One of the strongest motives that leads men to art and science is escape from everyday life with its painful crudity and… — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
I left science, then I went into art, but I approach things very analytically. I choose to pursue both art and architecture… — Maya Lin Copy Share Image
He found himself weeping. Not for the future or for the emperor. These were the tears of a man who saw before… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
Charlie Chaplin is the greatest artist of the 20th century. He takes me from laughter to tears in seconds. And he was… — Emo Philips Copy Share Image
I had always considered myself a martial artist who fights rather than a fighter who learned martial arts - although I probably… — Sharice Davids Copy Share Image
“I hated [the commercial art studio] because advertising is telling lies, basically, making crap goods look terrific, and I felt I was… — Gerald Scarfe Copy Share Image
I went to performing arts high school, and I took dance and acting every day. Then, I went to Marymount Manhattan College… — Jenna Ushkowitz Copy Share Image
We, as band, always positioned ourselves between art and entertainment, which often works against us - Fischerspooner is between business models. Art… — Casey Spooner Copy Share Image
“Typical artist,' said Granny. 'He just painted the showy stuff in the front... And what about these cherubs? We're not going to… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Duke Ellington, Art Tatum, and many other great jazz musicians objected to their music being called jazz. While the outside world may… — Dave Brubeck Copy Share Image
The journey has moulded me into the person I am today. The journey of my mixed martial arts experience has been filled… — Robert Whittaker Copy Share Image
“Our every action has consequences. Thoughts have consequences. Since actions start from thoughts I guess I can say technically that thoughts in… — Happy Positivity Copy Share Image
The mathematician's best work is art, a high perfect art, as daring as the most secret dreams of imagination, clear and limpid.… — Gosta Mittag-Leffler Copy Share Image
All these troubles revolve around the irritable mutual dependence of life and art - with their need and contempt for one another.… — Philip Guston Copy Share Image
It is in the interest of tyrants to reduce the people to ignorance and vice. For they cannot live in any country… — Samuel Adams Copy Share Image
“The crucial job of artists is to find a way to release materials into the animated middle ground between subjects, and so… — Ann Lauterbach Copy Share Image
A lot of actors, and artists in general, never feel secure in love. They always feel everything's going to be taken away… — Sylvester Stallone Copy Share Image
The popular distinction between 'constructive' and 'destructive' criticism is a sentimentality: the mind too weak to perceive in what respects the bad… — Brigid Brophy Copy Share Image
Although the primitive in art may be both interesting and impressive, as portrayed in American fiction it is conspicuous for dullness alone.… — Ellen Glasgow Copy Share Image
“THE ARTS The arts are about the qualities of human experiences. Through music, dance, visual arts, drama, and the rest, we give… — Ken Robinson Copy Share Image
However, there probably is a slight connection between the high-wire, super sensitivity, open to everything and too much, and slightly fragile soul… — Anne Roiphe Copy Share Image
My definition of art has always been the same. It is about freedom of expression, a new way of communication. It is… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
It is possible that the meaning of wisdom in Hebrew indicates aptitude for stratagems and the application of thought in such a… — Maimonides Copy Share Image
As an aspiring artist, you should strive for originality of vision. Have something to say and a fresh way of saying it.… — Maurice Sendak Copy Share Image
[A politician is] a person skilled in the art of compromise. Usually an elected official who has compromised to get nominated, compromised… — Dick Gregory Copy Share Image
“In The Art of Connection, you will learn simple, yet powerful ways to build trust and rapport for connecting with ease. By… — Susan C. Young Copy Share Image
My trade and my art is living. He who forbids me to speak about it according to my sense, experience, and practice,… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
Artists, in theory, should not be limited to their personal experience, culture, identity, and worldview. But they must also accept that the… — Sarah Weinman Copy Share Image
Whether this will prove a blessing or a curse, will depend upon the use our people will make of the blessings which… — Patrick Henry Copy Share Image
'The Outsider' is a culmination of a lot of things I've been working diligently toward as a recording artist. Hopefully it will… — Rodney Crowell Copy Share Image
Michael Jackson's one of my favorite artists of my whole life. In fact, I think he is my favorite. It's one of… — Kevin Parker Copy Share Image
the true art of the gods is the comic. The comic is a condescension of the divine to the world of man;… — Isak Dinesen Copy Share Image
I don't think paintings of nude women represent all women, but at the same time, I can't fault artists for putting out… — Issa Rae Copy Share Image
“Artistic growth is, more than it is anything else, a refining of the sense of truthfulness. The stupid believe that to be… — Willa Cather Copy Share Image
“What is the world? What is it for? It is an art. It is the best of all possible art, a finite… — N. D. Wilson Copy Share Image
“So why did poor artists originally hang around in cafes?" "I don't know. Inspiration from the atmosphere." "Ha! No, you've been tricked,… — Arthur Phillips Copy Share Image
I can pick out people in this city to follow. I can be in a show at the Museum of Modern Art,… — Vito Acconci Copy Share Image
Everything that was interesting was outside of Poland. Great music, art, film, hippies, Mick Jagger. It was impossible even to dream of… — Olga Tokarczuk Copy Share Image
I was a very outgoing guy. I loved roaming around, hanging out with friends. From class 5th, I practised and learnt martial… — Rajkummar Rao Copy Share Image
I could always play the drums, so I have some musical talent, but I don't live in Atlanta or LA, so I… — Murda Beatz Copy Share Image
![“I hated [the commercial art studio] because advertising is telling lies, basically, making crap goods look terrific, and I felt I was so privileged to be an artist anyway, why was I prostituting myself on doing this sort of rubbish? So when I left there, I suppose after about five or six years, I…” quote by Gerald Scarfe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/38d/gerald-scarfe-27002_advertisement_i-hated-the-commercial-art-studio-becaus_1481936.jpg)
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