Representational painters: place your works in a larger context. Give your work not only breadth but breath. Do not 'copy' what you… — Joshua L. Goldberg Copy Share Image
I honestly believe that sound commercialism is the best test of true value in art. People work hard for their money and… — Berton Braley Copy Share Image
Entertainment must be a satisfying emotional experience, a stirring of the heart. We need all kinds of young men and women. Those… — Hedda Hopper Copy Share Image
In the future, you won't buy artists' works; you'll buy software that makes original pieces of 'their' works, or that recreates their… — Brian Eno Copy Share Image
One of the fine moments in 1940s film is no longer than a blink: Bogart, as he crosses the street from one… — Manny Farber Copy Share Image
I don't mean that if you're a Christian, walking close to God, you will immediately gain celebrity. you may fail as an… — Cliff Richard Copy Share Image
“as those old engravings of the ‘Cenacolo,’ or that painting by Gentile Bellini, in which one sees, in a state in which… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
A lot of the artists that are coming out right now are sticking to the formula of guns, drugs, money, all that… — John Cena Copy Share Image
As a fan and collector of 'MAD' magazines as a kid, I am well aware that my art is unworthy. I remain… — Jake Tapper Copy Share Image
“You can draw!" I exclaimed. "Yeah," his voice echoed from the kitchen. "I mean really draw [...]" "I told you I would… — Jennifer Echols Copy Share Image
It takes a great deal of time and thought to install work carefully. This should not always be thrown away. Most art… — Donald Judd Copy Share Image
Worry, about the 'thousand and one' details entailed. My one-track mind has to be relieved of these worries completely or I cannot… — E. J. Hughes Copy Share Image
I intend to do a large painting of the cliff at Etretat, although it is terribly bold of me to do so… — Claude Monet Copy Share Image
To love something as an artist ... means to be shaken not by its ultimate value or lack of value, but by… — Robert Musil Copy Share Image
I'm not an Internet artist, I didn't get discovered on the Internet - I got discovered pushing my mix tapes on the… — Tyga Copy Share Image
You're like a witness. You're the one who goes to the museum and looks at the paintings. I mean the paintings are… — Julio Cortazar Copy Share Image
“To my mind the most interesting thing in art is the personality of the artist; and if that is singular, I am… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
I think there should be a reworking of the value structure of art. The value is when the artist makes a first… — Lawrence Weiner Copy Share Image
I don't really feel like a rock artist, but I guess in the small category of the world of music genres, that's… — Courtney Barnett Copy Share Image
Art is the perpetual motion of illusion. The highest purpose of art is to inspire. What else can you do? What else… — Bob Dylan Copy Share Image
You have to have a sound that inspires you to play because, if not, you won't be able to make the sound… — Joe Satriani Copy Share Image
The merit of painting lies in the exactness of reproduction. Painting is a science and all sciences are based on mathematics. No… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
Art brings to life things that can seemingly be dead, and can put a fresh perspective on things that are living. It's… — Mark Foster Copy Share Image
It's a sign of this film's greatness that the enormous sadness that accompanies the final leave-taking of the circus interior is a… — Jonathan Rosenbaum Copy Share Image
“One should embrace the artist's profession only after recognising in oneself an intense passion for Nature and the disposition to pursue it… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
As an adult after college and as an artist I thought about what was real, what sustained me - it was Christian… — Alfre Woodard Copy Share Image
I think it is important to surround myself with artists who share the same goals and aspirations. This way, I am constantly… — Ravyn Lenae Copy Share Image
Artists are in the imagining/ prototyping business. Society needs people to be out there thinking of what might be. That cannot be… — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
We all have our things that we go through, and I wanted to be an artist that people could listen to and… — Lauren Alaina Copy Share Image
When I was in art school, there was a stigma attached to coming from comfortable suburbia. If you were from Great Neck,… — Laurie Simmons Copy Share Image
The eye is complicated. It mixes the colors [it sees] for you ... The painter must unmix them and lay them on… — Elizabeth Borton de Trevino Copy Share Image
My original idea- and I still want to do it -for Pinko Records, would be to create a platform for other artists… — Jill Sobule Copy Share Image
“The art stream is filled with snags and has no volume so it has no support. If you finally choose art, no… — Theresa Sjoquist Copy Share Image
“Contemplating a purported work of art is a social activity. Either you have a rewarding time, or you don't. You don't have… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
Artistry has to define the Artist so there is no other way but to create the kind of music that speaks about… — Truth Hurts Copy Share Image
I was a sandwich artist at Subway and can still rattle off the order of toppings. I was fired because I got… — Jeremy Sisto Copy Share Image
The first person who ever told me that happiness was work was this manic-depressive artist I knew when I was in my… — Ariel Gore Copy Share Image
She has her own glamour, Willy lad. All poets do, all the bards and artists, all the musicians who truly take the… — Emma Bull Copy Share Image
Every one of us is an artist, and as an artist, you really can stroll into any venue that you want, as… — Terrence Howard Copy Share Image
“What can an artist use but materials, such as they are? What can he light but the short string of his gut,… — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image