Art thrives on obstacles. The bigger the obstacle, the better the drama. — Nicolas Winding Refn Copy Share Image
I cannot see that art is anything less than a way of making joys perpetual. — Rebecca West Copy Share Image
... alas! in the exercise of the arts, industry scarce bears the name of merit. — Elizabeth Inchbald Copy Share Image
Art isn't anecdote. It's the consciousness we bring to bear in our lives. — Cheryl Strayed Copy Share Image
In my opinion, the most dangerous thing an artist can do in this day and age is not embrace the present. — JPEGMAFIA Copy Share Image
“Asher Lev, an artist is a person first. He is an individual. If there is no person, there is no artist.” — Chaim Potok Copy Share Image
Music needs a visual element to make it tangible. So, naturally, there's gonna be a synergy between high-level art direction and high-level… — Virgil Abloh Copy Share Image
There can be no progress-real, moral prgress-except in the individual and by the individual himself. — Charles Baudelaire Copy Share Image
If you want to release your own single, there cannot be a better launch than going to Los Angeles and collaborating with… — Parineeti Chopra Copy Share Image
“But maybe that's how it is with art. You suffer, and in the end, everyone thinks it's cool.” — Tom Dolby Copy Share Image
You can't automate in the arts. Since the sixteenth century there has been no change in the number of people necessary to… — William T. Wiley Copy Share Image
I'm never nervous about being vulnerable with my songwriting because my favorite artists are ones that are vulnerable. I want people to… — RaeLynn Copy Share Image
I intensely dislike the word 'critic,' because it puts you in an antagonistic position to artists. I've learned everything that I know… — Lucy R. Lippard Copy Share Image
In such novels as This Side of Paradise and The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald depicts the spirit of the hour which is usually… — Richard Armour Copy Share Image
I came up, I suppose, a fairly traditional way. I went to art college. I always wanted to be a stills photographer,… — Roger Deakins Copy Share Image
Of course we've been fighting against stereotypes from Day One at East West. That's the reason we formed: to combat that, and… — Mako Copy Share Image
Art is not politics. The glory of the novel is that in its essence, it is a democratic form, because it treats… — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
From music and dance to painting and sculpting, the arts allow us to explore new worlds and to view life from another… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
I like Ludacris; I think that he's a complete artist. I think that he makes great records; I think that he is… — Big Daddy Kane Copy Share Image
I think for a lot of artists, if you're lucky enough to have a kind of career, especially toward the end, you… — Frank Stella Copy Share Image
