Like most artists and musicians, I considered myself detached from the political life. But I had an insight that maybe we would… — Gilberto Gil Copy Share Image
For me, drawing is a way of navigating the imagination, and it remains the fundamental vehicle of my practice. Drawing allows me… — Shahzia Sikander Copy Share Image
“Ambivalence and contradiction energize nearly every figure Michaelangelo carved, from the adolescent Madonna of the Stairs onward...But the four allegories atop the… — Eric Scigliano Copy Share Image
The artist himself is often surprised at the finished work of art. He cannot tell 'how it happened', nor could he repeat… — John F. Carlson Copy Share Image
“A sculpture of the magnificent shape of God. Oh, admittedly it was a shallow rendering of That Which Cannot Be Named; but… — Laird Barron Copy Share Image
The higher the artist, the fewer the gestures. The fewer the tools, the greater the imagination. The greater the will, the greater… — Ben Okri Copy Share Image
This new form of dialogue that is bringing us to the art to which I have dedicated my life, is rooted in… — Alicia Alonso Copy Share Image
My respect for artists is very high. I think to get the most out of them, you have to liberate them. I… — Gore Verbinski Copy Share Image
The passion for art is, as for believers, very religious. It unites people, its message is of common humanity. Art has become… — Francois Pinault Copy Share Image
I'm a Hip Hop artist, but I understand why some people are confused about that because a lot of people have a… — Everlast Copy Share Image
“Here, in this painting, in these (hopefully) creative meditations, you will see teh same sky and the same sun, the same story… — N. D. Wilson Copy Share Image
Theatre artists are essentially sort of charlatans and thieves, I mean that's the tradition that we come from, so I have absolutely… — Simon McBurney Copy Share Image
“As an artist she finds Dick's work hopelessly naive, yet she is a lover of certain kinds of bad art, art which… — Chris Kraus Copy Share Image
What to paint was a problem for the war artist... the old heroics, the death and glory stuff, were gone forever... the… — A. Y. Jackson Copy Share Image
Most artists don't understand what they do, and I don't think we have to. Other people do that better - they understand… — Robert Wilson Copy Share Image
The old lessons of submissiveness and fragility made us victims. Women are so much more than that. You can be a businesswoman,… — Beyonce Knowles Copy Share Image
I'm a huge stadium rock fan, but I'm also a fan of everything from Massive Attack to Peter Gabriel, U2, the Police,… — Tom DeLonge Copy Share Image
The most awful museums are in China. They have magnificent stuff on display and just the worst way of displaying it. They… — Elliott Erwitt Copy Share Image
You can be zany and funny or you can do something that really has some depth to it and serious, so there's… — Jim Carrey Copy Share Image
The Actors Studio continues to open its doors to any artist in search for growth. I would especially like to see more… — Teresa Ruiz Copy Share Image
I don't know if I'll ever feel like I've made it. That is part of the reason why all of us, as… — Cassadee Pope Copy Share Image
I think that I am an artist who proves myself through what I actually do, not what I say. That's why the… — Chappell Roan Copy Share Image
Historically, art has always had a market. When one medieval fiefdom defeated another they would drag back its jewels, gold, tapestries and… — Arne Glimcher Copy Share Image
Obviously businesses do not operate like an artists' commune. Business involves deploying finite resources to achieve goals in a competitive environment to… — John Kao Copy Share Image
I really do think that art can save you in some sense. It's the last meaning, unless you're religious-and I'm not religious.… — Sam Savage Copy Share Image
Sometime when I was in my mid-twenties I noticed, "Hey, even I don't go into too many art galleries. Why? Because I… — Eric Drooker Copy Share Image
I'm interested in painting the most beautifully compelling pictures and images and metaphors and stories and explanations possible that will put Jesus… — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
Having spent time on the Broadway stage definitely helps one's confidence in terms of feeling just validated in that world. Most people… — Jennifer Nettles Copy Share Image
My failure, during the first five or six years of my art training, to get set in the right direction, and the… — Laurence Housman Copy Share Image
I was a child but weirdly uninhibited. I talked to people and inserted myself in all kinds of absurd situations. I think… — Rachel Kushner Copy Share Image
Personal evolution has nothing to do with art, it's never. Art is a sine curve: dark and light change permanently, in cumulative… — Jonathan Meese Copy Share Image
I used to teach on a college level, and I've taught in schools where kids just wanted to be artists, and I… — David Small Copy Share Image
I draw all the time. Drawing is my backbone. I don't think a painter has to be able to draw, I just… — LeRoy Neiman Copy Share Image
“Think of your day as a blank canvas, and everything you say, your art upon it. Then join your loved ones and… — Tom Althouse Copy Share Image
I feel like there's an obligation - this sounds terribly pretentious - if you're an artist, to share your own experience in… — Casey Affleck Copy Share Image
One has to believe in what one is doing, one has to commit oneself inwardly, in order to do painting. Once obsessed,… — Robert Rauschenberg Copy Share Image
The real purveyors of the news are artists, for artists are the ones who infuse fact with perception, emotion, and appreciation...We are… — John Dewey Copy Share Image
“Her drawing conveyed a forlorn and haunting suspense, as if asking the viewer to wonder whether these creatures would still be alive… — Sibella Giorello Copy Share Image
One of the interesting things an artist does is they keep rediscovering things, whether it's a jazz piece or a role you've… — Brian Stokes Mitchell Copy Share Image
Drawing is the cornerstone of the graphic, plastic arts. Drawing is the coordination of line, tone, and color symbols into formations that… — John French Sloan Copy Share Image
