The great end of all human industry is the attainment of happiness. For this were arts invented, sciences cultivated, laws ordained, and… — David Hume Copy Share Image
One can do good things without being very much of a harmonist or a colourist. It is sufficient to have a sense… — Paul Cezanne Copy Share Image
Only recently serious research into the relationship between photography and art has taken place. Why has it been so long in coming… — Aaron Scharf Copy Share Image
People ask me, 'What happened in your life that might have pushed you as an artist to get to where you are… — Jim Lee Copy Share Image
Just as the lunar landings inspired many young people to consider careers in space and related fields, the solution of the challenging… — Nancy Roman Copy Share Image
When I think about what really matters, it's not looking at art that has made the most difference or has been most… — W. S. Di Piero Copy Share Image
When I was a kid I was not a good student. I went to the University of Colarado, my grades were poor.… — Robert Redford Copy Share Image
I am not a therapist. I am not a spiritual leader. These elements are in the art: it is therapeutic, spiritual, social… — Marina Abramovic Copy Share Image
“It may also be that, quite apart from any specific references one food makes to another, it is the very allusiveness of… — Michael Pollan Copy Share Image
You are always looking for already-felt emotions, just as you like to get an old pair of trousers back from the cleaners,… — Francis Picabia Copy Share Image
I love the theatre and I love working in the theatre but I'm a big cinefile and I love the movies. I… — Romola Garai Copy Share Image
I wanted to say something different: the pictures are also a leave-taking, in several respects. Factually: these specific persons are dead; as… — Gerhard Richter Copy Share Image
The whole point of art, as far as I’m concerned, is that art doesn’t make any difference. And that’s why it’s important.… — Brian Eno Copy Share Image
Music is an art that expresses the inexpressible. It rises far above what words can mean or the intelligence define. Its domain… — Charles Munch Copy Share Image
If what we want to do is promote reading and writing and publishing and making sure this is a business that keeps… — Ann Patchett Copy Share Image
“We lived on 82nd Street and the Metropolitan Museum was my short cut to Central Park. I wrote: "I go into the… — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
I'm not the type of artist that's like, 'Let's go out and party and dance your life away!' I think those artists… — Claudia Lee Copy Share Image
When people decide to talk publicly about poetry as an art form and how it's received, they often get very abject about… — Eileen Myles Copy Share Image
All "if" statements about the past are as dubious as prophecies of the future are. It seems fairly plausible that if Alexander… — Arthur Koestler Copy Share Image
There are those who say that poets should use her and his art to change the world. I'd agree with that, but… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
“Most striking about the traditional societies of the Congo was their remarkable artwork: baskets, mats, pottery, copper and ironwork, and, above all,… — Adam Hochschild Copy Share Image
Being on the run wasn't fun, but it was something I had to do. I was actually working in legitimate jobs. I… — Kevin Mitnick Copy Share Image
Now, all writing - all the arts - are a form of 'Pay attention to me,' but there's also the flip side.… — Jonathan Ames Copy Share Image
There are people who believe everything is sane and sensible that is done with a solemn face. ... It is no great… — Georg C. Lichtenberg Copy Share Image
The only damn thing I ever learned in all my years in art school was a piece is never done, it is… — Brian Michael Bendis Copy Share Image
I just started writing and writing for people. And then, like I guess after (a) year of getting some placements, I kinda… — PJ Harvey Copy Share Image
My 'Strictly' experience has taken my admiration for the skill and stamina of dancers to a whole new level. They really are… — Angela Rippon Copy Share Image
“We all have a blind spot around our privileges shaped exactly like us,” Junot Díaz has said, and it can create blindness… — Sarah Lewis Copy Share Image
I'm proud that I've been able to work with other artists to make sure that the smallest voices - the voices of… — Shakira Copy Share Image
“The art of reading is to skip judiciously. Whole libraries may be skipped these days, when we have the results of them… — Philip Gilbert Hamerton Copy Share Image
For me, my relationship with social media was very politicised and it was very much something that I would use daily to… — Matty Healy Copy Share Image
“It was amazing what an hour with her sketchpad could do for her mood. She was sure that the lines she drew… — Victoria Kahler Copy Share Image
I really admire Ana Mendieta. She was a Cuban American artist who died the year I was born and whose work examines… — Emma Healey Copy Share Image
Being Southern and being the guy I've been all my life, I've lived more on the lighter side of life. I have… — Josh Holloway Copy Share Image
All you can do as an artist is do what you think is an extension of you. You put down on paper… — Justin Timberlake Copy Share Image
Education is the art of helping young people to completeness; for the Christian, this means education is helping a young person to… — Basil Moreau Copy Share Image
When I first started, you could go to a college campus and it was not cool to wear a country artist's shirt… — Eric Church Copy Share Image
I want to stay in the writing long enough to become a falling star of the up-and-coming genre, then a has-been known… — Daryl Gregory Copy Share Image
So the audience, at times, lets us know actually what is so special about the show that we can't even necessarily design… — Steve Zissis Copy Share Image
It's terribly wrong to stuff that sacred citadel with junk you know darn well is bad for you, I came to realize… — Ralph Maxwell Copy Share Image
