I think being an artist is having the courage to be original. Many great artists, including Picasso, have all been influenced by… — James Rosenquist Copy Share Image
I was told David Letterman and Kaufman had heart attacks on the same day: David Letterman's heart attack was at a hospital… — Howard Stern Copy Share Image
People have libraries at home, they have bookshelves, they have CDs. And they sort of try, people try to bring great artists… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
I think I can see people wanting to hear more music-music now as opposed to all hip-hop. You know, which I have… — Nickolas Ashford Copy Share Image
In short, [Coltrane's] tone is beautiful because it is functional. In other words, it is always involved in saying something. You can't… — Cecil Taylor Copy Share Image
I really tried to work out hard to emulate the look and feel of the character, and did my best to represent… — Daniel Cudmore Copy Share Image
The integrity of being an artist for Frank Stella means going into the unknown.A great artist is somebody who's not scared to… — Frank Stella Copy Share Image
To me, I would much rather be part of a healthy industry than being the only player in a dead industry. There… — John Lasseter Copy Share Image
As nearly as possible in the spirit of Matthew Salinger, age one, urging a luncheon companion to accept a cool lima bean,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The interesting thing about this is I don't know what my vision [ in Salome the play and Salomaybe] is yet about.… — Al Pacino Copy Share Image
The artist's business is to take sorrow when it comes. The depth and capacity of his reception is the measure of his… — Freya Stark Copy Share Image
“Art transcends selfish and obsessive limitations of personality and can enlarge the sensibility of its consumer. It is a kind of goodness… — Iris Murdoch Copy Share Image
In my naïvety, I thought people who were in rock 'n' roll bands were great artists, and it was a huge shock… — Bruce Dickinson Copy Share Image
There [is] a feeling of recognition, as of meeting an old friend, which comes to us all in the face of great… — Ralph Vaughan Williams Copy Share Image
I'm speaking of the pursuit of excellence in all things. All things! Presence of mind and devotion to craft. A great artist… — Scott Lynch Copy Share Image
Then Martine said: "So yuo will be poor now all your life, Babette?" Poor?" said Babette. She smiled as if to herself.… — Isak Dinesen Copy Share Image
With the way music is going right now, it's difficult for an r&b singer to make real music. If it's not with… — Tony Sunshine Copy Share Image
Persons who would never think of announcing boldly to the world, 'I am a scholar,' 'I am a great artist,' 'I am… — Georgia Harkness Copy Share Image
No one would want to pay a penny for an empty canvas by me. But it would be quite another if the… — Semir Zeki Copy Share Image
Even after seeing so much bad art in the last few years, it still seems possible that one can be led to… — Diego Cortez Copy Share Image
A great artist can look at an old woman, portray her exactly as she is... and force the viewer to see the… — Robert A Heinlein Copy Share Image
But Zarathustra made it clear in which direction the answer lay; it is towards the artist-psychologist, the intuitional thinker. There are very… — Colin Wilson Copy Share Image
Excellence in art is to be attained only by active effort, and not by passive impressions; by the manly overcoming of difficulties,… — George Stillman Hillard Copy Share Image
![“In short, [Coltrane's] tone is beautiful because it is functional. In other words, it is always involved in saying something. You can't separate the means that a man uses to say something from what he ultimately says. Technique is not separated from its content in a great artist.” quote by Cecil Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/279/cecil-taylor-20434_art_in-short-coltrane-s-tone-is-beautiful-be_358656.jpg)
![“The interesting thing about this is I don't know what my vision [ in Salome the play and Salomaybe] is yet about. I'm sensing something and I'm going along with it. It reminds me of a painting, the way Jackson Pollack painted - Jackson Pollack, the great, great artist.” quote by Al Pacino](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/aa0/al-pacino-1656_art_the-interesting-thing-about-this-is-i-do_376188.jpg)
![“There [is] a feeling of recognition, as of meeting an old friend, which comes to us all in the face of great artistic experiences. I had the same experience when I first heard an English folksong, when I first saw Michelangelo's Day and Night, when I suddenly came upon Stonehenge or had my first…” quote by Ralph Vaughan Williams](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/6b3/ralph-vaughan-williams-24520_artistic_there-is-a-feeling-of-recognition-as-of_1532348.jpg)
