“She had found more than peace of mind. She had discovered the state of her soul set down in ink.” — Nancy Horan Copy Share Image
“Art that puts itself in dependence on orthodoxy,even under the most progressive doctrine,is doomed to failure.” — Anatoli Rybakov Copy Share Image
Art has to be incredibly layered. Symbols, signifiers... layers that relate. Combine signifiers with more abstract notions. Push! Vary lines. — Kay WalkingStick Copy Share Image
Whatever events in progress shall disgust men with cities, and infuse into them the passion for country life, and country pleasures, will… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
A window covered with raindrops interests me more than a photograph of a famous person, — Saul Leiter Copy Share Image
“Pretending to care what men think is an art. It takes moments to learn, but lifetimes to master. I’d like to believe… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It is art that makes life, and I know of no substitute whatsoever for the force and beauty of its process. — William James Copy Share Image
“I am more interested in human beings than in writing, more interested in lovemaking than in writing, more interested in living than… — Anaïs Nin Copy Share Image
If you can see yourself as an artist, and you can see that your life is your own creation, then why not… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
An artist has got to be careful never really to arrive at a place where he thinks he's AT somewhere. You always… — Bob Dylan Copy Share Image
If you're just starting off as an artist, steal as much inspiration from everything you like, as much as you can. Take… — Yukimi Nagano Copy Share Image
It has been a sort of maxim, that the greatest art is to conceal art; but I know not how, among some… — Richard Steele Copy Share Image
Therefore, the quality of one's art is determined most by the interpretation of the art, rather than the thought of the artist… — SangFroid Stalker Copy Share Image
That's where the most beautiful art is always created, when you have someone not worried about what the outcome is. — James Ransone Copy Share Image
“Fool! The Ideal is in thyself, the impediment too is in thyself: thy Condition is but the stuff thou art to shape… — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
There's no appreciation for the giants [of jazz]; there's never been a major film on Duke Ellington , never a major film… — Randy Weston Copy Share Image
There is only one Art, whose sole criterion is the power, the authenticity, the revelatory insight, the courage and suggestiveness with which… — Vaclav Havel 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
An artist has to be humble, an editor must be officious, and a publisher must be somewhere out in the galaxy enjoying… — Jack Kirby Copy Share Image
When you're a kid, and someone's an artist, you think of Leonardo da Vinci. You don't think that's a job; you just… — Noel Fielding Copy Share Image
I'd really rather leave it to others to say what they see in it and to see if I've put something into… — Bruce Barnbaum Copy Share Image
Tom Wall has the unique ability to extract, cultivate and realize a vision that goes far beyond simple bricks and mortar. He… — David Steward Copy Share Image