It has always been difficult for Man to realize that his life is all an art. It has been more difficult to… — Havelock Ellis Copy Share Image
“If my grandfather was here, he would have died laughing ... Dubliners and A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man… — Stephen J. Joyce Copy Share Image
But I studied art in Belgium from the age of 17 to 18, and I learned French when I was there. Very… — Caroline Polachek Copy Share Image
I would have been a visual artist. When I was in high school, that was one of the things... I had to… — Josh Young Copy Share Image
Art movements are always linked to some kind of turmoil. We can look at history and see that [political turmoil is] fertile… — Morgan Parker Copy Share Image
Even if you're playing the most well-known repertoire under the sun, I still believe you have a responsibility as an artist to… — Charles Hazlewood Copy Share Image
The prince must consider, as has been in part said before, how to avoid those things which will make him hated or… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
For some reason I can't explain, artist and musicians tend to look younger than our age. Being in music, you need this… — Joshua Bell Copy Share Image
The relationships of our present social life are so numerous and so interwoven that a child placed in the most favorable position… — John Dewey Copy Share Image
The greatest thing an actor can experience is discovery. The greatest thing an artist can walk away with is to learn something… — Brad Pitt Copy Share Image
In March 2010, I attended an art opening for Kimberly Brooks's show 'The Stylist Project' in Los Angeles. It was a starry… — Nell Scovell Copy Share Image
Essentially, the popular musician in America must learn that his basic job is to entertain people, to make them forget their sorrows… — Artie Shaw Copy Share Image
The reason the art world doesn't respond to Kinkade is because none - not one - of his ideas about subject-matter, surface,… — Jerry Saltz Copy Share Image
The creative artist seems to be almost the only kind of man that you could never meet on neutral ground. You can… — Raymond Chandler Copy Share Image
I think about my art works as paintings, because they refer to the history of painting. I also have to think about… — Cory Arcangel Copy Share Image
I'm not trying to dog any artist or genre, but to me, there is a lot of diversity missing from the radio.… — Maren Morris Copy Share Image
I could never sit down and say: I'm going to do an out-and-out comedy, just to prove to people I can. You've… — Paddy Considine Copy Share Image
“Speaking of jeans, good Lord, the man’s ass was a bona fide work of art. As he strode toward the nearby counter… — Tessa Bailey Copy Share Image
Once the audience has to use themselves to cross the distance to the character, that's what's really exciting. That's when it starts… — Dallas Roberts Copy Share Image
When you get older, you look at who has power differently. When you're 21 years old, and you do something ridiculous at… — Tom Green Copy Share Image
As for my store, most artists' sites send you to a third-party storefront like iTunes, whereas we're disseminating it ourselves. I was… — DJ Shadow Copy Share Image
There's the instability of my attitude as an artist, the instability of our perception of the world, and the idea that with… — Albert Serra Copy Share Image
When I paint from a photograph, conscious thinking is eliminated. I don't know what I am doing. My work is far closer… — Gerhard Richter Copy Share Image
I've been asked often what is the difference between an amateur and a professional artist, and I will tell you. An amateur… — Ben Shahn Copy Share Image
How not to choose is the whole art of religion, how to drop into a choicelessness. But remember, don't choose choicelessness! Otherwise,… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
“Poetry will exist as long as there is a problem of life and death. The gift of art is a superior gift… — Ruben Copy Share Image
I'm moved by us, our quirks and mistakes. I find inspiration in everything from a piece of art to the hem of… — Idara Victor Copy Share Image
Paintings don't just happen. I am not a proponent of the idea of an artist as someone who kind of magically makes… — Kerry James Marshall Copy Share Image
If people think that Colorado is a beacon for artists and creative people who are really talented, I think they're going to… — John Hickenlooper Copy Share Image
Footballers can be like artists when the mind and body are working as one. It is what Miles Davis does when he… — Lilian Thuram Copy Share Image
“Frigideiro! " said Hermione again from the desk next to him. Her water was solid ice and there were white crystals forming on… — Eliezer Yudkowsky Copy Share Image
The future of poetry is immense, because in poetry, where it is worthy of its high destinies, our race, as time goes… — Matthew Arnold Copy Share Image
Poetry and the arts can’t exist in America. Mere exposure to the arts does nothing for a mentality which is incorrigibly dialectical.… — Marshall McLuhan Copy Share Image
Independent film is almost nonexistent right now, because all the distributers that used to love to put out these little art films… — Ron Perlman Copy Share Image
We may lay it down as an incontestible axiom, that, in all the operations of art and nature, nothing is created; an… — Antoine Lavoisier Copy Share Image
Wagner had a terrific understanding of politics. In 1829, he was a Marxist revolutionary who wanted to bring down the establishment. He… — Michael Portillo Copy Share Image
I suppose for me as an artist it wasn't always just about expressing my work; I really wanted, more than anything else,… — David Bowie Copy Share Image
Every art critic and every writer doesn't have a frame to start off from. If I made a statement saying, "This is… — Damian Loeb Copy Share Image
We, all of us in the First World, have participated in something of a binge, a half century of unbelievable prosperity and… — Bill McKibben Copy Share Image
There is nothing more becoming any wise man, than to make choice of friends, for by them thou shalt be judged what… — Walter Raleigh Copy Share Image