I mostly do faces and sounds. That's what I do. Comedy doesn't have to be art. — Pete Holmes Copy Share Image
An artist can go paint, and a writer can go write, but an actor needs to get hired, needs somebody to say,… — John Glover Copy Share Image
“It all boils down to instinct, good or bad. Artistic creation must be spontaneous. It comes from the heart; it has to… — Maurice Chevalier Copy Share Image
“The shared meal is no small thing. It is a foundation of family life, the place where our children learn the art… — Michael Pollan Copy Share Image
“Beautiful surroundings, the society of learned men, the charm of noble women, the graces of art, could not make up for the… — Willa Cather Copy Share Image
“Something, somewhere, knows what’s best for me and promises to keep sending me people and experiences to light my way as long… — Jennifer Elisabeth Copy Share Image
One of the dangers of the American artist is that he finds himself almost exclusively thrown in with persons more or less… — Thornton Wilder Copy Share Image
I knew I didn't want to make a country record just because that's not really what I would have ever made as… — Natalie Maines Copy Share Image
I think that all great art never strives to answer any questions; it just asks the appropriate ones at the appropriate time. — Rhys Ifans Copy Share Image
What makes a song last is real content from a mind that is thinking a little bit harder about certain things. A… — Billie Eilish Copy Share Image
“It seems to me a work of art is the evidence offered by a fantastically observant witness” — John Banville Copy Share Image
“When psychotherapists studying the art of achievement analyzed the language and thought patterns of the most successful people, they discovered a very… — Ian Tuhovsky Copy Share Image
Often, when art from the canon is brought in to fine art classes, it is used as a prop to inspire art-making… — Munira Mirza Copy Share Image
Regardless of nationality, all men are brothers. God is "our Father who art in heaven." The commandment "Thou shalt not kill" is… — Ben Salmon Copy Share Image
Numberless arts appear foolish whose secret motives are most wise and weighty. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Films are made for audience's appreciation but films are also made for artistic satisfaction. — Vijay Krishna Acharya Copy Share Image
To any artist, worthy of the name, all in nature is beautiful, because his eyes, fearlessly accepting all exterior truth, read there,… — Auguste Rodin Copy Share Image
Bop began with Jazz but one afternoon somewhere on a sidewalk maybe 1939, 1940, Dizzy Gillespie or Charlie Parker or Thelonious Monk… — Jack Kerouac 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
Art is not an investment. Art is something you buy because you are financially solvent enough to give yourself a pleasure of… — Arne Glimcher Copy Share Image
It is a doctrine of war not to assume the enemy will not come, but rather to rely on one's readiness to… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
I don't have a normal job, so I really appreciate having friends who are writers and artists. It's fun to have a… — Natalie Portman Copy Share Image
Making art has never been a mystery to me. It's never been something that's very difficult. — Richard Prince Copy Share Image
I think one of the big mistakes people make is to have fame as one of their main goals. That is the… — Hope Sandoval Copy Share Image
The techniques are all means of dealing with one simple idea: She wrote it. (That is, the "wrong" person--in this case, female--has… — Joanna Russ Copy Share Image
“Food’s my only bag. It’s my gig, my art, my life. Always has been, always will be. I’m always battling myself –… — Marcus Samuelsson Copy Share Image
“When Pat gave her ‘criminal-hero’ Tom Ripley a charmed and parentless life, a wealthy, socially poised Alter Ego (Dickie Greenleaf), and a… — Joan Schenkar Copy Share Image
The job of an artist is to entertain and not get involved with politics. We give the people in the countries we… — Engelbert Humperdinck Copy Share Image
Well, to me, the tensile strength and the very definition of an artist is something that I would place at the top… — Van Dyke Parks Copy Share Image
Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art... It has no survival value; rather is one of those things that give value to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
You can play yourself and make a very good career out of it. Do the same type of role, the daring, good-looking,… — Rocky Carroll Copy Share Image
Ease is the enemy of the artist. When things get too easy, you're in trouble. — Chuck Close Copy Share Image
“And what does he feel?" "He feels uneasy. A little afaid. Angry. Oddly, a hint of pride." "Good," Henry said. "ANd where… — Daniel Alarcón Copy Share Image
“It is a truism that when one is a hammer, everything looks like a nail. The glory of art is that it… — Matthew Woodring Stover Copy Share Image
Thus the man who is responsive to artistic stimuli reacts to the reality of dreams as does the philosopher to the reality… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
I wouldn't necessarily say she is a country artist. I mean, obviously Taylor Swift started in country, but she morphed into somewhat… — Luke Bryan Copy Share Image
