“I cannot locate any aestetic dignity in [Stephen] King's writing: his public could not sustain it, nor could he...Art unfortunately is rarely… — Harold Bloom Copy Share Image
For first you write a sentence, And then you chop it small; Then mix the bits and sort them out Just as… — Lewis Carroll Copy Share Image
It's an incredible dilemma to be an artist of color and to always be in denial about that, saying, 'I'm a choreographer… — Donald Byrd Copy Share Image
“And accordingly, the adolescent sensibility is one that prevails in much of the art world, where the most adolescent of goals, transgression,… — Theodore Dalrymple Copy Share Image
“Within this new work of art a creature from beyond the reach of Humanity has insinuated herself and now lurks there at… — Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam Copy Share Image
Children are so talented. Little children, until about the age of 10 or 11, are just little artists. They need to be… — Faith Ringgold Copy Share Image
“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
Whatever you go into, you have to go in there to be the best. There's no formulas. It's all about passion and… — Hugh Masekela Copy Share Image
I wanted to show the community you can build something here without having to raid taxpayers' dollars. What better way to show… — Norman Braman Copy Share Image
Too many younger artists, critics, and curators are fetishizing the sixties, transforming the period into a deformed cult, a fantasy religion, a… — Jerry Saltz Copy Share Image
Aging has its own beauty. It is a beautiful stage for doing inner work. You have a chance to not be so… — Ram Dass Copy Share Image
“From each art practiced in its time I derive a knowledge which compensates me in part for pleasures lost. I have supposed,… — Marguerite Yourcenar Copy Share Image
“Goods of production—material or immaterial—such as land, factories, practical or artistic skills, oblige their possessors to employ them in ways that will… — Libreria Editrice Vaticana Copy Share Image
What we also need to have a discussion on the philosophy of art: so we must ask what is it that we… — Tariq Ramadan Copy Share Image
“The whole concatenation of wild and artificial things, the natural ecosystem as modified by people over the centuries, the build environment layered… — John Stilgoe Copy Share Image
As I got older, my ambitions changed and I wanted to be a graphic designer. In form five, I did Art for… — St. Lucia Copy Share Image
“Human, you are a machine, an organism, an animal, a primate, an artist, an athlete, a thinker, a sponge, a spirit, a… — Laren Grey Umphlett Copy Share Image
I never had any intention nor interest in being an artist, but when I made work I realized that this was my… — Paul Rusconi Copy Share Image
... if we can imagine the art of fiction come alive and standing in our midst, she would undoubtedly bid us to… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
LOVE DOES NOT SEES WITH THE EYE , LOVE SEES WITH THE HEART, SO WHEN YOU FALL IN LOVE YOU SEE WITH… — Akin Copy Share Image
“As once-colonized nations seek to stand on their own, the countries once denuded of their past seek to assert their independent identities… — Sharon Waxman Copy Share Image
music is the most absorbing of all the arts. It absorbs the mind of the artist, whether creator or executant, to the… — Baroness Orczy Copy Share Image
We are so fortunate, as Australians, to have among us the oldest continuing cultures in human history. Cultures that link our nation… — Kevin Rudd Copy Share Image
Americans might not understand, but within Korea, Big Bang was one of the first artists to make their own production. We have… — G-Dragon Copy Share Image
“I knew that my trauma, no matter what it was, was not unique. I knew that pain was the universal driving force… — Lydia Lunch Copy Share Image
I had to jump around in the arts for a while just to survive. I earned a little money here and there,… — Alan Arkin Copy Share Image
Aestheticism is a search after the signs of the beautiful. It is the science of the beautiful through which men seek the… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Artists don't always know. Almost every song I ever recorded that was a hit at the majors that the promotional people picked… — Roy Ayers Copy Share Image
You don't own art. What does that mean? We are trustees of art. Art is in transit with us. That is why… — Pierre Berge Copy Share Image
“How can we expect to know everything about God?" He looked at me, his eyes narrowing. "I call that ambiguity," I said.… — Chaim Potok Copy Share Image
I get really self-conscious about people staring at me. It sounds so weird. As a performer, as an artist, these should be… — Sam Smith Copy Share Image
In college I had to major in something, so I was like, "Okay I like art history, so I will major in… — Walter Martin Copy Share Image
Twentieth-century art may start with nothing, but it flourishes by virtue of its belief in itself, in the possibility of control over… — Al Alvarez Copy Share Image
I think there's a kind of built-in arrogance to anyone who considers themself an artist. They want to feel as though like… — Sylvester Stallone Copy Share Image
“In my hands is power. The power to hear or to destroy. To grant life or to cause death. I revere this… — J.D. Robb Copy Share Image
“Become a great artist. That is the only way to justify what you are doing to everyone's life.'... I did not understand… — Chaim Potok Copy Share Image
I went to an Arts High School, so everyone there was kind of anti-clique, though they still happened. I guess I was… — Finn Wittrock Copy Share Image
Free speech is essential to education, especially to a liberal education, which encourages the search for truths in art and science. If… — Norman Dorsen Copy Share Image
I believe that arts education is necessary for promoting creativity and nurturing student's talents, and I encourage all students to continue exploring… — Al N. Green Copy Share Image
“{ Miller, who was president of American Federation of Musicians, had this to say about Robert Ingersoll at his funeral } On… — Owen Miller Copy Share Image