Our job as artists, we believe, is not to make changes in society. We don't have the ability to do that. We… — John Kani Copy Share Image
Laying out grounds... may be considered as a liberal art, in some sort like poetry and painting… it is to assist Nature… — William Wordsworth Copy Share Image
We recognize the distinctness of Asian art when we turn to its traditional forms, recognize it as Japanese, Chinese and Indian, even… — F. Sionil Jose Copy Share Image
Put yourself in the position of an up-and-coming artist living in early-sixteenth-century Italy. Now imagine trying to distinguish yourself from the other… — Jerry Saltz Copy Share Image
It seemed like a very small possibility for me to become an artist. I didn't have the need to be on the… — Aurora Copy Share Image
“It must be remembered that no art lives by nature, only by acts of voluntary attention on the part of human individuals.… — C.S. Lewis Copy Share Image
“Now, as never before, it was clear to him that art is always, ceaselessly, occupied with two things. It constantly reflects on… — Boris Pasternak Copy Share Image
I'm a big fan of certain new acts. I love any genre of music, and I think it's really great to see… — Joe Jonas Copy Share Image
A lot of sessions I do the artist isn't even there! It'll be just me and the producer cutting drums to a… — Josh Freese Copy Share Image
“Picasso has magical eyes. He sees the world so differently than we do, but he is able to make us understand what… — Robert Sharenow Copy Share Image
Color is crucial in painting, but it is very hard to talk about. There is almost nothing you can say that holds… — Roy Lichtenstein Copy Share Image
I wanted to paint a picture some day that people would stand before and forget that it was made of paint. I… — O. Henry Copy Share Image
I think that most art is asking a question or is looking for something, looking for answers and that is what life… — PJ Harvey Copy Share Image
I am in deep shock. I have lost a beloved friend [George Michael] - the kindest, most generous soul and a brilliant… — Elton John Copy Share Image
“The saddest instance of the lack of real freedom, arising from the lack of real knowledge, is revealed to us in Leo… — Ivan Turgenev Copy Share Image
Of course at that time, especially here in America, we were dealing with women's liberation. Things weren't so easy then. Méret Oppenheim… — Rebecca Horn Copy Share Image
The artist must be like a heart surgeon. He must approach something with sympathy, but with a sort of coldness and work… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Clinical psychology tells us arguably that trauma is the ultimate killer.Memories r not recycled like atoms and particles in quantum physics. they… — Lady Gaga Copy Share Image
I like getting my own thoughts out right now, I have fans to solidify, so that's why I don't do tracks with… — Drake Copy Share Image
Is there in every work of art something which shows reality as one and also something which shows reality as many and… — Eli Siegel Copy Share Image
I want the people looking at my work to feel a sense of all the possibilities of painting, and, through that, in… — Wolf Kahn Copy Share Image
Doing new stuff live is tough just simply because I pay my money, I stand in my seats, and I see the… — Garth Brooks Copy Share Image
I want to use every second of my life, every time that I have in my life, to make me a better… — Georges St-Pierre Copy Share Image
It is dangerous it seems to me for a civilization when there is a complete abyss betewen people in general and the… — May Sarton Copy Share Image
All the collaborations that I've done that I'm really proud of with a lot of incredible Canadian artists and beyond, that's when… — Lights Copy Share Image
I will teach you my townspeople how to perform a funeral for you have it over a troop of artists unless one… — William Carlos Williams Copy Share Image
“All things considered, I’ve learned more from talking to painters than talking to writers. Not that painters are smarter than writers, such… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
“He hesitated. "Don't you see? You're like a favorite painting. A found masterpiece, I loved both for things remembered and those newly… — Amanda Gray Copy Share Image
The Internet has been a great outlet for storytelling. After all, there are web-based shows that have started online and have then… — Eva LaRue Copy Share Image
What do you think an artist is? ...he is a political being, constantly aware of the heart breaking, passionate, or delightful things… — Pablo Picasso Copy Share Image
The war was a mirror; it reflected man's every virtue and every vice, and if you looked closely, like an artist at… — George Grosz Copy Share Image
“The struggle of the artist against the art-ideology, against the creative impulse and even against his own work also shows itself in… — Otto Rank Copy Share Image
“It was said that [Vetinari] would tolerate absolutely anything apart from anything that threatened the city*... [Footnote] And mime artists. It was… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
I myself incline to drift, to accept a lesser situation rather than strive for a greater, and yet, I know that character… — Lawren Harris Copy Share Image
The fact that for a long time Cubism has not been understood and that even today there are people who cannot see… — Pablo Picasso Copy Share Image
As a solo artist, it's so easy to be lumped into a singer / songwriter genre and writing sleepy, sad songs that… — Anderson East Copy Share Image
It wasn't just like, "I want to make a record that sounds like classic rock" at all. It was more like, "I… — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
Museums are managers of consciousness. They give us an interpretation of history, of how to view the world and locate ourselves in… — Hans Haacke Copy Share Image
Art is the process of evoking pity and terror, which is not abstract at all but very human. What the self-styled modern… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
The vivacity and brightness of colors in a landscape will never bear any comparison with a landscape in nature when it is… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
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