It is not the act of making art that is painful. It is the desire to make something and not acting on… — Julia Cameron Copy Share Image
I spend my time trying to figure art out. I was brought up to believe that the way one processes information is… — Sean Lennon Copy Share Image
Making an art out of your technological life is the way to solve the problem of technology...Art is anything that you can… — Robert M. Pirsig Copy Share Image
“This is a message from your heart Your most devoted body part Taking blood and making art This is a message from… — Kina Grannis Copy Share Image
With Gnaw I was thinking about traditional sculpture, about carving. I was also interested in figurative sculpture. I put those two ideas… — Janine Antoni Copy Share Image
I'm making art and making decisions and editing things. I don't live my life to broadcast it into the art world; I… — Frances Stark Copy Share Image
When you make work, your goal might not be first and foremost to have as many people as possible see it, but… — Jim McKay Copy Share Image
I like that feeling when you’re making art, that you’re taking the energy out of your body and putting it into a… — Kiki Smith Copy Share Image
Over the years, in making art, I have constantly explored issues dealing with space, time, light, and society. I am particularly interested… — Olafur Eliasson Copy Share Image
I probably sensed the serious formality of the ceremonies and felt what others were feeling then. Looking back, I'd guess that it… — Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook Copy Share Image
“I know that life is busy and hard and that there's crushing pressure to just settle down and get a real job… — Shauna Niequist Copy Share Image
My personal philosophy is, talk about whatever you want on a show, but it better be good. And especially if it's something… — Cameron Esposito Copy Share Image
I've dedicated a lot of my life as a writer to understanding how to hear the divine voice, or the music of… — Ottessa Moshfegh Copy Share Image
What is the art experience about? Really, I'm not interested in making Art at all. I never, ever, think about it. To… — Joel Meyerowitz Copy Share Image
“Why is it we don’t intervene in the bureaucracy?” asks Chris Bobel, the gender studies scholar, who has noted that many young… — Emily Matchar Copy Share Image
“The tremendous leisure industry that has arisen in the last few generations has been designed to help fill free time with enjoyable… — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Copy Share Image
I think it's harder than ever to be an artist. I think that you end up, especially as a middle-aged person, you… — Dana Spiotta Copy Share Image
It was never my goal to capitalize on punk. I could never make it as a commercial artist. I didn't back then… — Raymond Pettibon Copy Share Image
Since I started making art, I've always had some kind of project that was really about and for other people, because I… — Miranda July Copy Share Image
What's interesting about making art is that you take everything you know about it and you bring it up to that point,… — Julian Schnabel Copy Share Image
The nature of making music and making art, what motivates me is that it's interesting. It's interesting to listen, to really listen… — Emily Haines Copy Share Image
It's the way I enjoy making art - I like sitting down and making five beats; I enjoy that process. I can… — J. Cole Copy Share Image
I find it so much easier to be creatively free at night. Daytime is for sleeping. Nighttime is the best time for… — Mark Ryden Copy Share Image
Our work should be a reflection of society, and if you're not concerned with including all of society, then I don't really… — Sasheer Zamata Copy Share Image
Making lyrics feel natural, sit on music in such a way that you dont feel the effort of the author, so that… — Stephen Sondheim Copy Share Image
The Internet really does create this dimension around the music that's always in relation to what else is happening at the moment.… — Alan Palomo Copy Share Image
I always think of my films within the context of where aesthetics meet economics. That's the nature of making art - not… — Ira Sachs Copy Share Image
Why do we make records? Because we want to say something. Why are you in art? Because you want to say something.… — Patrick Stump Copy Share Image
If I'm in the business of making artwork that is designed on some level to sell a product, then I have to… — John Dyer Baizley Copy Share Image
I am making art. It's not a job that you've gotta show up to and fill in your slot. This is a… — El-P Copy Share Image
When you are making art with someone, you often combine. Creating something with someone is unmatched. There's so much ego that goes… — E. R. Fightmaster Copy Share Image
I think that democracy has a lowest common denominator thing going on, so it might be the best of a bad bunch… — Grayson Perry Copy Share Image
When you think about alien intelligences making art, you then have to think about what art is and how bound up it… — David Grinspoon Copy Share Image
Making art has first of all to do with honesty. My first lesson was to see objectively, to erase all meaning of… — Ellsworth Kelly Copy Share Image
People talk about making art films - experimental films. I can make an art film every day of the week. Nothing to… — Carlo Ponti Copy Share Image
To me, success is making a positive difference through art - making art that affects the world and that changes the way… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I'm purposeless. I'm making art because I want you to look at that painting and I want it to affect you in… — Pat Steir Copy Share Image
“But I think that what it comes down to is this: we haven't stopped doing astronomy for the same reason we haven't… — James Geach Copy Share Image
The fact that biological, or atural rules might help in the creation of a computer generated work of art is interesting, but… — Steven Levy Copy Share Image
“Having a collection, taking it out, looking at it, reordering it, and putting it away is creative in itself. It doesn't yield… — Molly Peacock Copy Share Image
