Great works of art can be produced in barbarous societies - in fact the very narrowness of primitive society gives their ornamental… — Kenneth Clark Copy Share Image
In my research, I've interviewed a lot of people who never fit in, who are what you might call 'different': scientists, artists,… — Brene Brown Copy Share Image
“As John R. W. Stott has suggested, the art of preaching truly stands “between two worlds”: the world of the biblical text and… — James Emery White Copy Share Image
Throughout history, the arts and humanities have helped men and women around the globe grapple with the most challenging questions and come… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The paralysis that we have right now when we think about migration is partly because we can't imagine what the world would… — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
I believe there is a relationship between having an interest in the arts and the behaviour of society as a whole. Some… — Richard Eyre Copy Share Image
“The subtle hues of gold and yellow and the fresh greens and the pepper red seemed to spiral into a kaleidoscope of… — Jeffry R. Halverson Copy Share Image
Tis not your work, but Love's. Love, unperceived, A more ideal Artist he than all, Came, drew your pencil from you, made… — Alfred Lord Tennyson Copy Share Image
Wealth is, for most people, the only honest and likely path to liberty. With money comes power over the world. Men are… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
But theater, because of its nature, both text, images, multimedia effects, has a wider base of communication with an audience. That's why… — Wole Soyinka Copy Share Image
Art criticism everywhere is now at a low ebb, intellectually corrupt, swamped in meaningless jargon, distorted by political correctitudes, anxiously addressed only… — Brian Sewell Copy Share Image
I first started making films - this is my first feature, but I was making shorts - I was actually freelancing as… — Richard Press Copy Share Image
I think that designers have an incredibly broad creative repertoire. They solve. They create images of perfection for any number of clients.… — Barbara Kruger Copy Share Image
The first degree of proficiency is, in painting, what grammar is in literature, a general preparation for whatever the student may afterward… — Joshua Reynolds Copy Share Image
If people want insights, if they want to swim in the currents of their own time and share the experiences of their… — Michael Hersch Copy Share Image
I think I was probably an early teenager when I discovered Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey and a bunch of people that are… — Madeleine Peyroux Copy Share Image
I shall not find a painting more beautiful because the artist has painted a hawthorn in the foreground, though I know of… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
Mountaineering is a complex and unique way of life, interweaving elements of sport, art and mysticism. Success or failure depends on the… — Wojciech Kurtyka Copy Share Image
When you're actually making a film, it's just people on your back all the time wanting stuff and you're constantly having to… — Taika Waititi Copy Share Image
When we are artists, researchers, or writers, we choose what we do with our time, who we talk to. Of course we… — Paola Pivi Copy Share Image
“No art can possibly comfort HER then, even though art is credited with so many things, especially an ability to offer solace.… — Elfriede Jelinek Copy Share Image
“I noticed that religion gave some people a way to escape dealing with the world: “Things will be better when you die,”… — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
Even if I weren't learning new roles and getting the opportunity to be coached by incredible people, I still think I would… — Misty Copeland Copy Share Image
You got to fight for quality art and equality and all the things that we're fighting for, the things we believe in.… — Christopher Cross Copy Share Image
A writer, or any man, must believe that whatever happens to him is an instrument; everything has been given for an end.… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
My father didn't compete ever in martial arts tournaments because they were not real. They were tag tournaments or touch tournaments, which… — Shannon Lee Copy Share Image
The artist is the creator of beautiful things. To reveal art and conceal the artist is art's aim. The critic is he… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“The core of every artist, brand, or organization is believability. I believe Basquiat, Kahlo, Mahler, and Hemingway because they stuck to their… — Rod Judkins Copy Share Image
Those nations of artists, finding their own individualism, and kind of standing against the world: to me that's the ultimate nightmare. I… — Robert Wyatt Copy Share Image
I visit studios. Just to get the feel, the smell, and see what other people are doing. Not only listening to the… — Jimmy Cliff Copy Share Image
Leonard de Vinci, for example, is a great artist, but he is living in the past. However, I don't feel John Cage… — Yasumasa Morimura Copy Share Image
“Don't fret my dear. If art is translation of the ephemeral into observable form, then always remember that it is the translationn… — Jomny Sun Copy Share Image
In order to be a world-class expert in anything, be it audiology, drama, music, art, gymnastics, whatever, one needs to have a… — Daniel Levitin Copy Share Image
The secret of the nobility and beauty of great ladies lies in the art with which they can shed their veils. In… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
Baseball is caring. Player and fan alike must care, or there is no game. If there's no game, there's no pennant race… — William Saroyan Copy Share Image
As an artist you organize your life so that you get a chance to paint, a window of time, but that's no… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
For a Christian to say, "I will not have anything to do with the great and worthy works of artists whose lives… — Frank E. Gaebelein Copy Share Image
If [hand-drawn animation] is a dying craft, we can't do anything about it. Civilization moves on. Where are all the fresco painters… — Hayao Miyazaki Copy Share Image
When I think of the artists I admire and seek out musically. It's because I'm curious about where they're going to go… — Mary Chapin Carpenter Copy Share Image
There are people at the extremes who aren't able to do anything musically, and then others sort of fall in the middle.… — Darold Treffert Copy Share Image