“most widespread gains in brain training come from programs that simultaneously address multiple aspects of a person, such as traditional martial arts… — Scott Barry Kaufman Copy Share Image
It's unfortunate that a lot of people think African-American female artists are monolithically R&B this-or-that, don't have to do anything by default. — Janelle Monae Copy Share Image
If I could ever be on a Missy Elliott record, I could then die. Missy Elliott, Mary J. Blige - I love… — Neko Case Copy Share Image
To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise the genius, and to mend the heart; To make mankind, in… — Alexander Pope Copy Share Image
For now, I'm supposing that all movements are equal, which they're not, except in this respect: that none of them gives a… — Wilfrid Sheed Copy Share Image
The aim of good prose words is to mean what they say. The aim of good poetical words is to mean what… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
In the arts of life, man invents nothing; but in the arts of death he outdoes Nature herself, and produces by chemistry… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
The true end of Art is not to imitate a fixed material condition, but to represent a living motion, — George Inness Copy Share Image
“My religious convictions and scientific views cannot at present be more specifically defined than as those of a believer in creative evolution.… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
I've worked with jazz artists, country artists, classical artists, pop artists. I never wanted there to be categories, because when I was… — Brian McKnight Copy Share Image
I cannot be convinced that great artists are moralists. Art is first appearances, then meaning. — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
The sugar maple is remarkable for its clean ankle. The groves of these trees looked like vast forest sheds, their branches stoppingshort… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
That's what all art's about - a sense of moving away from boundaries that you can't in real life. Like a dancer… — Kate Bush Copy Share Image
A great artist transforms our world, removes scales from our eyes, plugs from our ears, gloves from our fingertips, teaches us to… — John Edgar Wideman Copy Share Image
The creatives, they want to connect with people. These artists, the clothing designers, they want to connect with people the same way… — Kanye West Copy Share Image
I once had the nerve to ask Picasso the question, 'What is art?' He answered, 'Art is a lie which makes us… — James Dickey Copy Share Image
An artist is someone who paints and is creative, but they are not necessarily using their brains too much. And it's the… — Keeley Hazell Copy Share Image
“In a similar way, The Art of War pinpoints anger and greed as fundamental causes of defeat.” — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
A self is a frightening thing to waste, it's the lens through which one's whole life is viewed, and few people are… — Diane Ackerman Copy Share Image
Virtue is as little to be acquired by learning as genius; nay, the idea is barren, and is only to be employed… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
The boundaries between contemporary art and cinema are so rigid. It's unbelievable. The film critics don't know my artwork and the art… — Agnes Varda Copy Share Image
“I love you beyond paint, beyond melodies, beyond words. And I hope you will always feel that, even when I'm not around… — Kiera Cass Copy Share Image
RUBBISH, n. Worthless matter, such as the religions, philosophies, literatures, arts and sciences of the tribes infesting the regions lying due south… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
“Artists are never poor, they just don't get enough time to make money !” — Brahmananda Patra Copy Share Image