“Underneath an artist's preoccupations with sex, society, religion, etc. (all the staple abstractions that allow the forebrain to chatter) there is a… — Lawrence Durrell Copy Share Image
All the others arts are lonely. We paint alone--my picture, my interpretation of the sky. My poem, my novel. But in music--ensemble… — Catherine Drinker Bowen Copy Share Image
“The really inspired person is never inspired: he's always inspired: he doesn't go looking for inspiration and he doesn't get up in… — Raymond Queneau Copy Share Image
I notice a lot of younger artists have difficulty telling stories. They might have short stories where they express themselves well, but… — Gilberto Hernandez Guerrero Copy Share Image
Nature paints the best part of a picture, carves the best parts of the statue, builds the best part of the house,… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
I think you too recognize the important relationship between philosophy and art, and it is just this relationship that most painters deny.… — Piet Mondrian Copy Share Image
I've never heard of any one single artist being the subject in an ongoing series of radio programs for decades. Bearing this… — Frank Sinatra, Jr Copy Share Image
“Most critics, fond of subservient art still make the whole depend upon a part. They talk of principles, but notions prize And… — Alexander Pope Copy Share Image
You listen to Bob Dylan and you can't help but think of the 60s, it's very relational and if artists are true… — Serj Tankian Copy Share Image
For 35 years, I've said, 'I'll never go solo.' But after a period of time - and this isn't just for an… — Chrissie Hynde Copy Share Image
Art stands in opposition to all the bad things that happen in life, which is where physicians stand. That's what doctors do-affirm… — Eric Avery Copy Share Image
An image, a dance step, a song may function from time to time as entertainment, but the root and full practice of… — Peter London Copy Share Image
I am here to enjoy life. I am not here to suffer. I am here to be a dreamer, to be an… — Miguel Angel Ruiz Copy Share Image
My art is grounded in the belief of one universal energy which runs through everything: from insect to man, from man to… — Ana Mendieta Copy Share Image
To give a price to an artwork, no matter how high or low, is always absurd. It's not something that can be… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
In England, there is a dividing line between artists and illustrators, who are thought inferior to painters. Well, that's absolute rubbish. Some… — Brian Wildsmith Copy Share Image
Doing theater anywhere, especially in L.A., is a constant uphill battle, and there's also the unsexy parts of the business that you're… — Finn Wittrock Copy Share Image
The greatness of an artist or a writer does not depend on what he has in common with other artists and writers,… — Alexander Smith Copy Share Image
“Yes, but the artist?" said Nigel almost fiercely. "He's different, you know he is. He's driven by some compulsion: if he can't… — Mary Stewart Copy Share Image
I wish I had read more and majored in literature rather than theatre. I think I would have been a better artist… — Idina Menzel Copy Share Image
As a working artist, I became increasingly aware of the patterns we see in the street and in America, becoming globalized in… — Kehinde Wiley Copy Share Image
I believe that my art gets across the point that I'm in this morality theater trying to help the underdog, and I'm… — Jeff Koons Copy Share Image
I think all artists are looking for a subject or are sometimes unsure of their subject, but immigrant artists bring another culture… — Edwidge Danticat Copy Share Image
It takes great technique, tremendous discipline and energy and practice, and damn few are capable. Art is confidence. Technique makes it possible… — Dirk Benedict Copy Share Image
I'm just happy that in the whole framework of art imitates life, or maybe life should be imitating art, there is this… — Jimmy Smits Copy Share Image
The smudging makes the paintings a bit more complete. When they're not blurred, so many details seem wrong, and the whole thing… — Gerhard Richter Copy Share Image
Winckelmann wished to live with a work of art as a friend. The saying is true of pen and pencil. Fresh lustre… — Robert Aris Willmott Copy Share Image
“The truth is, anyone who puts so much of herself and her life into art as you do must naturally fear any… — Arthur Phillips Copy Share Image
What made me want to become a recording artist; I was the first artist that was repeatedly asked by a label to… — Chuck D Copy Share Image
A guidance counselor who has made a fetish of security, or who has unwittingly surrendered his thinking to economic determinism, may steer… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
That which exists in nature is a something purely individual and particular. Art, on the contrary, is essentially destined to manifest the… — August Wilhelm von Schlegel Copy Share Image
I'm always trying to want to connect with fans and to connect them to each other. I mean, there's other things that… — Allie X Copy Share Image
Everybody thinks the grass is greener on the other side. If you talk to most artists, they think they can play something,… — Ice Cube Copy Share Image
I cannot avoid condemning all those who, from self-conceit have the pretension to imitate great artists of the past. If their powers… — Jean-Georges Noverre Copy Share Image
We are not being true to the artist as a man if we consider his art work junk simply because we differ… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I drew a vicious cartoon of an Islamic extremist as a dog, knowing full well what an insult that was is in… — Terry Mosher Copy Share Image
To many people Michael Jackson seems an elusive personality, but to those who work with him, he is not. This talented artist… — Jackie Kennedy Copy Share Image
There's an awful pressure on signed artists to make a hit song. But I never wanted to be an artist who created… — Raye Copy Share Image
I think the stakes are always high when you're an artist of color - to get things right, to get things perfect… — Lena Waithe Copy Share Image
I think I've committed the one really bad English crime, which is I've risen above my station. I was supposed to be… — Brian Eno Copy Share Image
