“When art as an expression starts to appear, without prompting, all over the suburbs and villages of this country, what we are… — Binyavanga Wainaina Copy Share Image
I want to emphasize the fact that we all have the same experience and the same concern, but the artist must know… — Agnes Martin Copy Share Image
I'm painting the paintings that I want to see in museums. And I'm hopefully presenting them in a way that's universal enough… — Amy Sherald Copy Share Image
I would just like to see hip-hop journalism in general take a step up and match the artistry. There have been great… — Brother Ali Copy Share Image
To be a qawwal is more than being a performer, more than being an artist. One must be willing to release one's… — Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan Copy Share Image
When you come up in the art world, whatevers in the air, the issues of the moment, end up becoming part of… — Chuck Close Copy Share Image
“Like all paintings, the portrait was ruined at the first stroke of paint; it would never be exactly as she had imagined… — Christopher Bollen Copy Share Image
Universal appreciation of art... belongs to those countries and those ages which are not, or were not, ruled by materialism. Though travel… — Walter J. Phillips Copy Share Image
You have a right to your opinion about the work that you're doing. An artist is as equally important as the director.… — Maggie Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
Now the expectation is that, once the public decides that the artist is gentrified, the public demands that the artist stop growing.… — Billy Corgan Copy Share Image
The visible is how we orient ourselves. It remains our principal source of information about the world. Painting reminds us of what… — Squeak Carnwath Copy Share Image
To the question how one kind of labor can be measured against another, how the labor of the artisan can be measured… — Benjamin N. Cardozo Copy Share Image
Any artistic achievement that is tailored to conform to social demands rather than to the real, uninhibited, feelings of its creator, is… — Semir Zeki Copy Share Image
My week is full-tilt boogie. I wake up every morning, and the singular thought in my head is that maybe today is… — Lyor Cohen Copy Share Image
I feel compelled to make art that on one hand reflects and sometimes almost creates like a sense of comfort when confronted… — Moby Copy Share Image
“El Greco and Van Gogh shared several passions beyond art. Both were religious and disliked the materialism of their respective ages. Neither… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Some musicians feel they have to provide what their audiences expect. They lose the distinction between an artist and an entertainer. I… — Steven Wilson Copy Share Image
I think something happens with age. And I find this really a lot in what I read from certain art critics: For… — Marc Jacobs Copy Share Image
It was the most beautiful thing I'd ever seen. How the artist captured the light, the details of my mother's dimples, the… — Ellen Schreiber Copy Share Image
There is no short-cut to art, one has to work hard, be open and flexible in your mind, keep the child alive… — Bente Borsum Copy Share Image
Vermont's a place where barns come painted / Red as a strong man's heart, Where stout carts and stout boys in freckles,… — Robert Tristram Coffin Copy Share Image
I was driving down a familiar road one fall day when I almost drove off the road, the beauty was so intense.… — Sheila Walsh Copy Share Image
I'm a quiet person, I'm not a flashy art world person. I'm in the studio in the middle of nowhere. There's sheep… — Nigel Cooke Copy Share Image
I'm very fussy about how my records sound, but I'm very aware that because of the way they sound, I will never… — Nick Lowe Copy Share Image
Roc was only supposed to be our distributor, but then they ended up recruiting me as the label's artist. They said they… — Jay Park Copy Share Image
Just black executives have a bias against older artists. We don't respect our elders. That's not because of white people. That's because… — KRS-One Copy Share Image
As an artist, there's a sweet, jump-starting quality to [marijuana] for me. I've often felt telepathic and receptive to inexplicable messages my… — Alanis Morissette Copy Share Image
Like everything genuine, its inner life guarantees its truth. All works of art created by truthful minds without regard for the work's… — Franz Marc Copy Share Image
The advice I have for new artists is this - write great songs and play them live as often as possible. Get… — Ben Harper Copy Share Image
An artist requires the upkeep of creative solitude. An artist requires the healing of time alone. Without this period of recharging, our… — Julia Cameron Copy Share Image
Fame was never something I was seeking in my artistic journey. It's to be used as a tool for an artist to… — Philippe Petit Copy Share Image
“My dove – I’m not good with words, and you know that, but there are a few things you need to have… — Evelyn Deshane Copy Share Image
I think there's a great strength in having the courage and also having the support to do what you want to do… — Dave Gahan Copy Share Image
“The good painter has to paint two principal things, man and the intention of his mind,” he wrote. “The first is easy… — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
To be an artist, you don't have to compose music or paint or be in the movies or write books. It's just… — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
In the fairy tale the painting represents the here and now. The book is actually divided into five sections, through which the… — Kit Williams Copy Share Image
When I think about a Chicago sound, I think about the Great Migration from the South. Many of Chicago's black artists are… — Rhymefest Copy Share Image
I was making my work as transparent as possible, without equivocations, without calling attention to itself, without apology. There's a lot of… — Raymond Pettibon Copy Share Image
My painting technique has not changed that much over time, although perhaps I am painting tighter and with more detail, in spite… — Mark Ryden Copy Share Image
I don't see myself as an artist. I work with artists and collaborate with them, but then it becomes graphic design. It's… — Vaughan Oliver Copy Share Image
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