There was no special event that made me decide. I had collected some photos and the idea was in the back of… — Gerhard Richter Copy Share Image
“I'm against the picture of the artist as a starry-eyed visionary not really in control or knowing what he does. I'd almost… — William Golding Copy Share Image
I think my first experience of art, or the joy in making art, was playing the horn at some high-school dance or… — Robert Pinsky Copy Share Image
I kind of rode this weird line between athlete and artist. It was a little different because most of the athletes were… — Terry Crews Copy Share Image
It's the word 'artful'; it's such a great word, with its dark and its light side, its art and its cunning, the… — Ali Smith Copy Share Image
“You are a masterpiece. A painting. A poem. A song. A statue. A work of art. Think of yourself that way. Embrace… — Tony Evens Copy Share Image
When you grow up, some areas of the world are out of your knowledge - especially when I grew up, in the… — Paola Pivi Copy Share Image
Urban artist have to face the stigma not only from white Australia but black Australia too; that's horrific when people say that… — Warwick Thornton Copy Share Image
And all of these writers offer me a greater understanding of what it is to be alive, and that is such an… — PJ Harvey Copy Share Image
Fear of carbs, of gluten, of everything - we've distanced ourselves from the beauty of food, the art of it. It makes… — Olivia Wilde Copy Share Image
Mild autism can give you a genius like Einstein. If you have severe autism, you could remain nonverbal. You don't want people… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
And I know I'm supposed to feel guilty for wanting people to buy my books... and books in general? Novels and poetry,… — Julianna Baggott Copy Share Image
The Gnostics believed that exile was the essential condition of man. Do you agree? I do. The artist and the addict both… — Steven Pressfield Copy Share Image
“Education is presumed to nurture an appreciation of diversity: the more schooling, the greater the respect for works of literature and art,… — Bill Bishop Copy Share Image
Having a little fun at my work does not make me any less of an artist and people who appreciate truly beautiful… — Clarice Cliff Copy Share Image
My parents didn't have records, they didn't have radios, and they didn't listen to music. My grandmother was my main connection to… — Gerard Way Copy Share Image
Art is interesting because there can be so many different perspectives in a piece of art. The way I see it may… — Joakim Noah Copy Share Image
I remember in 'The Wizard of Oz' in middle school, I was the Tin Man. There was this fly on stage, and… — Cole Escola Copy Share Image
I believe that it is important for the artist, painter, poet, dancer, etc. to keep in mind that it is the art… — Thornton Willis Copy Share Image
Realist artists should join together in a worldwide effort... Sharing it with each other and teaching it - that is the key… — Igor Babailov Copy Share Image
“Ancient person, for whom I All the flattering youth defy, Long be it ere thou grow old, Aching, shaking, crazy, cold; But… — John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester Copy Share Image
Artists such as Lorna Simpson, Zoe Leonard, Byron Kim and Stephen Andrews and I are around the same age, and I know… — Glenn Ligon Copy Share Image
“The one charm about the past is that it is the past. But women never know when the curtain has fallen. They… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
When I was writing songs or performing or producing or dabbling in movies or even putting my career on hold to go… — Jackie DeShannon Copy Share Image
“If these artist were trying to convince me that the pursuit of love in the postdigital age was more exciting, more mysterious,… — Kate Klise Copy Share Image
The artist, and particularly the poet, is always an anarchist in the best sense of the word. He must heed only the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
They think me or Conway not contractually Griselda, they think it's smoke with each other. We're doing business, man. We're growing further… — Benny the Butcher Copy Share Image
In fact, whatever exists in the universe, in essence, in appearance, in the imagination, the painter has first in his mind and… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
When I do a T.V. show, I hear all these artists in their dressing rooms doing scales - I've never done it… — Bonnie Tyler Copy Share Image
There are people who claim to be instinctive cooks, who never follow recipes or weigh anything at all. All I can say… — Delia Smith Copy Share Image
“Art (including literature) is the barometer of a culture. It reflects the sum of a society’s deepest philosophical values: not its professed… — Ayn Rand, The Romatic Manifesto Copy Share Image
I try not to limit myself. The actors that inspire me are the comedians and the people able to shape-shift into different… — Gugu Mbatha-Raw Copy Share Image
That's what everyone should do with their lives: stand up for what they believe in or try to do some good in… — Tracy Chapman Copy Share Image
“And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“He works in profanity the way another artist might work in watercolors, each word carrying various hues and subtleties not available to… — Mark Schweizer Copy Share Image
No good book or good thing of any kind shows it best face at first. No the most common quality of in… — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
“Robert Hughes, Time magazines's art critic, told him on the phone that after he saw the planes flying over SoHo he had… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
The dust is old upon my "sandal-shoon," And still I am a pilgrim; I have roved From wild America to Bosphor's waters,… — Nathaniel Parker Willis Copy Share Image
It was important for me as a theater artist to allow myself and my interests to evolve over time and allow my… — Allison Tolman Copy Share Image
I enjoy changing; I think it's more fun to try something different than to just do what you did last time. As… — Mat Kearney Copy Share Image
