Sometimes the most interesting visual phenomena occur when you least expect it. Other times, you think youre getting something amazing and the… — Michael Kenna Copy Share Image
Not everyone is fortunate enough to earn their living playing. But what draws people to art and artists is a desire to… — Howard Jacobson Copy Share Image
This is New York. You gotta work from upstairs to downstairs! You gotta work both ends of the street to have a… — Keith Sonnier Copy Share Image
When I came to Mumbai, I was working behind the scenes for 10 long years. Back then, music video budgets were insignificant… — Divya Khosla Kumar Copy Share Image
I am curious to know what would happen if art were suddenly seen for what it is, namely, exact information of how… — Marshall McLuhan Copy Share Image
The idea of a talent that was bigger than an artist's ability to choose to use it, that would dictate the artist's… — Alexander Chee Copy Share Image
We all have our insecurity and that's normal. And you have to learn to accept that about being an artistic person or… — Annette Bening Copy Share Image
I'm not religious, but by nature I am spiritual. I'm an artist, and creativity seems to go hand in hand with spirituality.… — Nikki Sixx Copy Share Image
I said there was a society of men among us, bred up from their youth in the art of proving by words… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
When you do hard routes, you have to try hard. They're not easy routes. You have to give everything you have. You… — Chris Sharma Copy Share Image
“White contains a balance of all colors in the spectrum, representing both the positive and negative aspects of all colors. Given it’s… — Chantal Larocque Copy Share Image
I don't think you can talk about progress in art - movement, but not progress. You can speak of a point on… — Donald Barthelme Copy Share Image
I hope that through my work, artists will take some chances, break some rules, and make art that comes from inside of… — Angela Cartwright Copy Share Image
“To me, there's nothing quite like a beautiful night sky to put everything into perspective and focus. It clears the mind. It's… — Dave Webb Copy Share Image
I think the whole response to our art being so positive is that it rings true and it feels a unique thing… — Finneas Copy Share Image
Perhaps there is no other way of reaching some understanding of being than through art? Writers themselves don't analyze what they do;… — Nadine Gordimer Copy Share Image
I always think of my films within the context of where aesthetics meet economics. That's the nature of making art - not… — Ira Sachs Copy Share Image
What constitutes American painting?... things may be in America, but it's what is in the artist that counts. What do we call… — Arthur Dove Copy Share Image
What has started to interest me is how you use all the different disciplines and tools we have at our disposal, and… — John Tiffany Copy Share Image
I think the nice thing about showing work in New York is that other artists come to see it. When you show… — Julian Schnabel Copy Share Image
Creativity is an innate function in a human being, as we see in tribal peoples, who spent their considerable leisure time making… — Michael Ventura Copy Share Image
In my journey to becoming an artist who writes, I tend to start my idea process with simple, concrete messages that relate… — Floyd Cooper Copy Share Image
I don't know a single collector or museum director who says: 'Oh, he's on a list, so I think I'll buy something… — Olafur Eliasson Copy Share Image
I grew up. I began to think the United States had some problems that really required the help of artistic people to… — Wallace Shawn Copy Share Image
It's important that I work with people where they know why they're hiring me and that they're looking to create art without… — Keiynan Lonsdale Copy Share Image
We have become ninety-nine percent money mad. The method of living at home modestly and within our income, laying a little by… — George Washington Carver Copy Share Image
At times we would have these whole cities that would take up rooms and stretch out all over the house. But they… — Ellen Gallagher Copy Share Image
Yes, 85 percent of the art you see isn't any good. But everyone has a different opinion about which 85 percent is… — Jerry Saltz Copy Share Image
The London 'Academy' has seen fit recently to scoff at the critics who have been exercising themselves ove rthe so-called art of… — Henry Seidel Canby Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, I looked at art as a way of blending everything. One of my favorite composers is Wagner… — DJ Spooky Copy Share Image
As an artist, the most important feeling is loneliness. So when I say artists need to isolate themselves from society this is… — Zhang Xiaogang Copy Share Image
As an artist, I move along in my life, into whatever things I'm doing, and I hear things where it's like, "Oh,… — Andy Summers Copy Share Image
“A big part of serious fiction’s purpose is to give the reader, who like all of us is sort of marooned in… — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
“I sat there and my love to him poured out more and more, and, lo, he flew down to a stump, and… — Agnes Grinstead Anderson Copy Share Image
I began painting well before I started doing comedy. In fact, when I came out of the war in 1946, I enrolled… — Jonathan Winters Copy Share Image
“Sulkowicz’s genius was to make her burden tangible, and in so doing make it something others could share. Solidarity has been a… — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
I'm also developing my own narrative, because I'm the son of a widow. And so, while working with women and gathering their… — Chath Piersath Copy Share Image
“The enormous amount of financial resources and creative energy that nations have spent on wars and weapons could have been redirected to… — Newton Lee Copy Share Image
I think it's very important for writers and artists generally to be witnesses to the world, and to be transparent. To let… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
“What is art? Art is tar, rearranged. Art is tar on canvas or tar on tarp or tar on a naked body.… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
![“When you do hard routes, you have to try hard. They're not easy routes. You have to give everything you have. You have to get totally animalistic. When you're super pumped, I have to yell to bear down. [...] It's like martial arts. When Bruce lee threw a punch, he had to mean it. Haahhh! Like…” quote by Chris Sharma](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a7/chris-sharma-17340_air_when-you-do-hard-routes-you-have-to-try_2721281.jpg)
![“As an artist, I move along in my life, into whatever things I'm doing, and I hear things where it's like, "Oh, that'd be a great [song] title! I'll use that!" So I keep a running list of titles on my computer. I've got these words and phrases that just sustained my interest. So I'm a step ahead…” quote by Andy Summers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3cb/andy-summers-12789_art_as-an-artist-i-move-along-in-my-life-int_2079978.jpg)
