Philosophy, art, politics, religion and bohemia have never sought to do away entirely with the status hierarchy; they have attemptee, rather, to… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
Creatures are cups. The sciences and the arts and all branches of knowledge are inscriptions around the outside of the cups. When… — Rumi Copy Share Image
“I suddenly knew that religion, God - something beyond everyday life - was there to be found, provided one is really willing.… — Dodie Smith Copy Share Image
All the great artists had their dark sides. Look at Amy Winehouse or anyone who has achieved a certain level of success.… — Kat Graham Copy Share Image
I guess something people wouldn't expect me to listen to are artists like Alicia Keys. But she is so incredibly talented. She… — Zola Jesus Copy Share Image
The artist in all societies has traditionally been a kind of barometer, more sensitive to nuances and changes than others, because he… — Hortense Powdermaker Copy Share Image
The best hopes of any community rest upon that class of its gifted young men who are not encumbered with large possessions…… — Rutherford B. Hayes Copy Share Image
Many artists would want a major label. But, if someone made you big, it doesn't mean they're no longer good enough when… — Romeo Santos Copy Share Image
Literature has neglected the old and their emotions. The novelists never told us that in love, as in other matters, the young… — Isaac Bashevis Singer Copy Share Image
In the wildest nature, there is not only the material of the most cultivated life, and a sort of anticipation of the… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Art is not great. Music is not great. It's just that they tickle us. When one steadfastly refuses greatness - then and… — John Marin Copy Share Image
When we make our art a practice, when we make our workspace sacred and enter it daily with respect and high intention,… — Steven Pressfield Copy Share Image
The art, the greatness of the music, the experience of the music is what I'm about. I think most African artists have… — Fela Kuti Copy Share Image
... dissatisfaction with one's self and dissatisfaction with the world - is necessary - it is one of the prime things that… — Clarence John Laughlin Copy Share Image
“However my mother had once said, ‘When you go to art school, you’ll find everybody sitting around practicing how to do their… — Richard Williams Copy Share Image
The genius is not in how much Stanley Kubrick does in “2001: A Space Odyssey,'' but in how little. This is the… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
I was trying to make my name just Artist in the beginning, but it was weird at first, because I wasn't an… — A Boogie wit da Hoodie Copy Share Image
This seclusion of the artist with his work, sometimes misconceived as a selfish thing, is in truth as needful a tool as… — Georgiana Burne-Jones Copy Share Image
I was lucky enough to go to boarding school for my high school years, and I had all the resources that I… — Charles Best Copy Share Image
What's interesting about making art is that you take everything you know about it and you bring it up to that point,… — Julian Schnabel Copy Share Image
I secretly hate worship music, as it's it weak and predictable, with lyrics designed to appeal to the lowest common denominator -… — Reese Roper Copy Share Image
People are afraid to ask musicians to be involved in projects because they anticipate being turned down. Young artists hesitate before contacting… — David Sylvian Copy Share Image
If I could prescribe a single rule for looking at a work of art it would be to enjoy it. If we're… — Vincent Price Copy Share Image
Music is a permanent art, it will always go through phases where you like it and are in tune with it, but… — John Darnielle Copy Share Image
It is hard to describe the thrill of creative joy which the artist feels when the conviction seizes her that at last… — Maria Jeritza Copy Share Image
The extraordinarily facile and in literary terms long lived works tend to be about ordinary people. Even Sappho writes about the utterly… — Robert Dessaix Copy Share Image
The real self of an artiste lies in art, so when an artiste performs, all the pain, trauma and tension get released… — Mrinalini Sarabhai Copy Share Image
I'm very selfish. I make music that I love because I only live once, and I'm an artist. I don't try to… — Yngwie Malmsteen Copy Share Image
“In a battle of martial arts, victory is in knowing the rhythms of your various opponents, in using a rhythm your opponent… — Miyamoto Musashi Copy Share Image
“Wherever one looks in the realms of creative endeavor, one finds the greatest architecture, music, art, sculpture, drama, ritual placed in the… — Gordon B. McKeeman Copy Share Image
Creating music, visual art, producing music and film are always at the forefront of my life. Everything great that has come into… — Matt Sorum Copy Share Image
“LEIA —O help Me, Obi-Wan Kenobi, help. Thou art Mine only hope. LUKE —I wonder who she is. Whoever she may be,… — Ian Doescher Copy Share Image
For a producer, you want to be in L.A. You want to be close to the action, and in L.A. there are… — Steve Aoki Copy Share Image
Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art, like the universe itself (for God did not need to create). It has no survival… — CS Lewis Copy Share Image
“We are not defined by our things. Its not our clothes we wear or the cars we own or the art we… — Alyson Noel Copy Share Image
One: whose shoulders do you stand on? And two: what do you stand for? These are two questions that I always begin… — Amanda Gorman Copy Share Image
I've had several moments in my career where it seemed like I might not age out of the bracket the world wants… — Ethan Hawke Copy Share Image
I read a lot of social history. If I'm in an art gallery and a picture intrigues me, I immediately write down… — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
If we see someone, an artist who just does magnificent art, and especially if they're already doing Ghost-related art, we just reach… — Tobias Forge Copy Share Image
It's easy to look down from the summit you've reached, or even the summit I've reached, and talk about the responsibilities of… — Leonard Cohen Copy Share Image
