It is to aid in making the arts operative rather than only positively or negatively pleasurable... it is to paint a record,… — Morris Graves Copy Share Image
Abstract art is only painting. And what's so dramatic about that? There is no abstract art. One must always begin with something.… — Pablo Picasso Copy Share Image
Not all Peter Greenaway's stuff is sequential, narrative story. Some of it is like an art installation and I'm not particularly interested… — Martin Freeman Copy Share Image
I love the challenges of, ultimately, the examination of what it is to be a human being in this world. I mean… — Noah Reid Copy Share Image
Puzzles are like songs - A good puzzle can give you all the pleasure of being duped that a mystery story can.… — Stephen Sondheim Copy Share Image
The systems they (the Arts) nourish, which include our integrated sensory, attentional, cognitive, emotional, and motor capacities, are, in fact, the driving… — Eric Jensen Copy Share Image
Landscape is the creation of the one God - his sensuous image and revelation, through the investigation of which, by science or… — James Jackson Jarves Copy Share Image
What people are feeling is the similarity in what I do and how I'm capable of breaking a new artist into a… — Laurieann Gibson Copy Share Image
What we need more of is slow art: art that holds time as a vase holds water: art that grows out of… — Robert Hughes Copy Share Image
Science fiction is any idea that occurs in the head and doesn't exist yet, but soon will, and will change everything for… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
The consequence of making it a business thing and making an artist the same as a Wall Street trader is that you… — M.I.A Copy Share Image
I happen to like regionalism, whatever that means. I like the idea of art that somehow specifically reflects some aspect of a… — Michael C. McMillen Copy Share Image
Italy is certainly the native country of this art: and yet, I do not find the people in general either more musically… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The writer's role is to menace the public's conscience. He must have a position, a point of view. He must see the… — Rod Serling Copy Share Image
Yeah, I guess for years I wanted to be an artist, and when I was growing up, lots of my family were… — Josh O'Connor Copy Share Image
“The more gifted of these individuals became writers or artists. Even though they were able to point to the truth in the… — Alice MIller, The Drama of the gifted child Copy Share Image
Thou art merciful; when all my endeavour is turned toward Thee because all Thy endeavour is turned toward me; when I look… — Nicholas of Cusa Copy Share Image
People have pointed out evidences of personal feeling in my notices as if they were accusing me of a misdemeanor, not knowing… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
Everything I wanted before, I want twice as much now. And that doesn't mean material things; it means to explore more, to… — Jennifer Lopez Copy Share Image
It's always helpful to look outside of the web for your inspiration, to places where you might not at first expect to… — Andy Clark Copy Share Image
“choices. There is great power in immersing yourself in a satisfying creative project. First of all, it takes your mind off your… — Candy Paull Copy Share Image
I am perfectly convinced that whatever the gospels are they are not legends. I have read a great deal of legend and… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
'Drag Race' doesn't claim to represent drag as a whole. 'Drag Race' is a reality show. If you see real drag shows,… — Trixie Mattel Copy Share Image
That's the thing about music: It's forever. Hopefully, you captured a moment musically that has a timeless quality people will find relevant… — Robert Coppola Schwartzman Copy Share Image
Fiction is about telling a good story, first and foremost. But of course, everything I'm interested in or angry about leaks into… — Lauren Beukes Copy Share Image
I wouldn't say the purpose of making art is to enjoy it necessarily. For me, it happens to be the thing I… — Sean Lennon Copy Share Image
I took a number of graphic courses, lithography and etching and wood engraving [at Art Institute]. And particularly as I got more… — Warren MacKenzie Copy Share Image
Being an artist doesn't just mean you have a song. That doesn't make you an artist. The word 'artist' means so many… — Billie Eilish Copy Share Image
“In an age when the difference between prince and peasant was thought to be in the stars, Mr Tzara, art was naturally… — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
“Remember that your fans are your lifeblood. See that you know who they are, and give them a reason to follow you.… — Simon Zingerman Copy Share Image
“The person who waits upon moods in impoverished. If the painter only wanted to paint when in the mood for it, he… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
At times there seems to be a million ideas worth painting. However, there are days when it's a challenge to pull any… — James Dean Copy Share Image
The art of concentrating strength at one point, forcing a breakthrough, rolling up and securing the flanks on either side, and then… — Erwin Rommel Copy Share Image
I've always been fond of the idea expressed in Buddhist art, that there are certain objects that, just by seeing them, can… — Alex Grey Copy Share Image
The stuff of thought is the seed of the artist. Dreams form the bristles of the artist's brush. As the eye functions… — Arshile Gorky Copy Share Image
“I believe...that to be very poor and very beautiful is most probably a moral failure more than an artistic success. Shakespeare would… — Raymond Chandler Copy Share Image
Artists have wild desires and a terrible hunger to achieve... Without it they haven't the juice for striving or loving. But desire… — Eric Maisel Copy Share Image
Not only was he not mad, but he was a musician, and my favorite men had always been musicians or writers or… — Marian Keyes Copy Share Image
Ah, but you, Darkness, you know all this. I tell you night after night. Nothing will shock you. Maybe I go on… — Tim Winton Copy Share Image
As an artist, I'm really inspired by everything around me - from travel and art, to friends and family, social voices in… — Cara Santana Copy Share Image
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