It took some time before the public learned that to appreciate an Impressionist painting one has to step back a few yards,… — Ernst Gombrich Copy Share Image
I don't think successful musicians were really put on this planet in order to have a great time, pat themselves on the… — Ian Anderson Copy Share Image
On September 11, 2015, only hours before my mother passed away, I learned that the man I planned to build a life… — Jenifer Lewis Copy Share Image
The highest levels of fame in the entertainment business are geared toward keeping the artist disconnected, disinterested and continuing to make product… — Rob Lowe Copy Share Image
“Ornamentation, festoons, carvings, cartouches, bas-reliefs, countless surprises among the sculptures - and the tones of the facades weathered by time and rain,… — Georges Rodenbach Copy Share Image
In past times when one lived in contact with nature, abstraction was easy; it was done unconsciously. Now in our denaturalized age… — Piet Mondrian Copy Share Image
K. Dot was a kid who was trying to find himself in music, finding trends, um, bending towards - ready to bend… — Kendrick Lamar Copy Share Image
Well, from an acting point of view, I bear no relation, I don't look like Alfred Kinsey at all, but I thought… — Liam Neeson Copy Share Image
The National Gallery is the place that means to represent everything that's good and important in art and show what it believes… — Kerry James Marshall Copy Share Image
A prose writer never sees a reader walk out of a book; for a playwright, it's another matter. An audience is an… — John Lahr Copy Share Image
The artist is a strange being. I think it's safe to say that a real artist is conscious of having a personal… — Peter Schjeldahl Copy Share Image
So I said to myself-I'll paint what I see-what the flower is to me but I'll paint it big and they will… — Georgia O'Keeffe Copy Share Image
“The tragedy of art is the misalignment of merit and the perception thereof. A hype is a classic example of positive (from… — Kevin Focke Copy Share Image
Painting from life was incredibly important for me because it allowed me to train my eyes to see everything that is there.… — Lynette Yiadom-Boakye Copy Share Image
A year ago, six months ago, I thought that I was an artist. I no longer think about it, I am. Everything… — Henry Miller Copy Share Image
You need response from the fan to fuel your sense of musical rebellion. It's very symbiotic, it's very cyclic in a way.… — Corey Taylor Copy Share Image
My theory is that if I can stay present in the moment in my life as frequent as possible the artwork will… — Ruston Kelly Copy Share Image
It's nice to see people invest in what you do as an artist and sing the songs back at you and feel… — Chris Stapleton Copy Share Image
The avant-garde has always existed throughout the history of mankind. The good things from the avant-garde last and eventually, after many years,… — Ferran Adria Copy Share Image
There's a new Mozart, a new Miles Davis, a new Misty Copeland, a new Matisse potentially languishing in a math class somewhere.… — Renee Elise Goldsberry Copy Share Image
Something impacts me emotionally, art is a kind of outlet, and I figure it's the same for a lot of artists. The… — Ryan Coogler Copy Share Image
All the other editors at DC never gave me a moment's time. They would take the thing and give me a check… — John Romita, Sr Copy Share Image
You've got to be able to pay your bills, otherwise you're not going to sleep at night. But beyond that, the world… — Alan Moore Copy Share Image
“then we would enter what he called his “study,” a room whose walls were hung with prints which showed, against a dark… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
I love producing. My dream as a producer is to be able to build a company that can be a safe haven… — Brittany Murphy Copy Share Image
Think of drawing as a way of talking about the things that interest you. Think of those wonderful documents, drawings made on… — John French Sloan Copy Share Image
Political events are part of everyday life [in Colombia], so art and politics came to me as a natural thing, something that… — Doris Salcedo Copy Share Image
Curator Shantrelle P. Lewis left for Amsterdam an Andy Warhol fellow, and came back with a film in her pocket. Please support… — dream hampton Copy Share Image
At that [childhood] time, of course, if you were involved in art, it was going to be drawing and painting, because that's… — Warren MacKenzie Copy Share Image
I try to create paintings that are a window for the imagination. If people look at my work and are reminded of… — Thomas Kinkade Copy Share Image
A man who works with his hands is a laborer; a man who works with his hands and his brain is a… — Louis Nizer Copy Share Image
Nature's purpose in relation to the visual arts is to provide stimulus not imitation. From its ceaseless urge to create springs all… — Hans Hofmann Copy Share Image
There is no telling what is going to happen in the music business in the next few years, hours, minutes, seconds. Giving… — Pauley Perrette Copy Share Image
“The greatest work of Art, is life. The greatest calling, lifting, sharing that Art. May these hands, this heart, complete its work,… — Tom Althouse Copy Share Image
[My photography teacher] gave me the Mexican Day Books of Edward Weston and just blew me away with this work. The fact… — Max Pam Copy Share Image
My skills are not of the highest caliber, but I know a thing or two, and I occasionally produce a painting that… — James Howard Kunstler Copy Share Image
Painting is a fine art: not merely because it gives us trees and faces and lovely things to see, but because paint… — James Elkins Copy Share Image
I think when people struggle with the problem of trying to understand the art world as an idea, they misunderstand it. They… — Liam Gillick Copy Share Image
What's odd is that nobody in my family is an artist. My cousins are, like, secretaries at law firms or nurses or… — Melonie Diaz Copy Share Image
I am into drones and one chord freak outs and the paintings I am into are more minimal things the New York… — Will Sergeant Copy Share Image
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