in nature’s palette. Mossgreen. Earth-brown. Crumbleblack” — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
I was trying to make art that my son could look on in the future and would realize I was thinking about… — Jeff Koons Copy Share Image
When I fell in love with hip-hop, there was a terminology at the time called "battling." All that was just battling with… — Curtis Jackson Copy Share Image
First of all, I should preface this by the observation that artists are not the best judges of what they've done and… — Nicholas Meyer Copy Share Image
We regard those other cultures such as that of India, where many people live and believe and behave much as they did… — Arthur Erickson Copy Share Image
We are all artists in everything we do. Art is creating; it is our link that makes us like god. All you… — Bethany Jane Andrews Hoey Copy Share Image
There was no special event that made me decide. I had collected some photos and the idea was in the back of… — Gerhard Richter Copy Share Image
“I'm against the picture of the artist as a starry-eyed visionary not really in control or knowing what he does. I'd almost… — William Golding Copy Share Image
I heard someone from the music business saying they are no longer looking for talent, they want people with a certain look… — Joni Mitchell Copy Share Image
I kind of rode this weird line between athlete and artist. It was a little different because most of the athletes were… — Terry Crews Copy Share Image
I like to bring a certain sense of humanity and detail to my work, and watercolor allows me to do that. I… — Jerry Pinkney Copy Share Image
I first of all have a problem with the term 'avant-garde'. Because it is a military term, it means the guard that… — Blixa Bargeld Copy Share Image
A lot of me figuring out how to love myself more involves finding the things that I'm ashamed of and looking them… — Arca Copy Share Image
Despite all the silver of Diana and Mercury, their images will be found on the lake. For the sculptor looking for new… — Nostradamus Copy Share Image
Urban artist have to face the stigma not only from white Australia but black Australia too; that's horrific when people say that… — Warwick Thornton Copy Share Image
“My mom told me once that Wyatt loved her the way a boy will love his mother, but I loved her the… — Laura Anderson Kurk Copy Share Image
My mother photographed Donald Judd in Marfa, Texas, right before he passed away. He was actually the first artist whose work I… — Owen Wilson Copy Share Image
Can I - do I have to be obsessed with it and proceed from that? Not always. But when I'm on top… — Kehinde Wiley Copy Share Image
“Art requires contemplation that focuses attention on the viewer developing a relationship with the work of art, not merely passively receiving a… — Daniel A. Siedell Copy Share Image
Every artist wants his work to be permanent. But what is? The Aswan Dam covered some of the greatest art in the… — Romare Bearden Copy Share Image
The music began, passages of immense technical complexity fluidly bridging Caravaggio’s chiaroscuro with Renoir’s impressionism. The gloom and shadows of claustrophobic chambers… — Ella Leya Copy Share Image
I'm inspired by Jackson Pollock; splashing layer upon layer, using different materials, experimenting with new methods to produce something fresh. I'd love… — Benee Copy Share Image
We have artists with no scientific knowledge and scientists with no artistic knowledge and both with no spiritual sense of gravity at… — Robert M. Pirsig Copy Share Image
For so many years, I've been an actor acting in other people's movies, and in 'Unstoppable,' I'm producing it, and I have… — Kirk Cameron Copy Share Image
Jackie's dream was France, but mine was really art and Italy, as that was all I cared about through school. My history… — Lee Radziwill Copy Share Image
Two of my favorite artists are Josh Smith and Joe Bradley. But I argued against them for years, until I grew to… — Leo Fitzpatrick Copy Share Image
It is a fallacy to think that carping is the strongest form of criticism: the important work begins after the artist's mistakes… — Wilfrid Sheed Copy Share Image
“No man, said the Nolan, can be a lover of the true or the good unless he abhors the multitude; and the… — James Joyce Copy Share Image
I like when people get really close to the paintings, when they can't really get away from them, I like them to… — Julian Schnabel Copy Share Image
I used to always make art for girls. That was the thing I did for girls to like me. I did portraits,… — Cary Fukunaga Copy Share Image
I would say runway is easier because your job is to look good or play a character that is just going somewhere.… — Hunter Schafer Copy Share Image
It was important for me as a theater artist to allow myself and my interests to evolve over time and allow my… — Allison Tolman Copy Share Image
Complete honesty has nothing to do with 'purity' or naivety. The full truth is unattainable to naivety, and the completely honest artist… — Clement Greenberg Copy Share Image
“He works in profanity the way another artist might work in watercolors, each word carrying various hues and subtleties not available to… — Mark Schweizer Copy Share Image
Painting is still to a great extent dominated by a central image; corners in most cases are like uninvited guests at a… — Harold Town Copy Share Image
I enjoy changing; I think it's more fun to try something different than to just do what you did last time. As… — Mat Kearney Copy Share Image
