Why make art ? To quiet the mind thus making it susceptible to divine influences. — John Cage Copy Share Image
Art is the stored honey of the human soul, gathered on wings of misery and travail. — Theodore Dreiser Copy Share Image
Picture and sculpture are the celebrations and festivities of form. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
There is still some art in pop music. But it can't happen if you're not inspired. — Ben Folds Copy Share Image
I wanted to create something that people could relate to without having read a book about it beforehand. — Cindy Sherman Copy Share Image
I've written plenty of songs that are not tailored for me, writing six different songs to fit six different artists' visions. — Matthew Koma Copy Share Image
I think it's every artist's dream to create something that will endure, something that people will listen to until there are no… — Jim James Copy Share Image
When one looks into the window of a store which sells devotional art objects, one can't help wishing the iconoclasts had won. — W. H. Auden Copy Share Image
It took time to really build myself a reputation as a good live performer, a musician and an artist. — Ellie Goulding Copy Share Image
“The position of the artist is humble. He is essentially a channel. Piet Mondrian The Artist's Way A Spiritual Path to Greater… — Piet Mondrian Copy Share Image
God is love, I said, but art's the possibility of forms, and shadows are the source of identity. — Ralph Ellison Copy Share Image
Decent artists go through bad times but eventually they do get recognized. It's by no means a battle lost. Yet. — Louis Auchincloss Copy Share Image
In a way, art has always been my way of problem-solving, of getting through situations, of finding my response to things, so… — Tom Burr Copy Share Image
In a lot of ways, L.A. has always been kind of colonized or marginalized by New York. It still goes on to… — Michael C. McMillen Copy Share Image
Im a fuckin workaholic with a passion in my heart treatin rappin as an art which you have to be a part… — Mac Miller Copy Share Image
Even today, people tell me that the slapstick humour in 'Friends' is the most viewed comedy track on television. Siddique knows the… — Vijay Copy Share Image
Great artists are the ones who have put their entire selves out there to be adored, humiliated, to be picked at, cherished,… — Carmen Ejogo Copy Share Image
Our strategy should be not only to confront empire, but to lay siege to it. To deprive it of oxygen. To shame… — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
I just always feel that any black art should address our perpetual struggle for progress and freedom, period. There's no way around… — Cheo Hodari Coker Copy Share Image
Some artists are able to pull off a very form-fitting, painted-on look that's very modern, but I have actually come around to… — Stuart Immonen Copy Share Image
It's really, really hard to make it as a fine-art photographer exclusively. — Jock Sturges Copy Share Image
“Happiness is the art of making a bouquet of those flowers within reach.” — Bob Goddard Copy Share Image
“the art of writing changeable code requires the ability to write high-value tests.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Fertilization of the soul is the reason for the necessity of art. — Alfred North Whitehead Copy Share Image
Do not imagine you can exorcise what oppresses you in life by giving vent to it in art. — Gustave Flaubert Copy Share Image
The moment you cheat for the sake of beauty, you know you're an artist. — David Hockney Copy Share Image
To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of arts. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Art is Nature made by Man / To Man the interpreter of God. — Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton Copy Share Image
This is what I call participation in the world of ideas. That is what art-making is. — Bill T. Jones Copy Share Image
I think when you come from a house full of artists, everyone's got their niche. — Domino Kirke Copy Share Image
Having a little fun at my work does not make me any less of an artist. — Clarice Cliff Copy Share Image
