With the advent of chivalry, the art of boxing waned. The evolution of feudal aristocracy, with other and widely different exercises, pastimes… — John Boyle O'Reilly 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
Whatever I may be, I want to be elsewhere than on paper. My art and my industry have been employed in making… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
Art is created to make us, to make our passage through the world better, fruitful - and I would say that every… — Chinua Achebe Copy Share Image
[Bob Dylan] is principally a recording artist, and if he weren't, it is unthinkable he would have had such an impact. He… — David Bennun Copy Share Image
“Do not be afraid of the word 'theory'. Yes, it can sound dauntingly abstract at times, and in the hands of some… — Richard Howells Copy Share Image
If I can get girls to do martial arts, to break that taboo that we're going to be manly, you won't lose… — Mackenzie Dern Copy Share Image
Meditation is the art of transforming madness into Buddhahood. Meditation is the art of taking you beyond logic and yet keeping your… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Dai Vernon, the greatest sleight of hand figure in the history of the art, rarely performed. But he invented magic and had… — Ricky Jay Copy Share Image
As a solo artist, it's so easy to be lumped into a singer / songwriter genre and writing sleepy, sad songs that… — Anderson East Copy Share Image
“…a writer, like most artists, needs a partner who can act as the fuel to his artistic mind and soul, yet has… — Janvier Chouteu-Chando Copy Share Image
I guess my favorite artists are The White Stripes or Tom Waits. The more theatrical the music is, the more I get… — Landon Liboiron Copy Share Image
In real life, however, you don't react to what someone did; you react only to what you think she did, and the… — Jonathan Haidt Copy Share Image
Patience is the art of mental stamina and I always wished to meet you in person, Yet I waited in all the… — Nkululeko Goqo Copy Share Image
Keep being you, be obnoxiously yourself, because I feel like that's what makes you special. There's only one of every artist we… — Jimmie Allen Copy Share Image
As regards the efficacy of the art and the theories of it, I promise and expect that in these volumes I shall… — Marcus Vitruvius Pollio Copy Share Image
Art is the process of evoking pity and terror, which is not abstract at all but very human. What the self-styled modern… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
We cleave to the past too much in Germany. All of our German art is too bogged down in the conventional... I… — Paula Modersohn-Becker Copy Share Image
The manner in which Americans ''consume'' music has a lot to do with leaving it on their coffee tables, or using it… — Frank Zappa Copy Share Image
I had a growing feeling that most of the best art of the world in painting and sculpture had been done, and… — Paul Outerbridge Copy Share Image
“Genius' was a word loosely used by expatriot Americans in Paris and Rome, between the Versailles Peace treaty and the Depression, to… — Robert Graves Copy Share Image
“It was said that [Vetinari] would tolerate absolutely anything apart from anything that threatened the city*... [Footnote] And mime artists. It was… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Bob Dylan's one of the greatest blues singers of the western world; ancient art, on-the-spot improvisation, mind quickness, endless variation, classical formulae,… — Allen Ginsberg Copy Share Image
“The struggle of the artist against the art-ideology, against the creative impulse and even against his own work also shows itself in… — Otto Rank Copy Share Image
Philosophy is the art of dying.Philosophy is an activity that has always been concerned with how one seizes hold of one's mortality,… — Simon Critchley Copy Share Image
I myself incline to drift, to accept a lesser situation rather than strive for a greater, and yet, I know that character… — Lawren Harris Copy Share Image
Hip-hop from the beginning has always been aspirational. It always broke that notion that an artist can't think about money as well.… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
“What one means by integrity, in the case of the novelist, is the conviction that he gives one that this is the… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
In my earlier days of writing for myself, I wanted songs to be more complex. I thought they had to be for… — Lady Gaga Copy Share Image
I would love to do something with many artists, you know: Fantasia, Cardi B, Lil Wayne, J.Lo, Alicia Keys, Jennifer Hudson. There's… — Big Freedia Copy Share Image
There are no limitations with a song. To me a song is a little piece of art. It can be whatever you… — Laura Nyro Copy Share Image
What do you think an artist is? ...he is a political being, constantly aware of the heart breaking, passionate, or delightful things… — Pablo Picasso Copy Share Image
When a number of crimes - for instance, burglaries - can be linked to the same offender, police often plot the locations… — Daniel Goldstein Copy Share Image
I think I'm a journalist in one sense - I want to communicate to people about certain things that are happening around… — Alfredo Jaar Copy Share Image
The quote is always fascinating because it changes out of context, becomes different and sometimes more mysterious. It has a directness and… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
“A midst deceit I found the truth; there in the rough I found a diamond. And from the moment we met, I… — Donato DiCristino Copy Share Image
I started doing roles and working with people that I really respected and became passionate about the art form of acting. And… — Logan Lerman Copy Share Image
The artist must be like a heart surgeon. He must approach something with sympathy, but with a sort of coldness and work… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I like getting my own thoughts out right now, I have fans to solidify, so that's why I don't do tracks with… — Drake Copy Share Image
Is there in every work of art something which shows reality as one and also something which shows reality as many and… — Eli Siegel Copy Share Image
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![“Do not be afraid of the word 'theory'. Yes, it can sound dauntingly abstract at times, and in the hands of some writers can appear to have precious little to do with the actual, visual world around us. Good theory however, is an awesome thing. [...] But unless we actually use it, it borders on the…” quote by Richard Howells](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/346/richard-howells-272656_abstract_do-not-be-afraid-of-the-word-theory-yes_172081.jpg)
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