All things that are living are expression and therefore part of the inherent symbology of life. Art, therefore, that is encumbered with… — Marsden Hartley Copy Share Image
Art- speech is the only truth. An artist is usually a damned liar but his art, if it be art, will tell… — D. H. Lawrence Copy Share Image
Surely all art is the result of one's having been in danger, of having gone through an experience all the way to… — Rainer Maria Rilke Copy Share Image
I don't think of myself as just a pop artist, but someone who knows she has a bigger meaning. I'm not doing… — Robyn Copy Share Image
A work of (whatever) art can be either 'received' or 'used'. ...'Using' is inferior to 'reception' because art, if used rather than… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
I've always been interested in history, but they never taught Negro history in the public schools...I don't see how a history of… — Jacob Lawrence Copy Share Image
Art is something you choose to make... it's a bringing together of... of everything around you into something that makes you more… — China Mieville Copy Share Image
I think it's harder than ever to be an artist. I think that you end up, especially as a middle-aged person, you… — Dana Spiotta Copy Share Image
“In addition to his instinct for discerning patterns across disciplines, Leonardo honed two other traits that aided his scientific pursuits: an omnivorous… — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
That is how America gets her art: Contracting firms get the contract and the honor. Starving artists do the work. The government… — Gutzon Borglum Copy Share Image
“An artist can do whatever the artist want. The work they do will not always be appreciated by all, but still it's… — Atle Jarnæs Lerøy Copy Share Image
I do think I paid a price as an artist, and I am trying to make up for it now - I… — Michael Craig-Martin Copy Share Image
A lot of artists talk about getting out of their comfort zones and being the most proud of their newest album. But… — Michael Buble Copy Share Image
In any society, the artist has a responsibility. His effectiveness is certainly limited and a painter or writer cannot change the world.… — Luis Bunuel Copy Share Image
Art is not the possession of the few who are recognized writers, painters, musicians; it is the authentic expression of any and… — John Dewey Copy Share Image
What I mean by 'abstract' is something which comes to life spontaneously through a gamut of contrasts, plastic at the same time… — Marc Chagall Copy Share Image
When I saw this Broken Kilometer, it reminded me of these 1,000 Buddhas. That piece is 1,000 one-meter gold rods, and this… — Hiroshi Sugimoto Copy Share Image
“And does the trial start over again?” asked K., finding it hard to believe. “The trial will always start over again,” said… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
. . . the triumph of my art is in thoroughly examining whether the thought which the mind of the young man… — Plato Copy Share Image
Painting puts me into an alpha state. It's a private event. I make all the decisions in the process and never have… — Callum Keith Rennie Copy Share Image
“I noticed that religion gave some people a way to escape dealing with the world: “Things will be better when you die,”… — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
“No art can possibly comfort HER then, even though art is credited with so many things, especially an ability to offer solace.… — Elfriede Jelinek Copy Share Image
When we are artists, researchers, or writers, we choose what we do with our time, who we talk to. Of course we… — Paola Pivi Copy Share Image
I'm incredibly close to my family. I have two younger brothers; they're both artists and actors, and their work and the way… — Tatiana Maslany Copy Share Image
I shall not find a painting more beautiful because the artist has painted a hawthorn in the foreground, though I know of… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
Art isn't only a painting. Art is anything that's creative, passionate, and personal. And great art resonates with the viewer, not only… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
There are two ways. One is to be a puppet, follow the culture, and do whatever they want. That was mentally disturbing… — Malina Suliman Copy Share Image
When I think of the artists I admire and seek out musically. It's because I'm curious about where they're going to go… — Mary Chapin Carpenter Copy Share Image
If [hand-drawn animation] is a dying craft, we can't do anything about it. Civilization moves on. Where are all the fresco painters… — Hayao Miyazaki Copy Share Image
Being a Puerto Rican artist, I support all kinds of projects that are developed on my beautiful island that in some way… — Bad Bunny Copy Share Image
For a Christian to say, "I will not have anything to do with the great and worthy works of artists whose lives… — Frank E. Gaebelein Copy Share Image
As an artist you organize your life so that you get a chance to paint, a window of time, but that's no… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
I was excited by what my painter friends were doing, and they seemed to be interested in our poetry too, and that… — Kenneth Koch Copy Share Image
“Don't fret my dear. If art is translation of the ephemeral into observable form, then always remember that it is the translationn… — Jomny Sun Copy Share Image
Leonard de Vinci, for example, is a great artist, but he is living in the past. However, I don't feel John Cage… — Yasumasa Morimura Copy Share Image
“The core of every artist, brand, or organization is believability. I believe Basquiat, Kahlo, Mahler, and Hemingway because they stuck to their… — Rod Judkins Copy Share Image
I visit studios. Just to get the feel, the smell, and see what other people are doing. Not only listening to the… — Jimmy Cliff Copy Share Image
Those nations of artists, finding their own individualism, and kind of standing against the world: to me that's the ultimate nightmare. I… — Robert Wyatt Copy Share Image
Wildness we might consider as the root of the authentic spontaneities of any being. It is that wellspring of creativity whence comes… — Thomas Berry Copy Share Image
A writer, or any man, must believe that whatever happens to him is an instrument; everything has been given for an end.… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
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