Art is accusation, expression, passion. Art is black…

Art is accusation, expression, passion. Art is a fight to the finish between black charcoal and white paper.

— Gunter Grass

For I have sworn thee fair, and thought thee bright, who art as black as hell, as dark as night.

— William Shakespeare

If you think about black art, all black art, whether it's Invisible Man or whether it's James Baldwin, Langston Hughes, Zora Hurston, or Richard…

— Cheo Hodari Coker

I've always thought the expression 'passion project' was kind of a cliche until I started working on 'Big Shot' for 'ESPN.'

— Kevin Connolly

There is nothing more unbecoming a man of quality than to laugh ... 'tis such a vulgar expression of the passion!

— William Congreve

Competition is all in numbers; it's a numbers game, but I looked at it like it's a passion, and it's art.

— Will Champlin

A passion for his art, and an eager desire to excel, will more than supply an artist with the place of method.

— Joshua Reynolds

The combination of passion and art is what makes someone a linchpin.

— Seth Godin

“Cooking was a passion and sometimes a serious art form, to be shared with a select few.”

— Isabel Vincent

The passion for art is, as for believers, very religious. It unites people, its message is of common humanity. Art has become my religion…

— Francois Pinault

I also had a tremendous passion for art and read a lot.

— Nigel Dennis

“You have my baccala?" asked Angelina. "Baccala, that's the salt fish, 'cause God's Word gives a flavor to the world." Each of the fishes…

— Brian O'Reilly

“The beautiful clarity of all marked outlines occurred to her--there would be a deep satisfaction in strengthening fences, for instance, going along on the…

— Shirley Jackson

If you make people laugh or cry about little black marks on sheets of white paper, what is that but a practical joke? All…

— Kurt Vonnegut

“It took me years to learn to sit at my desk for more than two minutes at a time, to put up with the…

— Erica Jong