Not all writers are artists. But all of us like the idea of somebody in the year 2283 blowing the dust off… — William Attwood Copy Share Image
“It is a matter of artistic instinct. In his own thoughts and feelings and way of doing things an actor is worth… — Maurice Chevalier Copy Share Image
I'm against government giving money to artists, but I'm not against artists taking money. Just like I don't have a moral problem… — Chester Brown Copy Share Image
And let's get one thing straight. There's a big difference between a pilot and an aviator. One is a technician; the other… — Elrey Borge Jeppesen Copy Share Image
Through poverty, godhunger, the family debacle, I kept a sense of worth. I could limn and paint like no-one else in this… — Keri Hulme Copy Share Image
Since I started making art, I've always had some kind of project that was really about and for other people, because I… — Miranda July Copy Share Image
every artist is both male and female, and ... sometimes, the two great elements are in conjunction with him, so that all… — Ruth St. Denis Copy Share Image
When a young person, even a gifted one, grows up without proximate living examples of what she may aspire to become--whether lawyer,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The main thing that attracts me to Buddhism is probably what attracts every artist to being an artist - that it's a… — Laurie Anderson Copy Share Image
But Stacie Orrico was my childhood hero. I was about 12 when I found her music. She is a contemporary Christian artist,… — Christina Grimmie Copy Share Image
I was doing an interview with a curator, and he asked me to sum up art in one word. Before he even… — Sean Scully Copy Share Image
Being creative is my idea of heaven. I'm just incredibly fortunate that I can do it in artwork. Watercolor is what I… — Jane Seymour Copy Share Image
The arts, as a reflection of human existence at its highest, have always and spontaneously lived up to this demand of plenitude.… — Rudolf Arnheim Copy Share Image
I'm a real big Marilyn Manson fan. I get a lot of my styles from him. Not even musically - living-wise, too.… — Lil Uzi Vert Copy Share Image
That's what's great about the arts. Everything inspires you, and you get a chance to grow from watching other people and how… — Jamie Foxx Copy Share Image
Oh my God, does art engender humanity? It awakens your humanity. But humanity has nothing to do with political theory. Political theory… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
I am not one of those artists who is cemented in one way. I am able to, you know, make the happy,… — Jimmy Cliff Copy Share Image
The 'Vampire of Ropraz' claims to be based on a true story, but the name of Rosa's father matches that of a… — Sarah Weinman Copy Share Image
“Life is not always deep, mostly it's just random. But it’s different in art. In art you can choose to show some… — Oren Lavie Copy Share Image
There's definitely some sort of dissent brewing between record labels, publishing companies and artists [about the compensation they get from streaming services]… — Sean Parker Copy Share Image
We, as artists, we have the right to express ourselves. That is our first amendment, freedom of speech. But I also believe… — Ja Rule Copy Share Image
Everyone who works with love and with intelligence finds in the very sincerity of his love for nature and art a kind… — Vincent Van Gogh Copy Share Image
Presumably, as a Martial artist, I do not fight for gain or loss, am not concerned with strength or weakness, and neither… — Takuan Soho Copy Share Image
I think that's always the hope - I mean, I can't speak for others, but I think other artists, no matter what… — Beth Hart Copy Share Image
The notion of art as the dearly purchased outcome of an immense spiritual risk, one whose cost goes up with the entry… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
It's sort of like my past is an unfinished painting, and as the artist of that painting, I must fill in all… — Lady Gaga Copy Share Image
“How may paintings have preserved the image of a divine beauty which in its natural manifestation has been rapidly overtaken by time… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
The artist must scorn all judgment that is not based on an intelligent observation of character. He must beware of the literary… — Paul Cezanne Copy Share Image
I think you can see the evolution of me as an artist, and just becoming confident and coming into my own and… — Kevin McCall Copy Share Image
I wanted to start doing more music, doing more things than just playing guitar. I started taking singing lessons and piano lessons.… — Mike McCready Copy Share Image
Every artist wants an audience, and it's incredible to me how books take on a life of their own and reach people… — Anthony Doerr Copy Share Image
Whether it's a pebble in a riverbed or a soaring mountain peak, I see everything in the world as the handiwork of… — Thomas Kinkade Copy Share Image
My mom devotes so much of her time toward me. She's an artist, and my father is a doctor. I've been brought… — Natalie Portman Copy Share Image
What I'm nostalgic for is the idea of an edge in New York. There used to be these fringes of the city… — Jay McInerney Copy Share Image
It is a beautiful truth that all men contain something of the artist in them. And perhaps it is the case that… — Walt Whitman Copy Share Image
What's interesting about making art is that you take everything you know about it and you bring it up to that point,… — Julian Schnabel Copy Share Image
If I could prescribe a single rule for looking at a work of art it would be to enjoy it. If we're… — Vincent Price Copy Share Image
People are afraid to ask musicians to be involved in projects because they anticipate being turned down. Young artists hesitate before contacting… — David Sylvian Copy Share Image
This seclusion of the artist with his work, sometimes misconceived as a selfish thing, is in truth as needful a tool as… — Georgiana Burne-Jones Copy Share Image
As the evening mist worked its way into the scene, creating a warm filter through which the lowering sun bathed its light,… — Cory Trepanier Copy Share Image