The novel may be dead as a commercial form. When art forms things die as commercial forms, something happens to the practice… — William Monahan Copy Share Image
When it comes to partnership, some humans can make their lives alone - it's possible. But creatively, it's more like painting: you… — Ben Harper Copy Share Image
Earlier in our country, rapping was not considered as a proper art form, as it is not a song. But now, incorporation… — Badshah Copy Share Image
I love commercial music! I can dissect it and criticize it with any critic in the business. But without any thought, I… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
When painting portraits a lot of people say, 'Why not get a photograph of the person?' Photography is wonderful and it is… — Jamie Wyeth Copy Share Image
Art forms of the past were really considered elitist. Bach did not compose for the masses, neither did Beethoven. It was always… — David Cronenberg Copy Share Image
Surfing is very special and unique. It's really hard to explain unless you've tried it. It's being out in the ocean in… — Bethany Hamilton Copy Share Image
Something about music urges us to engage with its larger context, beyond the piece of plastic it came on-it seems to be… — David Byrne Copy Share Image
I decided honestly that comic art is an art form in itself. It reflects the life and times more accurately and actually… — Alex Raymond Copy Share Image
“I absolutely demand of you and everyone I know that they be widely read in every damn field there is; in every… — Annie Spence Copy Share Image
“It is possible for music to be labeled "Christian" and be terrible music. It could lack creativity and inspiration. The lyrics could… — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
“In one way or another everything communicates. Human are the only creatures on earth, with the exception of cats, that are certain… — Cindy Cruciger Copy Share Image
“Pulp devotees did not invent the word fan (derived from the Latin fanaticus , "possessed by divine madness") but they established the… — Steve Silberman Copy Share Image
In a way, her strangeness, her naiveté, her craving for the other half of her equation was the consequence of an idle… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
Fashion wears many faces; it has the urge to belong to a group - to charm - but also the urge to… — Isabel Toledo Copy Share Image
“Books are, let's face it, better than everything else. If we played cultural Fantasy Boxing League, and made books go 15 rounds… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
Bond is actually my dream role. Only because it was the film I watched with my grandfathers and father from a very… — Aneurin Barnard Copy Share Image
For whatever reason, all my friends are musical wizards and in great bands, but yeah, it really skipped over me. It's one… — Matthew Gray Gubler Copy Share Image
I'm realistic about my age and realistic about the fact that there's an awful lot less in front of me than there… — Roger Daltrey Copy Share Image
The thing that I probably enjoy the most and also am the best at in whatever art form I'm working in is… — Greg Berlanti Copy Share Image
I wanted to create this dialogue between music and visual art and vice versa. No matter what part of the spectrum they… — Mike D Copy Share Image
I believe passionately that games are an art form and that the power of our medium flows from our audience, who are… — Ray Muzyka Copy Share Image
One: whose shoulders do you stand on? And two: what do you stand for? These are two questions that I always begin… — Amanda Gorman Copy Share Image
We haven't lost romance in the digital age, but we may be neglecting it. In doing so, antiquated art forms are taking… — Ashton Kutcher Copy Share Image
But theater, because of its nature, both text, images, multimedia effects, has a wider base of communication with an audience. That's why… — Wole Soyinka Copy Share Image
I can one day do dance, and the next maybe do a movie, and then maybe I can choreograph, or work with… — Sergei Polunin Copy Share Image
For me, Christianity is not a genre. It's faith. The Gospel is not a genre either. It's faith. I definitely understand the… — LeCrae Copy Share Image
If all you're doing is playing it safe - trying to make the same movie over and over again - that's when… — Kathleen Kennedy Copy Share Image
I don't like the idea of stepping-stones in art forms: that you do your time at a regional theatre, and then you… — John Tiffany Copy Share Image
There are only two reasons that anybody does something for 50 years. You've got to believe in what you are doing and… — Bill Gaither Copy Share Image
In some ways, jazz is the most precise of art forms and the loosest in the sense that it's all about improvisation,… — Damien Chazelle Copy Share Image
I think one of the things you have to have is a respect for the camera, a real respect, and a real… — Anthony Hopkins Copy Share Image
When we started on 'Coraline,' there was a whole host of things that we had no idea how we were going to… — Travis Knight Copy Share Image
The greater the decrease in the social significance of an art form, the sharper the distinction between criticism and enjoyment by the… — Walter Benjamin Copy Share Image
More than any other art form I know of in America, country music speaks of the true relationship between the American male… — Sam Shepard Copy Share Image
In 1972 Charlie Chaplin was allowed back to America to receive an honorary Oscar, 'for the incalculable he had on making motion… — Edward Jay Epstein Copy Share Image
Broadway has changed tremendously from the early days when the shows were referred to as musical comedies. Musical Theater is now a… — Betty Buckley Copy Share Image
“[after discussion about what evil is, a question asked to Elphaba on why she killed Madame Morrible] "Why did you do it?"… — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
What has started to interest me is how you use all the different disciplines and tools we have at our disposal, and… — John Tiffany Copy Share Image
If any art form can accommodate contemporary culture, it's the novel. It's so malleable - it can incorporate essays, poetry, film. Maybe… — Don DeLillo Copy Share Image