“Beethoven, he learned, was a proud man who believed absolutely in his own abilities and never bothered to flatter the nobility. Believing… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“If you are a real artist, you give your whole being to your art. Anything short of that, then you are not… — John Fowles Copy Share Image
“When art is made new, we are made new with it. We have a sense of solidarity with our own time, and… — John Russell Copy Share Image
The artist appeals to that part of our being...which is a gift and not an acquisition - and, therefore, more permanently enduring. — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
I'm an artist living in a small, Scottish village. So one would expect to be treated with some sort of caution. And… — Andy Goldsworthy Copy Share Image
Art is feminine... Look, if you're handsome and young and beautiful, well, people are always going to say that you're gay. — Juan Gabriel Copy Share Image
Art is the objectification of feeling, and the subjectification of nature. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
90% of every art form is garbage - dance and stand-up, painting and music. Focus on the 10% that's good, suck it… — Patton Oswalt Copy Share Image
First of all, the art of living; then as my ideal profession, poetry and philosophy, and as my real profession, plastic arts;… — Paul Klee Copy Share Image
For me rappers and dancers are poets and artists and often times the most interesting performances are given by them. — Ice Cube Copy Share Image
While I hope that people like my work, I don't think an artist should be afraid of people not liking his work. — Badshah Copy Share Image
If there is any reason to single out artists as being more necessary to our lives than any others, it is because… — Phyllis Grissim-Theroux Copy Share Image
To me, every interview, even if you love the artist, needs to be somewhat adversarial. Which doesn't mean you need to attack… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
There is nothing, Sir, too little for so little a creature as man. It is by studying little things that we attain… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
“Wear none of thine own Chains; but keep free, whilst thou art free.” — William Penn Copy Share Image
Kollywood is my parent film industry. It was here that I was born as an actress and grew as an artist. — Asin Copy Share Image
I don't despair about the cultural scene in Australia because there isn't one to despair about. — Robert Helpmann Copy Share Image
A great artist ... takes what he did not make and makes of it something that only he can make. — Stevie Smith Copy Share Image
Since art is a virtue of the intellect, it demands to communicate with the entire universe of the intellect. Hence it is… — Jacques Maritain Copy Share Image
