So long as the system of competition in the production and exchange of the means of life goes on, the degradation of… — William Morris Copy Share Image
The work of the artist is not so much what you say or what you know, it's recognizing what you know. That's… — Sylvia Plachy Copy Share Image
I was in a group show at a museum in Torino, a lot of American artists installed in a floor of this… — David Salle Copy Share Image
Art schools are partly the villain here. (Never mind that I teach in them.) This generation of artists is the first to… — Jerry Saltz Copy Share Image
Artists are political in the sense that they've subtracted themselves from the structure of the marketplace and are contributing something that's not… — Rachel Kushner Copy Share Image
The way our big cities change sucks. The beauty of cities was that they were edgy, sometimes even a little dangerous. Artists,… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
I guess art itself is insane. Its actual function is rarely clear, and yet people give their hearts and souls and lives… — Damien Chazelle Copy Share Image
With the true artist, the social formula that he recommends is a matter of secondary importance; the source of his art, its… — Rosa Luxemburg Copy Share Image
Reggaeton is what opened the doors for me, and I'm always grateful for that. I'll do reggaeton for life, but I want… — J Balvin Copy Share Image
Once you do a piece on the stage, you become that poem or you become that piece. That's really who you are.… — Clinton D. Powell Copy Share Image
In today's climate in our country, which is sickened with the pollution of pollution, threatened with the prominence of AIDS, riddled with… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
I was judgmental of artists who were exploring their sexuality, and I thought, Why are they doing that? They don't have to.… — Demi Lovato Copy Share Image
There's a lot of art that's about loss and sadness, but I would love it if hopefulness were more of a cliche.… — Lucy Dacus Copy Share Image
I'm not a mainstream artist. But I've seen my kids being born; I've seen them take their first steps, I've seen them… — Rakim Copy Share Image
We are all hungry and thirsty for concrete images. Abstract art will have been good for one thing: to restore its exact… — Salvador Dali Copy Share Image
Language in art remains a highly ambiguous transaction, a quicksand, a trampoline, a frozen pool which might give way under you ...… — Harold Pinter Copy Share Image
A lot of artists come into the game with a radio record, but they don't establish the fans as fans of their… — Nipsey Hussle Copy Share Image
A lot of people relate my success now with The Voice, and it has nothing to do with that. I've definitely worked… — Melanie Martinez Copy Share Image
The only real rival of love is Art, for that in itself is a deep personal passion, its function an act of… — Gertrude Atherton Copy Share Image
Delphine Seyrig is a very proper woman, from high society. She's from the Ferdinand de Saussure family, the structuralist. Old money. Swiss.… — Chantal Akerman Copy Share Image
It had no affect on me whatsoever. Um¦ I consider Jay a very good friend of mine. I also consider Dame and… — Bun B Copy Share Image
Populism in contemporary art can become a dirty word. There is this notion that to not be understood is a reflection of… — Dario Robleto Copy Share Image
“I am for the artist, who is more alone than he looks. I am not for the reformer, who is always active… — Robert Frost Copy Share Image
Maino is an artist that I feel walks what he talks - you can tell what he raps about and what he's… — Rakim Copy Share Image
The Greeks said the artist doesn't actually have to travel and look around. You stay where God has put you, and you… — Gian Carlo Menotti Copy Share Image
People quickly look through things and don't sit and experience. That's a problem with artwork, [because] it's more of an experience than… — Ali Banisadr Copy Share Image
“When an audience witnesses [that kind of] art, there is possibility for her soul to lurch in true human recognition: —“Yes,” the… — Alexandra Silber Copy Share Image
The arts are part of a nation's identity, they are part of a nation's soul and when we look at a country… — George Brandis Copy Share Image
When you go out to paint, try to forget what objects you have before you - a tree, house, a field…Merely think,… — Claude Monet Copy Share Image
I have some art, but I am a hobbyist. I would not consider myself an expert but in the course of writing… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
Art is contemplation. It is the pleasure of the mind which searches into nature and which there divines the spirit of which… — Auguste Rodin Copy Share Image
There was a belief after World War I that painting could be an act of civil revolt. I want this exhibition, 'New… — Richard Phillips Copy Share Image
“As Solomon himself had remarked, 'We can be sure of talent, we can only pray for genius.' But it was a reasonable… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
Our first manager really pushed that we not sell our publishing rights, which is one of the earliest things an artist will… — Isaac Hanson Copy Share Image
“Glass paint was designed specifically for use on glass, but as it turns out, the paint works on other surfaces, too! That… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A work of visionary art can shock a person out of their normal thinking patterns and help them to see the world… — Alex Grey Copy Share Image
I wish there were fewer art dealers. I wish there were fewer auctions. I wish there were just two auctions a year.… — Laurence Graff Copy Share Image
It's hard to say, I picked one of my favorite articles for the MAD vault. Which is one of the features of… — Al Yankovic Copy Share Image
I paint German artists whom I admire. I paint their pictures, their work as painters, and their portraits too. But oddly enough,… — Georg Baselitz Copy Share Image
The artist reserves the right to remove a blot on the landscape, to change positions of things, to suit his composition, providing… — Walter J. Phillips Copy Share Image
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