I am practical by nature, and I'd heard that being a writer or an artist is a good way to starve! So… — Ally Carter Copy Share Image
We live by revelations, as Christians, as artists, which means we must be careful never to get set into rigid molds. The… — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
I drew a lot. I always had sketchbooks. My parents were really great about any gift-giving holiday - birthdays, Hanukkah, Christmas -… — Abbi Jacobson Copy Share Image
That's partly the success of my work-the ability to have a young black girl walk into the Brooklyn Museum and see paintings… — Kehinde Wiley Copy Share Image
There's so much great stuff out there. The artists who've been most formative to me are the ones I've had the privilege… — Nick Blaemire Copy Share Image
I've had to accept that - that everyone cannot love me. Because when there's love, there's hate. When there's light, there's dark.… — RM Copy Share Image
A lot of people love Tarantino’s films because they’re spectacular, they’re beautiful, they’re wonderful. He hires the best group of artists -… — Demian Bichir Copy Share Image
It is my greatest joy to live a really good part, even though it imposes great strain. An artist is tired but… — Conrad Veidt Copy Share Image
When the work takes over, then the artist is enabled to get out of the way, not to interfere. When the work… — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
I think the defect actually lies with male artists. Male artists often border on idiocy, while it's important for a woman not… — Georg Baselitz Copy Share Image
“HENRY JAMES once proposed three questions you could productively put to an artist’s work. The first two were disarmingly straightforward: What was… — David Bayles Copy Share Image
If you think of a solo artist, you normally know them by their name; you don't normally describe their kind of music.… — Ian Gillan Copy Share Image
I construct myself and do things how I want to do them, because your artistry is a very precious thing - it's… — Tash Sultana Copy Share Image
The more you suffer the deeper grows your character, and with the deepening of your character you read the more penetratingly into… — D.T. Suzuki Copy Share Image
Everywhere in the modern world there is neglect, the need to be recognized, which is not satisfied. Art is a way of… — Louise Bourgeois Copy Share Image
We are in the midst of a momentous catastrophe of world history, of a transformation of all aspects of life and of… — Walter Gropius Copy Share Image
“So what's the point of longing for a new, monumental category hidden somewhere in the non-Western discourse? On the contrary, shouldn't we… — Ralph Ubl Copy Share Image
Think of your career as your ministry. Make your work an expression of love, in service to mankind. Within the worldly illusion,… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
“Look at a full vivid painting, and look at an empty picture. If you can immediately see an entire universe within the… — Lionel Suggs Copy Share Image
“Others, faced with Turner's competitiveness were less contented. C.R. Leslie was on hand when Turner's Helvoetsluys , to start with "a grey… — Anthony Bailey Copy Share Image
Art inspires, produces an unwillingness to settle for what we have and a desire for something better. It is the product and… — Russell L. Ackoff Copy Share Image
When an artist becomes pop, it's because the people choose it. Yes, you can have that dream to be a big pop… — Rosalia Copy Share Image
Indeed, an engineer designing a structure is not unlike an artist painting one. Both start with nothing but talent, experience, and inspiration.… — Henry Petroski Copy Share Image
I'd hate to be a writer forever and never perform, and I'd hate to perform and not write. I get sad if… — Kristen Schaal Copy Share Image
“I should’ve probably warned you: once you end a relationship with an artist, you are perpetually reminded of them. They have now… — Kamand Kojouri Copy Share Image
I began to paint again, even though I could barely hold the brush, but knowing exactly what I wanted to paint, I… — Vincent Van Gogh Copy Share Image
I think a lot of actors, comedians, musicians, artists are drawn to this world, because you're allowed to excavate whatever it is… — Sandra Bullock Copy Share Image
I wake up each day with a greater appreciation of the world, my unique place in it and the limitless possibilities that… — Innah Delos Angeles Copy Share Image
Luckily, I don't have to be anybody but Yolanda, because people don't expect me to be anything other than who I am.… — Yolanda Adams Copy Share Image
My programme, The Art of Creative Expression, empowers young people with tools to express themselves. We teach photography, art and drama, but… — Dawud Wharnsby Ali Copy Share Image
“if you didn’t take picture from museum, and Sascha didn’t steal it back, and I didn’t think of claiming reward—well, wouldn’t all… — Donna Tartt Copy Share Image
Abstraction has always been around, since the drawings in the caves. It exists in all cultures all over the world. I thought… — Brice Marden Copy Share Image
My treasure chest is filled with gold. Gold . . . gold . . . gold . . . Vagabond's gold and… — Don Blanding Copy Share Image
I'm creating my own oasis in my house. I've got a lot of calming, soothing things around my house. The way it's… — Ryan Guzman Copy Share Image
What modern art means is that you have to keep finding new ways to express yourself, to express the problems, that there… — Louise Bourgeois Copy Share Image
Art has become more than painting, sculpture or music: art is more than Van Gogh painting a landscape or Wagner composing an… — Paul Virilio Copy Share Image
Surprisingly, I don't throw away that much. I don't move forward with a lot of things unless they're going somewhere. You also… — Steven Soderbergh Copy Share Image
The ability to make new work from old work - especially if that new work is different enough that it doesn't dent… — Jonathan Zittrain Copy Share Image
My wife was the first art collector in the family, and I didn't become interested until around 1973. The first important artwork… — Eli Broad Copy Share Image
Prophets and artists tend to be liminal and marginal people, "edgemen," who strive with a passionate sincerity to rid themselves of the… — Victor Turner Copy Share Image
