Every work of art causes the receiver to enter into a certain kind of relationship both with him who produced the art,… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
Museums provide places of relaxation and inspiration. And most importantly, they are a place of authenticity. We live in a world of… — Thomas P. Campbell Copy Share Image
It's so easy to be mistaken about the future. Sometimes there are avant-gardes which believe themselves to be the avant-garde and which… — Simone de Beauvoir Copy Share Image
I had to learn, because as an artist myself, an artist owns that right to protect their interest of how they want… — Bryce Wilson Copy Share Image
I don't believe art is available; it's rare and curious and should be completely isolated; one is more aware of its magic… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
And no one shall work for money, and no one shall work for fame, But each for the joy of the working,… — Rudyard Kipling Copy Share Image
If you're trying to work the art game, if you're like Andy Warhol or something, then you're in with cake-eaters of society.… — Robert Crumb Copy Share Image
“Genuine art . . . does not have as its object a mere transitory game. Its serious purpose is not merely to… — Friedrich Schiller Copy Share Image
Art teaches you the philosophy of life, and if you can't learn it from art, you can't learn it at all. It… — William Morris Hunt Copy Share Image
We had a missionary zeal about blues music, and I felt, particularly, that Mickie Most was attempting to homogenize, sweeten, and make… — Alan Price Copy Share Image
From the outset, MoMA followed the Bauhaus's strict prohibition against design that even hinted at the decorative, a prejudice that skewed the… — Martin Filler Copy Share Image
At a certain point in his life, when he reaches a level of stature, a man commissions his portrait to go over… — Rick Owens Copy Share Image
I'm not an artist that strays away from my fans. Nah, everybody is open to come and talk to me respectfully and… — Raekwon Copy Share Image
The funniest novel you've never read. . . . Afternoon Men is a revelation to sophisticated readers of every stripe, but especially… — Blake Bailey Copy Share Image
I tried to find a character and how I would be an American actress in the 30s. But if this was a… — Berenice Bejo Copy Share Image
I have a master plan as an artist. I've always said I'm not going to be punching nobody's clock. I will work… — Erykah Badu Copy Share Image
When I paint, I seriously consider the public presence of a person - the surface facade. I am less concerned with how… — LeRoy Neiman Copy Share Image
The artist is the person who invents the means to bridge between biological inheritance and the environments created by technological innovation. — Marshall McLuhan Copy Share Image
Look, Matisse I ain't. You know how they have on the invitations, a reception for the artist will be held at... And… — Phil Stern Copy Share Image
An artist must never be a prisoner. Prisoner? An artist should never be a prisoner of himself, prisoner of style, prisoner of… — Henri Matisse Copy Share Image
Art is a process. Its expressing yourself and doing something, and throwing yourself into it and getting better at it and trying… — Grayson Perry Copy Share Image
Today, 8 year old kids have Facebook, Twitter, iPhones, iPads. When I was their age, I had a coloring book, crayons, chalk,… — Rick Sutter Copy Share Image
When the artist ... intends from the beginning to be obscure and take obscurity as his objective or goal for its own… — Tawfiq al-Hakim Copy Share Image
“I have studied the art of the ancients and the art of the moderns, avoiding any preconceived system and without prejudice. I… — Gustave Courbet Copy Share Image
Art is constant tension and release. That is where artists live, between the two, or at times, submerged in either. The challenge… — Dave Liebman Copy Share Image
The artist labors while he may, But finds at best too brief the day; And, tho' his works outlast the time And… — Henry Abbey Copy Share Image
When Michael Werner saw a painting of mine, such as Die grosse Nacht im Eimer, which back then nobody wanted and everybody… — Georg Baselitz Copy Share Image
“The lion's share of individuals who are thinking about a story covering or paint for their carport, for the most part, envision… — Visit this website for more info Copy Share Image
“Imagine that human existence is defined by an Ache: the Ache of our not being, each of us, the center of the… — Jonathan Franzen Copy Share Image
Art is the concrete artifact of faith and expectation, the realization of a world that would otherwise be little more than a… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
A lot of artists are scared to do that, they are scared to step out on their own. What am I the… — Shane Bunting Copy Share Image
The Symbol of all Art is the Prism. The goal is destructive. To break up the white light of objective realism into… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The reason why I play around with the word legend is because this is my 7th CD and a lot of artists… — Ginuwine Copy Share Image
I went to the Louvre in Paris, and I saw all the paintings and the Mona Lisa. You don't really see something… — Brian Fallon Copy Share Image
The best thing is to always keep honest people around, because when you have a bunch of yes men around that know… — Kendrick Lamar Copy Share Image
An artist is he who has his center within himself. He who lacks this must choose a particular leader and mediator outside… — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel Copy Share Image
Contemporary art and manga - what is the same about them? Nothing, right? The manga industry has a lot of talented people,… — Takashi Murakami Copy Share Image
I like the spreads - designing them is a welcome challenge - but for a dyed-in-the-wool page-a-day journeyman like me, it can… — Stuart Immonen Copy Share Image
“I draw because words are too unpredictable. I draw because words are too limited. If you speak and write in English or… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
“Some days drawing is a real struggle. Hopefully, using the exercises in this book, it will become easier and more and more… — Cliff Wright Copy Share Image