“That is why enemies can be great motivators. They serve as fuel for your fire.” — Simon Zingerman Copy Share Image
Well, in any art there are a lot of technical things that you can get to like. — Donald Judd Copy Share Image
Abstract art is a fundamental distrust of the theory of reality concocted by the eyes. — Robert Breault Copy Share Image
He spent all night staring down at the lights on L.A., wondering if he ever could go home. — Bob Seger Copy Share Image
“It’s called ”being an artist” for a reason; it’s something YOU ARE. It’s how you live. It’s WHO you are. How you… — Charlotte Eriksson Copy Share Image
“The erotic arts have the same goal as religion; to prevent men from acting like beasts.” — K. Ford K Copy Share Image
Tasting is an act of pleasure and writing about that pleasure is an artistic gesture, but the only true work of art,… — Muriel Barbery Copy Share Image
Craft can get you through ninety percent of a piece, but it's art that carries you at the end. — Stephen Graham Jones Copy Share Image
I'm really happy when I'm immersed in the art of it all - immersed in the music, the dance, the visual. Tapping… — Susan Stroman Copy Share Image
“Real artist cannot be blackmailed. I suspect they've been confessing shit all their life.” — Darnell Lamont Walker Copy Share Image
I don't think any two individuals, especially artistes, can be or should be compared. We are different human beings. The way we… — Pratik Gandhi Copy Share Image
My father was a great connoisseur of music and arts. He said, 'I will encourage you in anything you do, but make… — Adnan Sami Copy Share Image
The deepest motivation for a lot of artists is obviously the one they all share: their great fear they are a fraud.… — Philip-Lorca diCorcia Copy Share Image
“For me a work of fiction exists only insofar as it affords me what I shall bluntly call aesthetic bliss, that is… — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
“Art and psychoanalisis give shape and meaning to life and that's why we adore them. However, life as it is lived has… — Iris Murdoch Copy Share Image
“What did one see if one looked in any depth into the world of this writer's fiction? Elegant self-control concealing from the… — Thomas Mann Copy Share Image
Jazz is the greatest American art form and our greatest export. We don't pay attention to the youth of jazz, don't stoke… — Talib Kweli Copy Share Image
The basic project of art is always to make the world whole and comprehensible, to restore it to us in all its… — Robert Hughes Copy Share Image
Life and mind are continuously in conflict with each other. I want happiness, security. I won't reach that by considerations of my… — Bram van Velde Copy Share Image
