I'm not really anti-gang - I was a gang member and so was my son. I'm pro-youth, pro-community, pro-family, pro-arts, and pro-peace. — Luis J. Rodriguez Copy Share Image
The civilization, so often vaunted by the learned exponents of arts and sciences, will, if allowed to overleap the bounds of moderation,… — Bahá'u'lláh Copy Share Image
With the song 'This Christmas' I wanted to do something that was kind of different. I mean, Donny Hathaway is an amazing… — Chris Brown Copy Share Image
The true artist doesn't substitute immorality for morality. On the contrary, he always substitutes a finer morality for a grosser one. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The wonder of an artist's performance grows with the range of his penetration, with the instinctive sympathy that makes him, in his… — George Santayana Copy Share Image
I love every type of martial arts, but with Muay Thai in general, I want to see it being brought to the… — Tony Jaa Copy Share Image
I've always seen myself as a working musician but now there's no money in records for the artist at all, it's all… — Paul Young Copy Share Image
If you come across an American artist right now who has no political opinions or is afraid of talking politics, be very… — Amanda Palmer Copy Share Image
Art or no Art, 2015 was already going to be the busiest year of my life. I'm not sure how I'll make… — Dawn O'Porter Copy Share Image
Making art has first of all to do with honesty. My first lesson was to see objectively, to erase all meaning of… — Ellsworth Kelly 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
Of course it's possible for political essays to be artful. I just want to call into question the dominance of content over… — John D'Agata Copy Share Image
Your life is a work of art, a craft to be carefully mastered. For patience has replaced time, and you are your… — Rick Jarow Copy Share Image
The best one can say of modern creative art is that it is just a little less vulgar than reality. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
For centuries, the arts and philanthropists have worked well together: look at the Tate family and the Courtaulds. If you've been fortunate… — Lloyd Dorfman Copy Share Image
There's always the influence of music, film, art and the other things that drive me. I'm usually inspired by my environment and… — Adam Jones Copy Share Image
The artist's life is to be where life is, active life, found in neither ivory tower nor concrete shelter; he must be… — Sean O'Casey Copy Share Image
Art making comes from the human desire to share something that is universal in one sense, but unique to your sensibility in… — Shepard Fairey Copy Share Image
I wouldn't say the anthropologists were making art, but they were definitely justifying their practices with very personal reasoning, passion, and they… — Aleksandra Mir Copy Share Image
That is what is wrong with cold people. Not that they have ice in their souls - we all have a bit… — Lorrie Moore Copy Share Image
Something was still there, that something that distinguishes an artist from a performer: the revealing of self. Here I be. Not forlong,… — Studs Terkel Copy Share Image
Sadness is an attack and happiness is a defence. We should therefore, learn the art of defence, not attack. — Terry Mark Copy Share Image
