I think that's just part of how it is with making art. Sometimes you're just flooded with ideas, and then other times… — Dana Schutz Copy Share Image
That's what it's all about - making art is making something live forever. Human beings especially - we can't hold on to… — Elizabeth Peyton Copy Share Image
The claims I'm making for art are simply the claims that we naturally make around music or around poetry. We're much more… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
I am not God. But I can only do my role here on this planet. The role I feel I was given… — David LaChapelle Copy Share Image
As much as I believe in the capacity for art to create change, and as much as being an artist is physically… — Vivek Shraya Copy Share Image
I realized that the only possible response was to go to my wonderful local café, Maison Bertaux, check everyone was well, eat… — Martin Firrell Copy Share Image
“A black woman making art is a disruptive act. Every story that I tell as a woman is a political act, even… — Ava DuVernay Copy Share Image
This might end up in crying. If you're not prepared to cry about it, I'm not sure you're making art. And if… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
If you think about it enough to have a really articulate answer, you're not doing it right. That's how I feel about… — Daniel Clowes Copy Share Image
Two of my favorite artists are Josh Smith and Joe Bradley. But I argued against them for years, until I grew to… — Leo Fitzpatrick Copy Share Image
I love to be alone, I find it necessary, but I don't know if that's just how I am or if it's… — Rachel Kushner Copy Share Image
“Part of the problem [with Picasso's fame] lies with the artist himself - at that point when Picasso stopped making art and… — Art in America; Picasso: A Symposium John Jacobus Copy Share Image
When we live without listening to the timing of things, when we live and work in twenty-four-hour shifts without rest – we… — Wayne Muller Copy Share Image
“There are other noteworthy characteristics of this rock art style: Anthropomorphs without headdresses instead sport horns, or antennae, or a series of… — Amy Irvine Copy Share Image
I have a great deal of hope. I think that change is here, it's happening. But I know that if we think… — Marjorie M. Liu Copy Share Image
The silver lining of those years when I was trying to get 'Tinkers' published but couldn't were the years when I had… — Paul Harding Copy Share Image
We talk about the vulnerability involved in sharing our work publicly. I don't think we talk enough about the real vulnerability involved… — John Paul Caponigro Copy Share Image
What's my dilemma here? Am I making entertainment or am I making art? What am I saying? At the end of the… — Paddy Considine Copy Share Image
“Something about making art has to do with overcoming things, giving us a clear opportunity for doing things in ways we have… — David Bayles Copy Share Image
I have always been making art from an early age but for nearly forty years did computer programming to earn a living.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“its badness is so potent that it seems to undermine the very idea of literature, to expose the whole endeavour of making… — Mark O'Connell Copy Share Image
Making lyrics feel natural, sit on music in such a way that you don't feel the effort of the author, so that… — Stephen Sondheim Copy Share Image
I think, a lot of time, when I'm making art, I'm trying to get into a state of childlike play, where I'm… — Lisa Hanawalt Copy Share Image
Is being burnt a requisite for the making of art? Personally, I don't think it is. But art is poultice for a… — Molly Peacock Copy Share Image
I have a suggestion for all of those award seekers and blue ribbon hunters. Spend your efforts on making art that connects… — Jack White Copy Share Image
There's a real power in collaboration. I've found that in collaborating while making art, it takes you to a place that you… — Robin Standefer Copy Share Image
I'm not intelligent enough to be a doctor, and kind of hands down you can't argue with the worth of that. But… — Rupert Friend Copy Share Image
The problem of making artists talk about their work is that when they're making their work the left-brain is shut off. So… — Peter Schjeldahl Copy Share Image
The population increasing, some of it could be in countries we haven't thought of making art in. I've never entertained making comedy… — Fred Armisen Copy Share Image
I believe that the making of art is primarily for the benefit of the artist. If what the artist has created communicates… — David Walker Copy Share Image
The studio is the place for me to really confront my feelings and get it all out. I love being in that… — Gabriella Wilson Copy Share Image
My general approach to making art making hasn't changed much since I was 20, poor, and writing songs in my bedroom wanting… — Dave Malloy Copy Share Image
I was a product of Andy Warhol's Factory. All I did was sit there and observe these incredibly talented and creative people… — Lou Reed Copy Share Image
When a song is born of personal experience, you think you're protected by the fact that you're making art or whatever. But… — Ellie Rowsell Copy Share Image
The thing is, if people get it right away, I just don't think you're making art. I think you're making something they're… — Lori Petty Copy Share Image
I think it's our responsibility as artists to not only fight for our art but fight for the communities that are the… — Mitski Copy Share Image
The problem of making artists talk about their work is that when they're making their work the left-brain is shut off. So… — Jonathan Santlofer Copy Share Image
“Forgiveness. The ability to forgive oneself. Stop here for a few breaths and think about this because it is the key to… — Ann Patchett Copy Share Image
I wouldn't say the anthropologists were making art, but they were definitely justifying their practices with very personal reasoning, passion, and they… — Aleksandra Mir Copy Share Image
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