I somehow sensed when I was a teenager that I wanted to do my own work. I was quite clear that I… — Meredith Monk Copy Share Image
Although not of the quality of my later work, I feel there is some quality to it [my early work] in an… — E. J. Hughes Copy Share Image
I was working with a great actress - a superior artist in every way - and she really liked Celine Dion. I… — John Cusack Copy Share Image
When realistic images or patterns are seen in an abstract painting, they are often parallels brought about by processes in painting which… — Walter Darby Bannard Copy Share Image
The only thing I collect is art. I collect it because I like looking at it. A lot of it is really… — Kathleen Hanna Copy Share Image
It's difficult not to color our perception of author's product with his personality. There are so many examples of this. What do… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
I'm a controversial artist, one who dares to have an opinion and bothers to create music and videos that challenge people's ideas… — Marilyn Manson Copy Share Image
Yes, a lot of European cinema and a lot of independent films and art-house stuff. She is a photographer. She is a… — Mia Wasikowska Copy Share Image
The moving toward one's inner self is a long pilgrimage for a painter. It offers many temporary successes and high points, but… — Ben Shahn Copy Share Image
The painting develops before my eyes, unfolding its surprises as it progresses. It is this which gives me the sense of complete… — Yves Tanguy Copy Share Image
If modern painters feel qualms about applying the term "masterpiece" to describe a work of capital importance, this is because it has… — Andre Malraux Copy Share Image
You like it, that's all, whether it's a landscape or abstract. You like it. It hits you. You don't have to read… — Clement Greenberg Copy Share Image
“Every dream, every vision is a masterpiece canvas on the wall of our minds. So as artists we should make an effort… — Euginia Herlihy Copy Share Image
Artists tend to be people of strong character and opinion. Often they are dismissed in our culture if they don't fit a… — Robert Greenwald Copy Share Image
The condition every art requires is, not so much freedom from restriction, as freedom from adulteration and from the intrusion of foreign… — Willa Cather Copy Share Image
“The daily routine of most adults is so heavy and artificial that we are closed off to much of the world. We… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
Styling is my form of painting. I can understand the process behind it, the being afraid to start, and the diving into… — Lori Goldstein Copy Share Image
Some artists leave remarkable things which, a 100 years later, don't work at all. I have left my mark; my work is… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
There's something exciting and incredibly liberating for an artist to finish something Friday night and the world hears it Friday night instead… — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
“It has come to this, that the lover of art is one, and the lover of nature another, though true art is… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Immortality is a by-product of good work. Masterpieces are not for artists, they're for critics. Critics can't even make music by rubbing… — Mel Brooks Copy Share Image
If there was no other proof of the infinite patience of God, a very good one could be found in His toleration… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
Work is rich. It can be looked at psychologically or philosophically or personally. The interpretive nature of work is different than the… — Charles Ray Copy Share Image
An artist in my eyes, is someone who can lighten up a dark room. I have never and will never find difference… — Eric Cantona Copy Share Image
My goal, if I was going to do art, fine art, would have been to become Picasso or greater. That always sounds… — Kanye West Copy Share Image
Usually I draw in relation to my painting, what I am working on at the time. On a lucky day a surprising… — Philip Guston Copy Share Image
“So, really," continued Jacob as if this were perfectly normal to expound on art in these circumstances, "when you think about it,… — Justina Chen Headley Copy Share Image
This is the theory… that anything that is art… is presumably about some certain thing, but is really always about something else,… — Edward Gorey Copy Share Image
“Writing and other efforts to produce an enduring piece of artwork is a gallant response to the prospect of death. Every person… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“The Painting is not shit,' said Lucien. 'I know,' said Henri. 'That was just part of the subterfuge. I am of royal… — Christopher Moore Copy Share Image
People understand what art is supposed to look like, and so it's easy to make something that looks like art but isn't… — Lucien Smith Copy Share Image
If somebody's getting depressed in life, I would say, 'Look at me'. I've got here believing in me. Sometimes, things do not… — Hiroko Sakai Copy Share Image
My art's not safe, I don't want it to be safe, it's not meant to be safe, its controversial, it takes you… — Brian Froud Copy Share Image
Two individuals, conversing honestly, can be inspired by the feeling that they are engaged in a joint enterprise, aiming at inventing an… — Theodore Zeldin Copy Share Image
Roman Polanski is a man who cares deeply about his art and its place in this world. What happened to him on… — Harvey Weinstein Copy Share Image
I think a business guy is different from an artist. They walk different paths. Artists create the best outputs when they're having… — G-Dragon Copy Share Image
It's really amazing that I was discovered and that I've been given these great opportunities to travel the world and work with… — Misty Copeland Copy Share Image
Before I think we was emcees, we was more or less narrators too. Because if you look at the early '80s hip… — Raekwon Copy Share Image
If the global art market was a person, it would be a cunning, sneaky, greedy, materialistic person. A person with a driving,… — Steve Fowler Copy Share Image
I know I am a human being. I can give myself to one year for a project. That is why I say… — Tehching Hsieh Copy Share Image
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