A historic, in-depth study of what it means to risk one's life to be an artist. It is also a depiction of… — Sandra Hochman Copy Share Image
I've been around a lot of artists who are also good at business, and... one minute they'll sound like an artist, and… — Ron Howard Copy Share Image
Roth Unbound is filled with intelligent readings and smart judgments. Because of the author's sympathy and sharp mind, it offers real insight… — Colm Toibin Copy Share Image
Stop thinking about art works as objects, and start thinking about them as triggers for experiences... That solves a lot of problems… — Brian Eno Copy Share Image
And the glory of character is in affronting the horrors of depravity to draw thence new nobilities of power: as Art lives… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
A lot of ideas don't translate very well into art. To say, "Oh my god, the grass is green ..." You're going… — John Baldessari Copy Share Image
The picture must all come out of the artist's inside, awareness of forms and figures... It is more than memory. It is… — D. H. Lawrence Copy Share Image
“Their love, however, was the epitome of what we today would label “platonic.” They loved each other’s minds. Michelangelo was thrilled to… — Benjamin Blech Copy Share Image
What interests me is all the stuff that goes into abstract and abstract-figurative art. Not the styles, but the stuff that, in… — Ed Askew Copy Share Image
Many attempts have been made by writers on art and poetry to define beauty in the abstract, to express it in the… — Walter Pater Copy Share Image
Theoretical scientists who probe the secrets of the universe and philosophers who seek answers to existence, as well as painters such as… — Wynn Bullock Copy Share Image
“In making art you need to give yourself room to respond authentically, both to your subject matter and to your materials. Art… — David Bayles Copy Share Image
Money itself isn't lost or made, it's simply transferred from one perception to another. This painting here. I bought it 10 years… — Oliver Stone Copy Share Image
“I will tell you what I believe,” he said with simplicity. “I am an artist, and I believe that art is something… — Kathrine Kressmann Taylor Copy Share Image
All true artists in the world from all countries and all genres are influenced by Michael Jackson. There were music videos before… — Sonu Nigam Copy Share Image
“But art is not simply works of art; it is the spirit that knows Beauty, that has music in its being and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Certain things you learn through exposure. It's really the elements which make up any artist. You really learn by example. You learn… — Greg Lake Copy Share Image
What I never wanted in art - and why I probably didn't belong in art - was that I never wanted viewers.… — Vito Acconci Copy Share Image
I'm one of those artists who have the presence and that swag... I was always built for the music, I don't get… — Juelz Santana Copy Share Image
I'm aware of what I am, but I focus so much on myself as a musician and as an artist that I… — Jennifer Lee Copy Share Image
In 'Star Wars: Episode II,' when Jango Fett is chasing Obi Wan Kenobi through an asteroid field, they needed a big asteroid… — Masi Oka Copy Share Image
“If the painter has clumsy hands, he will be apt to introduce them into his works, and so of any other part… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
There is a political and racial context behind everything that I do. Not always because I design it that way, or because… — Kehinde Wiley Copy Share Image
Many art-worlders have an if-you-say-so approach to art: Everyone is so scared of missing out on the next hot artist that it's… — Jerry Saltz Copy Share Image
Forget your ideas about art. Make a shopping list of everything you like about what you've done. Include qualities that you've seen… — Joseph Kosuth Copy Share Image
Though painting borrows help indeed from colours... it has nothing more wide of its real aim or more remote from its intention… — Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 10th Earl of Shaftesbury Copy Share Image
I am not very extreme in my life. But I'm very attracted to art that works with extremes and works with limits,… — Johann Johannsson Copy Share Image
If you are an artist, you may live with Lincoln. You sit with him, your coat is spread to keep the snow… — Gutzon Borglum Copy Share Image
I always thought I'd eventually learn how to draw really well, and despite constant evidence to the contrary, I just kept on… — Mark Haddon Copy Share Image
I did pose for 'Black and White' magazine, a prestigious, artistic publication, several years ago... I did this as a piece of… — Andrea Thompson Copy Share Image
I was never good at painting. The great turning point came when I had a block of wood and I carved a… — Carl Andre Copy Share Image
Doin' music, musicians and artists, we have the advantage of doin' something that is our passion. At the same time it's fun,… — Tyga Copy Share Image
If you like looking at 'Starry Night' or water lilies or whatever, then why does it matter if it's an original? If… — Chris Cubas Copy Share Image
“I find the plainness and economizing record of materials handled calming. Realistic yet not austere, because what corresponds—the words oil on canvas—has… — Durga Chew-Bose Copy Share Image
I don't think that writers or painters or filmmakers function because they have something they particularly want to say. They have something… — Stanley Kubrick Copy Share Image
I was mostly surprised by the rap artists, actually, that were influenced by Sabbath. That was a surprise. But it's very nice… — Tony Iommi Copy Share Image
A great work of Art demands a great thought or a thought of beauty adequately expressed. - Neither in Art nor Literature… — Margaret Fuller Copy Share Image
“After a time some of the hedge knights and men-at-arms amongst his rabble began to paint images of the “Cock o’ the… — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
“I craved honesty, yet found dishonesty in myself. Why commit to art? For self-realization, or for itself? It seemed indulgent to add… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
As an artist, you want to make good stories and create good art; as a businessman, you want to make money and… — Neil Jackson Copy Share Image