“The only art I've been ever interested in is the curve of a woman's legs as she lays on the floor gibbering… — Dennis Liggio Copy Share Image
The beginning of art is not reason. It is the buried treasure of the unconscious...that unconscious which has more understanding than our… — Edgard Varese Copy Share Image
The voice of painterly integrity spoke to me. And the idea was that one would find this anguish, or whatever, and construct… — Malcolm Morley Copy Share Image
Art is an amazing form of being able to share our experiences and tell stories and hopefully relate to other people, but… — Lily Collins Copy Share Image
Most artists, or at least most of the ones I know, deny having a philosophical outlook that they try to translate into… — Semir Zeki Copy Share Image
I think that the first responsibility of an artist is to follow truth, and the innate original forces and energies that are… — Tony Shafrazi Copy Share Image
My art is just an effort to express the truth of my being in gesture and movement. It has taken me long… — Isadora Duncan Copy Share Image
When I make my drawings... the path traced by my pencil on the sheet of paper is, to some extent, analogous to… — Alberto Giacometti Copy Share Image
I was quite keen on silviculture, the growing of trees, and that was something I gave a lot of thought to. Maybe… — Ian Anderson Copy Share Image
Art is theft”) and Igor Stravinsky (“Lesser artists borrow, great artists steal”), I’ve always stolen from the people I admire – not… — Austin Kleon Copy Share Image
So I am totally aware that when I defend the autonomy of art I'm going counter to my own development. It's more… — Thom Mayne Copy Share Image
“I think you might be surprised how thin the lines between art and sports really are - some artists consider their craft… — Francesca Zappia Copy Share Image
“What the world thought made little difference. Rembrandt had to paint. Whether he painted well or badly didn't matter; painting was the… — Irving Stone Copy Share Image
I'm not one of those artists who doubts that they made dope-ass records. From the first record to now, each record has… — Killer Mike Copy Share Image
The entire world of art has reached such a low level, it has been commercialized to such a degree that art and… — Marcel Duchamp Copy Share Image
I painted with acrylic paint, and the reason why I went to oil was mainly because I didn't control it. I was… — Albert Oehlen Copy Share Image
My own belief is that rather than getting involved in trying to change the reality of social-political things, creators can be involved… — Takashi Murakami Copy Share Image
For all artists... you want to be loved and adored by as many people as you can. But the moral we've learned… — Russell Mael Copy Share Image
I guess I cringe, because sometimes I don't even watch my live performances back. When I edit, it's this feeling of seeing… — Kalup Linzy Copy Share Image
“When he was creating this picture, Leonardo da Vinci encountered a serious problem: he had to depict Good - in the person… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
I didn't finish college; my parents didn't graduate college - we didn't have a pot to piss in. I'm from Newark, New… — Barbara Kruger Copy Share Image
Country music as we know it would be vastly different if it weren't for George Jones. He's in our musical DNA. All… — Pam Tillis Copy Share Image
When you're an artist you're speaking about life, you're talking about your experience here on the planet. So essentially, that's what I… — Chrisette Michele Copy Share Image
Madonna would not have done a 360 deal with us just because of our touring capability. We had to prove to her… — Michael Rapino Copy Share Image
One needs to be on guard against expecting external powers to decide when you can take yourself seriously as an artist. It… — Alison Hawthorne Deming Copy Share Image
A lot of people who are actors and artists who work in Hollywood come from a background of abuse, and you can… — Roseanne Barr Copy Share Image
I only get involved with roles that I find intriguing, in top quality productions regardless of the medium. I try not to… — Brian J. White Copy Share Image
How many of you are creative? I don't know, but for me, when you make a bunch of things over time and… — Demetri Martin Copy Share Image
“crazy,” she’d said, “but I’d be perfectly happy if I could sit looking at the same half dozen paintings for the rest… — Donna Tartt Copy Share Image
Chosen are those artists who penetrate to the region of that secret place where primeval power nurtures all evolution. There, where the… — Paul Klee Copy Share Image
In The Art and Aesthetics of Boxing, David Scott addresses the daunting task of establishing a groundwork for the aesthetics of boxing-and… — Robert Anasi Copy Share Image
Fashion for me is another way I get to express myself creatively. It is one of the fun things I get to… — Rihanna Copy Share Image
The Nobel Prize comes from outside, it's a social recognition [reconnaissance] in a way. And I think a true artist is driven… — Catherine Camus Copy Share Image
There are many ways to draw beautifully. It's important to let the drawing be an investigation and sometimes, in order to investigate,… — Jacob Collins Copy Share Image
Perhaps the choice is a negative one, in that I was trying to avoid everything that touched on well-known issues - or… — Gerhard Richter Copy Share Image
I find drawing a useful outlet for ideas for which there is not time enough to realize as sculpture... And I sometimes… — Henry Moore Copy Share Image
I feel every medium of art needs to heal to some degree. It can't live in it's own void, and this came… — Masiela Lusha Copy Share Image
The allotted function of art is not, as is often assumed, to put across ideas, to propagate thoughts, to serve as an… — Andrei Tarkovsky Copy Share Image
This is why there is not any artist who takes Internet as the theme. My position is quite the opposite to the… — Yasumasa Morimura Copy Share Image
“My mother commissioned it, knowing it would flatter him but really hoping an artist would capture the essence of a man about… — Logan Ryan Smith Copy Share Image