“Go into yourself. Find out the reason that commands you to write; see whether it has spread its roots into the very… — Rainer Maria Rilke Copy Share Image
In serving his vision of the truth, the artist best serves his nation. — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
I met Méret Oppenheim when I was a very young artist just coming to New York. She really liked my early films… — Rebecca Horn Copy Share Image
In the coming days and weeks, Laila would scramble frantically to commit it all to memory, what happened next. Like an art… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
“He wasn't certain whether he was a good or bad person. Whether he was altruistic. Whether he was demonic. But he was… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
Though moments of self-doubt may arise, the unwavering support and enthusiasm of my fans serve as a constant reminder of my purpose… — Doechii Copy Share Image
One thing is for sure-none of the arts flourishes on censorship and repression. And by this time it should be evident that… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
There's a snobbery at work in architecture. The subject is too often treated as a fine art, delicately wrapped in mumbo-jumbo. In… — Norman Foster Copy Share Image
There is a connection, hard to explain logically but easy to feel, between achievement in public life and progress in the arts.… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
The fate of our times is characterized by rationalization and intellectualization and, above all, by the 'disenchantment of the world.' Precisely the… — Max Weber Copy Share Image
For not by art does the poet sing, but by power divine. Had he learned by rules of art, he would have… — Plato Copy Share Image
The more you work, the less you exist. I believe (at least, I used to believe, because I no longer think this… — Christian Boltanski Copy Share Image
My advice to any budding artist is never to be satisfied with imitating others. This is but a means to an end.… — Michael Kenna Copy Share Image
First one gets works of art, then criticism of them, then criticism of the criticism, and, finally, a book on The Literary… — Randall Jarrell Copy Share Image
To hear an artist be transparent is one of the greatest things they could ever do for their fans. I love that,… — Sevyn Streeter Copy Share Image
This is what he has been selling on the 'The Apprentice', through his self-help books, how to - you know, 'Trump 101'… — Naomi Klein Copy Share Image
The best artists are the ones that work the hardest, and if you work hard enough, you'll eventually experience the happy accidents… — Julian Casablancas Copy Share Image
n artistic atmosphere does not create artists a literary atmosphere does not create literators; poets and painters spring up where there was… — William Dean Howells Copy Share Image
The greatest artists were in a situation where they had to pay their bills. That's a very convenient way to get very… — Nicolas Winding Refn Copy Share Image
All art cinema is not great; some of the films can put you to sleep. — Suhasini Maniratnam Copy Share Image
Could the peaceable principle of the Quakers be universally established, arms and the art of war would be wholly extirpated: But we… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
The modern world thinks of art as very important: something close to the meaning of life. — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
Theatre was an art form that I didn't really respect, and because I wanted to shake it up and do different things… — Martin McDonagh Copy Share Image
Most artists say that they want to make the ultimate statement. I certainly do, but I don't mind people seeing all of… — Van Hunt Copy Share Image
“The paradox is that some of the most artistically valuable contemporary photographs are content with being photographs, are not under the same… — Geoff Dyer Copy Share Image
Seeing our kids' beautiful, colorful art hung on the wall brightens my heart and our home. — Tiffani Thiessen Copy Share Image
A picture has been said to be something between a thing and a thought. — Samuel Palmer Copy Share Image
I don't think neurobiology is going to replace aesthetics or art history. It's a parallel discipline that adds a new dimension. I… — Eric Kandel Copy Share Image
This is the eternal origin of art that a human being confronts a form that wants to become a work through him.… — Martin Buber Copy Share Image
This is part of the fundamental character of Buddhism that I find problematic - that it is not interested in anything. Hence… — Quentin S. Crisp Copy Share Image
The art of beautiful motion is far and away the oldest. Before man learned how to use any instruments at all, he… — Gerard van der Leeuw Copy Share Image
Simplicity and Repose are qualities that measure the true value of any work of art. — Frank Lloyd Wright Copy Share Image
The London 'Academy' has seen fit recently to scoff at the critics who have been exercising themselves ove rthe so-called art of… — Henry Seidel Canby Copy Share Image
