Masterpieces of art possess immense potential to advance a worldview that could help assuage the societal terrors posed by globalization, the most… — Martin Filler Copy Share Image
“It is a knowledge of the intrinsic significance of every existent. For the artist as for the mescalin taker draperies are living… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
They would come down in Mississippi, they hired me as a talent scout. And I would go all over Mississippi, Alabama, Texas,… — Ike Turner Copy Share Image
The parallels between Elvis and Michael Jackson as incredible artists is evident. But I think that where Michael Jackson even transcends Elvis… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
One of the proud joys of the man of letters --if that man of letters is an artist is to feel within… — Edmond de Goncourt Copy Share Image
Museums are just a lot of lies, and the people who make art their business are mostly imposters. We have infected the… — Pablo Picasso Copy Share Image
I mean because I probably could be a makeup artist in my own life if I really wanted to do it. At… — Phaedra Parks Copy Share Image
So one time for my disillusioned artists, I hear ya Two times for the kid that air-guitars in the mirror Three times… — Danny Denzongpa Copy Share Image
One of my biggest heroes in music has been David Bowie. He's said, 'I'm going to be a painter now, or I'm… — Maynard James Keenan Copy Share Image
Put crudely, one is left with a choice between two unsatisfactory combinations: artistic integrity married to spiritual compromise; and spiritual integrity married… — John Walford Copy Share Image
I think a lot of directors nowadays come from the commercial world, which is about seduction, which has nothing to do with… — Daniel Espinosa Copy Share Image
From inside where I live, I feel like I just perceive events in a certain rational way. I often find it sad… — Madeline Kahn Copy Share Image
The poster art over the years, art with social critique in it, has always been on class war theme. It's been trying… — Eric Drooker Copy Share Image
We aren't made to be worshipped as humans. I think that is why we see so many great artists crumble, because as… — Scooter Braun Copy Share Image
Obviously, the intention was not to go back to images traditionally valued as worthy or holy images and shapes, but exactly the… — Antoni Tapies Copy Share Image
My favourite thing to do as an artist is record. It's a super therapeutic thing for me. Not to sound corny, but… — NF Copy Share Image
Not even the most powerful organs of the press, including Time, Newsweek, and The New York Times, can discover a new artist… — Thomas Wolfe Copy Share Image
Because I went to Chouinard, which then became CalArts, I became a multi-discipline artist - it wasn't just about painting, it was… — John Van Hamersveld Copy Share Image
We had the city trying to demolish two of our exhibition spaces, which was at first pretty disturbing. But following the freak-out… — Kirsha Kaechele Copy Share Image
I'm being given a little bit of credit now as being a viable collage artist, which some people think is ridiculous. Like… — Robert Pollard Copy Share Image
It is the job of artists to open doors and invite in prophesies, the unknown, the unfamiliar; it’s where their work comes… — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
I was interested by the idea that artists working in a totalitarian dictatorship or tsarist autocracy are secretly and slightly shamefully envied… — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
The most basic task of any museum must be the protection of works of cultural significance entrusted to its care for the… — Martin Filler Copy Share Image
“The real question is: to whom does the meaning of the art of the past properly belong ? To those who can… — John Berger Copy Share Image
There's never any graffiti in the hotel. Although in the Gents a couple of weeks ago I did see someone had drawn… — Steve Coogan Copy Share Image
I always worked as an individual artist even when Group Material asked me to join the group. There are certain things that… — Felix Gonzalez-Torres Copy Share Image
“The stroke of the brush was the evidence of the gesture of your arm. A record of your existence, the quality of… — Janet Fitch Copy Share Image
There is a desperate tendency to try to legislate artists, to try to lay down rules for their obligations to society. Just… — Athol Fugard Copy Share Image
“Pain is a crucial part of our reality; it awakens a person from a mental stupor. A person must never be afraid… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“They’re all daubers, today’s painters; they’ve completely lost touch with the classical tradition, the subtle, noble craft of the old masters. They… — Stefan Hertmans Copy Share Image
When I look back on the past two decades of my journey today, I guess many people would interpret my artistic practice… — Wang Jianwei Copy Share Image
The whole thrust of modern art, as far as I understand it, is expanding the role of the artist as a kind… — Robert Irwin Copy Share Image
When I was a young artist, I liked and was interested in belonging to the mainstream comics group. I didnt introduce myself… — David Mazzucchelli Copy Share Image
I was always extremely creative. I was very artistic and never strong with numbers or science. I wanted to be an artist… — Whitney Wolfe Herd Copy Share Image
What does it mean for a painter to paint in the manner of So-and-So or to actually imitate someone else? What's wrong… — Pablo Picasso Copy Share Image
If it’s a pure expression of yourself no matter what it is or what medium, it’s going to shine. It’s going to… — Rainn Wilson Copy Share Image
If art could be absolutely verified as to importance in, say, the way gold can be judged for purity and weight, then… — Harold Town Copy Share Image
No matter how much people want to pretend that they're embarrassed by it, that they don't watch it, everybody knows about it.… — CM Punk Copy Share Image
I'm really excited to share cabaret, the art form, not just with the generations that are above me, but also my generation… — Annaleigh Ashford Copy Share Image
There was an exchange between me and Andy Warhol. We met, we liked each other, we appreciated each other. He would come… — Pierre Berge Copy Share Image
