I was at one point thinking about being an art historian, when I was in school. And not being an artist, but… — Robert Barry Copy Share Image
I was always involved in art and when I went under contract at Warner Bros. at 18, it afforded me the possibility… — Dennis Hopper Copy Share Image
My willingness to explore and work freely is not without risk, and at times, I find myself caught in a bind... Knowing… — Brian Johnson Copy Share Image
A lot of people thought I got famous as a studio artist, then decided to cash in on it. But it actually… — Shepard Fairey Copy Share Image
“He was an artist of rare ability, a self-taught artist, without teachers or schools, principles and rules, carried away only by the… — Nikolai Gogol Copy Share Image
I was the first woman to paint cleanly, and that was the basis of my success. From a hundred pictures, mine will… — Tamara de Lempicka Copy Share Image
Things that influence me are my kids, their happiness, colorfulness, and vitality. My husband - he comes up with some great quotes… — Mary Engelbreit Copy Share Image
I like playing with that space between laughter and discomfort where your discomfort can also make you laugh, and you're confused about… — Hari Kondabolu Copy Share Image
The American dream is Chance the Rapper, or 'little Chano from 79th' who hails from Chicago's Southside and became the first artist… — Steve Stoute Copy Share Image
I'm still very sure that painting is one of the most basic human capacities, like dancing and singing, that make sense, that… — Gerhard Richter Copy Share Image
Art is a thing where, the least likely thing that you think is going to be art, is precisely the thing that… — Richard Phillips Copy Share Image
I wanted to be a painter when I was a kid. And then, I had to make a living. I had a… — Colleen Atwood Copy Share Image
You know, the history of California art doesn't start until about 1961, and that's when these photographs start. I mean, we have… — Dennis Hopper Copy Share Image
The artist is a vessel for creativity. He has the key to the door of a very special place, which he can… — Thomas J. Katz Copy Share Image
“Yet another strategy for encoding in Renaissance works involved environmental “special effects.” Messages were ingeniously inserted so that they could be viewed… — Benjamin Blech Copy Share Image
I steal from every single movie ever made. I love it - if my work has anything it's that I'm taking this… — Quentin Tarantino Copy Share Image
“In my small way I became an integral part of the pottery movement, and added fuel to the fire which consumed New… — Theresa Sjoquist Copy Share Image
I'm so in awe of what visual artists do and I do understand the differences of what visual artists do. I have… — Lena Dunham Copy Share Image
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Every man or woman is a potential poet or artist. Everyone has the capacity to bring to their work the dignity, purposefulness,… — Laurence Boldt Copy Share Image
“I am concerned with social and environmental issues. What rational person is not? But advocacy and art do not mix. Art is… — T.C. Boyle Copy Share Image
I always loved LeAnn Rimes and especially Clint Black for his soulfulness. As I've gotten older, my influences have broadened - John… — Hunter Hayes Copy Share Image
When I speak of the aspiration towards the beautiful, of the ideal as the ultimate aim of art, which grows from a… — Andrei Tarkovsky Copy Share Image
Modern art did not just happen. It came as a result of a deep reversal of spiritual values in the Age of… — Hans Rookmaaker Copy Share Image
“Thus I did with Susan as with most other things in my earlier days, dipping her image into my mind and coloring… — Nathaniel Hawthorne Copy Share Image
I'm not particularly interested in painting, per se. I'm interested in a painting that has that mysterious life to it. Anything that… — Caio Fonseca Copy Share Image
Making music clips, I have a responsibility to depict the artist in a way that suits them, and feels comfortable with how… — Adria Petty Copy Share Image
The great paintings are the ones with the most subtle value relationships. The closer you could bring your values and still distinguish… — John F. Carlson Copy Share Image
“[The graffiti] had a sort of Christmassy look to it. The green paint tended to be short top to bottom but long… — Patricia Briggs Copy Share Image
I can't make head or tail of Life. Love is a fine thing, Art is a fine thing, Nature is a fine… — Wallace Stevens Copy Share Image
“You see?" Damien leaned over his desk and spread out half a dozen charcoal sketches. "These are only quick studies of course.… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
Real art is one of the most powerful forces in the rise of mankind, and he who renders it accessible to as… — Zoltan Kodaly Copy Share Image
It's easy to forget, given her scandal-tinged life and tragic death, how incredibly talented Whitney Houston was. She holds the world record… — Charles Duhigg Copy Share Image
“Every work of art is one half of a secret handshake, a challenge that seeks the password, a heliograph flashed from a… — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
Stop trying to find the formula that will instantly make your idea into a winner. Instead of being scientists, the best marketers… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
I always had a kind of strange relationship with New York City, with total love affair in the beginning then retreat during… — Mikhail Baryshnikov Copy Share Image
I've always associated consciousness with artists like Bob Marley or Joni Mitchell or Bob Dylan. You know, artists that really talked about… — Will Ferrell Copy Share Image
The invention of photography has dealt a mortal blow to the old modes of expression, in painting as well as in poetry,… — Andre Breton Copy Share Image
Realist painting has to do with leaving out a lot of detail. I think my painting can be a little shocking in… — Alex Katz Copy Share Image
We are the walking dead swallow the lies we're fed I'll cover your eyes I'll cover your eyes I'll cover the truth… — Papa Roach Copy Share Image
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