The Taliban's acts of cultural vandalism - the most infamous being the destruction of the giant Bamiyan Buddhas - had a devastating… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
We all have our insecurity and that's normal. And you have to learn to accept that about being an artistic person or… — Annette Bening Copy Share Image
We need to think about what cooking is, what context it takes place in and what its relationship to the world of… — Ferran Adria Copy Share Image
Within our culture, every school has a swimming pool. We lived on the coast. People swam in the surf. It's a very… — Geoffrey Rush Copy Share Image
The world is in great need of more music education. When students play music, it allows a part of their artistic mind… — Paul Reed Smith Copy Share Image
I have always been fascinated by paleontology and prehistoric people, and I've always thought that one of the most intriguing moments in… — Kathryn Lasky Copy Share Image
I left Mexico for artistic survival. If I had stayed, I would have been forced by the government, who control the movie… — Alfonso Cuaron Copy Share Image
The meeting of science and art is definitely interesting for the 21st century, and I think to use scientific expertise and knowledge… — Marc Quinn Copy Share Image
“My life isn't good or bad. It's an incredible series of emotional and mental extremes, with beautiful thunderstorms and stunning sunrises. Some… — Jaeda DeWalt Copy Share Image
What I like about teaching is the discipline of finding words to unpack the artistic process. And I admire the drive in… — Alison Hawthorne Deming Copy Share Image
Being a Catholic, I was drawn to the mystery of the Latin and the smoke and the mirrors and all of that.… — Susan Sarandon Copy Share Image
The church was always very adept at incorporating all the different artistic disciplines. What we call the church is actually an assemblage… — Diego Cortez Copy Share Image
When I write I don't aim to shock people, and I'm surprised when I do. But I don't think that anything that… — Tennessee Williams Copy Share Image
Personally, I have had sometimes moments where I thought my idea behind the idea of a collection - the concept maybe -… — Olivier Theyskens Copy Share Image
Now, with the glamour of the past upon them we are inclined to look back on old world festivities with regret and… — Flora Thompson Copy Share Image
Artists working for other artists is all about knowing, learning, unlearning, initiating long-term artistic dialogues, making connections, creating covens, and getting temporary… — Jerry Saltz Copy Share Image
I especially love all the instruments of art: inks, pens, paintbrushes, watercolors and oils, fine papers and canvases, and although I love… — Sharon Creech Copy Share Image
Any artistic achievement that is tailored to conform to social demands rather than to the real, uninhibited, feelings of its creator, is… — Semir Zeki Copy Share Image
Classical music and pop are two different universes, each with its own difficulties, peculiarities, depth and artistic dignity. In Italy, I think… — Andrea Bocelli Copy Share Image
Fame was never something I was seeking in my artistic journey. It's to be used as a tool for an artist to… — Philippe Petit Copy Share Image
Art should be independent of all clap-trap - should stand alone, and appeal to the artistic sense of eye or ear, without… — James Whistler Copy Share Image
I've rarely done anything that's overtly self-destructive without consciously knowing what I'm doing. And then of course, the astute journalist jumps forward… — Billy Corgan Copy Share Image
I got into the music business thinking it was really radical, that it wasn't really a business at all, that it was… — Thom Yorke Copy Share Image
Photography is a bridge between science and art. It brings to science what it needs most, the artistic sense, and to art… — Ernst Haas Copy Share Image
Life! Life! Don't let us go to life for our fulfillment or our experience. It is a thing narrowed by circumstances, incoherent… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Merely knowing your craft will never be enough to make a picture. If you ever amount to anything at all, it will… — Harvey Dunn Copy Share Image
I've been & am absurdly over-estimated. There are no supermen & I'm quite ordinary, & will say so whatever the artistic results.… — T. E. Lawrence Copy Share Image
It is important to know that what I do is not artistic. I am just a film-maker. I live how I live… — Jonas Mekas Copy Share Image
I have very little interest in endlessly telling people about my artistic process. It sounds like throwing yourself against a wall and… — Laurel Nakadate Copy Share Image
Of course you should study whatever you want. The written appreciation and understanding of literature, or any kind of artistic endeavour, is… — David Nicholls Copy Share Image
When you put a tremendous amount of love into your work, as in any relationship, you can't know - you can only… — Anne Michaels Copy Share Image
The fictionally correct have all the answers, and that's what's wrong with them. They're artistic technocrats. There's no dilemma so knotty, no… — Walter Kirn Copy Share Image
I will never forget the pleasure and instruction I derived from working with a true master of his art, such as Edward… — Douglas Fairbanks, Jr Copy Share Image
I don't think there is room for 'artistic temperament.' Professional artists understand art is a business. If businesses ran their companies like… — Jack White Copy Share Image
I see no reason why the artistic world can't absolutely merge with Madison Avenue. Pop art is a move in that direction.… — William S. Burroughs Copy Share Image
My fashion is my most prized possession for two reasons: 1) because it is a visualization of all the hard work I've… — Lady Gaga Copy Share Image
Let me formulate the artistic disposition as follows: it is reacting with one's ideal to the flaw in oneself and in the… — Paul Goodman Copy Share Image
Except for half a dozen in each town the citizens are proud of that achievement of ignorance which is so easy to… — Sinclair Lewis Copy Share Image
At that time, I was still in an experimental stage, trying to blend Western drawing techniques and Chinese brushwork together. It was… — Liu Dan Copy Share Image
You have to be practical. So every time I say, if you want to write a novel you have to be practical,… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
