I prefer career artists that have spent time honing their craft, as opposed to, 'I won a karaoke contest on a reality… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
In every art beginners must start with models of those who have practiced the same art before them. And it is not… — Ruth Whitman Copy Share Image
If you got every single artist in the world in one room, and you put Miles on one side and Prince on… — Robert Glasper Copy Share Image
Once upon a time, I thought faeries lived only in books, old folktales, and the past. That was before they burst upon… — Brian Froud Copy Share Image
A girl becomes a wife with her eyes wide open. She knows that those sweetest words, 'I take thee to be my… — Alan Beck Copy Share Image
The secret of Greek Art is its imitation of nature even to the minutest details; whereas the secret of Indian Art is… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
“What rivets me to history is seeing / arts of survival turned / to rituals of self-hatred. This / is colonization. Unborn… — Adrienne Rich Copy Share Image
“As with art, first impressions are not rigid or carved in stone. Rather they are agile and adaptable, depending on the inspiration,… — Susan C. Young Copy Share Image
Some of my peers are artists who are at the same level as I am and have been getting paid more than… — Nadine Shah Copy Share Image
“I remember once, in talking to Mr. Burne-Jones about modern science, his saying to me, ‘the more materialistic science becomes, the more… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Revolt is the violence of an entire people; rebellion the unruliness of an individual or an uprising by a minority; both are… — Octavio Paz Copy Share Image
If I want to pursue the art of painting - or music or writing or sculpture - it requires only my time… — Orson Welles Copy Share Image
To a degree which is difficult to determine, the esoteric impulse in twentieth-century music, literature and the arts reflects calculation. It looks… — George Steiner Copy Share Image
I think it's almost a unique control that artists can have now more than they ever did, I think if you don't… — Lizzy Plapinger Copy Share Image
I never considered myself an Americana artist, but I'm a huge fan of old-time music from the States, the recordings that were… — Will Sheff Copy Share Image
When state funding for Irvine public schools began to diminish some time ago, my Irvine Company colleagues helped me to provide private… — Donald Bren Copy Share Image
I liked the sport of martial arts because I loved anything that involved contact, conflict or collision. But as a young kid,… — Brad Tavares Copy Share Image
It is time for writers to admit that nothing in this world makes sense. Only fools and charlatans think they know and… — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
“The male frog, in mating season," said Crake, "makes as much noise as it can. The females are attracted to the male… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
“She thought of all the people in all the paintings she had seen that day, not just Father's, in all the paintings… — Susan Vreeland Copy Share Image
If you look at all the artists I've ever worked with, I'm still blessed enough to have one of the biggest singles… — Sean Garrett Copy Share Image
Nowadays I see my work being used, without my permission, as if it was an attack against the Trump regime. People want… — Alfredo Jaar Copy Share Image
Technology is 50% of rock 'n' roll - the magic, the art, the performance. If you don't have good technicians and a… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
I was an art student when I was a boy, and as an art student you don't have to talk to anyone… — Roger Rees Copy Share Image
Labels only confuse people. The smarter people recognize artists who transcend categories. But I always try to entertain. It's in my nature;… — John Shirley Copy Share Image
“Film is more than the twentieth-century art. It’s another part of the twentieth-century mind. It’s the world seen from inside. We’ve come… — Don DeLillo Copy Share Image
The fact that I'm a woman is as important to my work as a poet as the fact that Ahmad Shāmlu was… — Simin Behbahani Copy Share Image
My mother was a very big inspiration. She loved fashion. I loved art in school, and I was very good at drawing.… — Nina Garcia Copy Share Image
My father has a golden voice and sings beautifully. So does my brother, and my sister pursues dance as well. Love for… — Ananya Birla Copy Share Image
All art is at once surface and symbol. Those who go beneath the surface do so at their peril. Those who read… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
I was trying to make art that my son could look on in the future and would realize I was thinking about… — Jeff Koons Copy Share Image
Writers remember everything...especially the hurts. Strip a writer to the buff, point to the scars, and he'll tell you the story of… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
First of all, I should preface this by the observation that artists are not the best judges of what they've done and… — Nicholas Meyer Copy Share Image
I think that's true of all cinema, that's why cinema is the great humanistic art form. Whatever the film is, it doesn't… — Tilda Swinton Copy Share Image
Everything a writer learns about the art or craft of fiction takes just a little away from his need or desire to… — Raymond Chandler Copy Share Image
The more one reads poetry, the less tolerant one becomes of any sort of verbosity, be that in political or philosophical discourse,… — Joseph Brodsky Copy Share Image
As a college-educated twentysomething woman with cool glasses and an affinity for modern art and Ryan Adams, I had the constant experience… — S.E. Cupp Copy Share Image
Music, art, writing - it gives us a sense of who we are, a sense of our history, a sense of our… — Sheryl Crow Copy Share Image
We are all artists in everything we do. Art is creating; it is our link that makes us like god. All you… — Bethany Jane Andrews Hoey Copy Share Image
I heard someone from the music business saying they are no longer looking for talent, they want people with a certain look… — Joni Mitchell Copy Share Image
