True poetry is born of scrutiny, Scrutiny, the son of meditation, Meditation, the son of lore, Lore, the son of inquiry, Inquiry,… — Stephen R. Lawhead Copy Share Image
In your training, do not be in a hurry, for it takes a minimum of ten years to master the basics and… — Morihei Ueshiba Copy Share Image
The establishment in Britain is certainly against the arts and against education. If something doesn't make a profit, it's invalid, and art… — Peter Maxwell Davies Copy Share Image
And knife making is as much art as science, as far as I'm concerned: Forging metals from an old farm tool into… — Brad Leone Copy Share Image
A photographer is a photographer and an artist is an artist. I don't believe in labels or titles. Why should a painter… — Peter Lindbergh Copy Share Image
One of the things that sells music is when the artist is looked at as someone who's come up from the streets.… — Geoffrey Canada Copy Share Image
Creating art or something beautiful makes you a more full filled person than they can ever be because theyre caught up in… — Zoheb Copy Share Image
The theatre has always been to me a place where beautiful lies are told, and playwrighting the orchestration of platitudes around a… — Charles Ludlam Copy Share Image
My paintings are inspirational for they allow the observer to experience infinite viewpoints and perceptions. They are not abstract for they represent… — Freydoon Rassouli Copy Share Image
You were probably steered benignly away from things at school when you were a kid — things you liked — on the… — Ken Robinson Copy Share Image
He was one of those inexplicable gifts of nature, an artist who leaps over boundaries, changes our nervous systems, creates a new… — Jack Kroll Copy Share Image
“I still smart a little at the slight. When you've suffered a great deal in life, each additional pain is both unbearable… — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
In spite of my great admiration for individual splendid talents I do not accept the star system. Collective creative effort is the… — Constantin Stanislavski Copy Share Image
“Some argue the days of furthering or bettering oneself through a liberl arts education are gone, but that's true only if "furthering… — Gina Barreca Copy Share Image
The only people playing the roles of classic rock stars are hip-hop artists, now. Kanye's stage persona, and the way he approaches… — Jack Antonoff Copy Share Image
It is true that there are not many smiling faces in modern art galleries. Happy art is much harder to make. Art… — Grayson Perry Copy Share Image
I think a lot of male artists should and probably are thinking in the same ways. The culture has moved in a… — Laura Owens Copy Share Image
Indeed the three prophecies about the death of individual art are, in their different ways, those of Hegel, Marx, and Freud. I… — Harold Bloom Copy Share Image
The social or economic structure of the ideal state is of little concern to me. My desires are modest. Portraits of the… — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
Art cannot single-handedly create enthusiasm... it merely contributes to enthusiasm and guides us to be more conscious of feelings that we might… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
“He had a theory that musicians are incredibly complex, and know far less than other artists what they want and what they… — E.M. Forster Copy Share Image
Right now anything made for the iPad is like performance art. I'm not interested in performance art. Comics are too hard to… — Art Spiegelman Copy Share Image
The current memoir craze has fostered the belief that confession is therapeutic, that therapy is redemptive and that redemption equals art, and… — Michiko Kakutani Copy Share Image
The more I've gotten interested in writing about history and making sense of myself within the continuum of history, the more I've… — Natasha Trethewey Copy Share Image
Idealism, though just in its premises, and often daring and honest in their application, is stultified by the exclusive intellectualism of its… — Evelyn Underhill Copy Share Image
While I enjoy teaching people on the basic and intermediate levels to work them up to advanced levels, my real talent is… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
My wedding dress is a piece of art that I'll treasure forever. It was designed and created by Zac Posen. I gave… — Coco Rocha Copy Share Image
What crushed my soul was hanging out with bitter, desperate comics backstage. They're a different breed than the bitter yet eager psyches… — Scott Adsit Copy Share Image
Never try to live on the old manna, nor seek to find help in Egypt. All must come from Jesus or thou… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
“Art is a conversation we are all invited to and are all worthy to participate in. Yes, great works can be intimidating,… — Rachel Hartman Copy Share Image
When I look at the 'Rocky Balboa' film when I played the undisputed heavyweight champion, I feel like art is going to… — Antonio Tarver Copy Share Image
We're in an era where the demand is for immediate hits that are destined to become obsolescent. Six months later, everyone forgets… — Tony Bennett Copy Share Image
There has been no great surprise, no sudden revelation. I knew pretty much what I was getting into. What I've learned is… — Charlie Trotter Copy Share Image
If the average jazz artist uses his head and at the outset of his career realizes he won't play as well at… — Oscar Peterson Copy Share Image
Truth and reality in art begin at the point where the artist ceases to understand what he is doing and capable of… — Henri Matisse Copy Share Image
What initially attracted me to The Seventh Seal was that it had values and characteristics which I was familiar with in other… — Peter Greenaway Copy Share Image
Like most people, I've always felt using words like 'best' when applied to art is a fun way for critics to stay… — Steven Van Zandt Copy Share Image
If you're having difficulty coming up with new ideas, then slow down. For me, slowing down has been a tremendous source of… — Natalie Goldberg Copy Share Image
Women can also be creative in total isolation. I know excellent women artists who do original work without any response to speak… — Elaine de Kooning Copy Share Image
I'm personally looking for artists that are along the lines of today's pop stars. Whether it be a Rihanna or a Justin… — L.A. Reid Copy Share Image
