For just as some women are said to be handsome though without adornment, so this subtle manner of speech, though lacking in… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
The art of Gracie jiu-jitsu is to learn how to defend yourself in any situation, not to score points, not for tournament… — Royce Gracie Copy Share Image
Life is the leaves which shape and nourish a plant, but art is the flower which embodies its meaning — Charles Rennie Mackintosh Copy Share Image
Works of art are not so much finished as abandoned. Perhaps poems can be perfect. A short-short story might even be perfectible,… — Bruce Holland Rogers Copy Share Image
There is no joy nobler than suffering for the sake of love for man. — Yevgeny Zamyatin Copy Share Image
“I think that's what art is: art is communication made in the hope that interesting miscommunications will arise.” — Misha Glouberman Copy Share Image
It's not ideal when art is seen as just some passing entertainment quickly thrown out into the market, like a consumer object.… — Christine Leunens Copy Share Image
After marriage, I will have two sets of parents who are proud of me. And I also know that I won't do… — Shweta Tripathi Copy Share Image
I guess I get bored easily, and thank God. I don't want to all my life pound only the same key, although… — John Baldessari Copy Share Image
We're led by denial like lambs to slaughter, serving empires of style and carbonated sugar water. — Ani DiFranco Copy Share Image
A great deal of the joy of life consists in doing perfectly, or at least to the best of one's ability, everything… — William Matthews Copy Share Image
“Mastering the art of selling involves mastering the craft of providing your clients the education, products, services, and personal contact before, during… — Tom Hopkins Copy Share Image
People who just listen to music and are not a part of the creative community should realize that there is a lot… — Kristoffer Rygg Copy Share Image
An artist need not be a minister or a collector in church, but he must have a warm heart for people, and… — Vincent Van Gogh Copy Share Image
“Part of the problem [with Picasso's fame] lies with the artist himself - at that point when Picasso stopped making art and… — Art in America; Picasso: A Symposium John Jacobus Copy Share Image
When I was in my early twenties I was doing tenant organizing - rent strikes, specifically - in my building. I think… — Eric Drooker Copy Share Image
“I would like to say to those who think of my pictures as serene, whether in friendship or mere observation, that I… — Mark Rothko Copy Share Image
An artist makes a painting, and nobody bugs him or her about it. It's just you and your painting. To me, that's… — David Lynch Copy Share Image
“Wherever we are, whatever we’re doing and wherever we are going, we owe it to ourselves, to our art, to the world… — Ryan Holiday Copy Share Image
I have tried to remember throughout that poetry is made by flesh-and-blood human beings. It is a bloody art. It lives on… — Edward Hirsch Copy Share Image
I've had several moments in my career where it seemed like I might not age out of the bracket the world wants… — Ethan Hawke Copy Share Image
