Art is the stored honey of the human soul, gathered on wings of misery and travail. — Theodore Dreiser Copy Share Image
The art of medicine was to be properly learned only from its practice and its exercise. — Thomas Sydenham Copy Share Image
Why make art ? To quiet the mind thus making it susceptible to divine influences. — John Cage Copy Share Image
I also had this artist friend who'd paint butterflies and things like that on my head. — Persis Khambatta Copy Share Image
Acting... was the biggest charge I ever had. What other artist has it so good? Approval so quick? — Elia Kazan Copy Share Image
Of all human struggles there is none so treacherous and remorseless as the struggle between the artist man and the mother woman. — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
As songwriters, we can go in and write for other artists in a time where you aren't necessarily feeling inspired for yourself. — Jessica Origliasso Copy Share Image
As far as I know, no money ever won in a lawsuit by IFPI or the RIAA has even gone to any… — Peter Sunde Copy Share Image
Individuality realized is the supreme attainment of the human soul, the master-master's work of art. Individuality is sacred. — Frank Lloyd Wright Copy Share Image
Art is based on order. The world is full of 'sloppy Bohemians' and their work betrays them. — Edward Weston Copy Share Image
As I have always said, an artist's existence and identity are only because of the audience. — Rubina Dilaik Copy Share Image
If a woman decides she likes me, it would behoove her to take into consideration that my art has had a strong… — Wesley Snipes Copy Share Image
I'm trying to inspire as many people as I can. I want the viewer to enjoy the art and I want the… — Nathan Sawaya Copy Share Image
To become truly immortal, a work of art must escape all human limits: logic and common sense will only interfere. But once… — Giorgio de Chirico Copy Share Image
“The painter paints, the musician makes music, the novelist writes novels. But I believe that we all have some influence, not because… — Jose Saramago Copy Share Image
In less than a century after the barbarian nations settled in their new conquests, almost all the effects of the knowledge and… — Bryan Ward-Perkins Copy Share Image
“Yet, in the middle of all this grief, I realize there’s a part of me clinical enough to want to document it.… — Kirsty Eagar Copy Share Image
“What art thou?' Nothing. That's the answer. Nothing. In the heart of hearts- Nothing! So of course you can't stand that and… — Saul Bellow Copy Share Image
I'm a sworn enemy of convention. I despite the conventional in anything, even the arts. I paint canvasses on the floor and… — Hedy Lamarr Copy Share Image
You make decisions, and that's what separates art from some other pop music. It doesn't mean that you can't make an embarrassing… — Steve Earle Copy Share Image