Great art is as irrational as great music. It is mad with its own loveliness. — George Jean Nathan Copy Share Image
When art becomes merely shock value, our sense of humanity is slowly degraded. — Roger Scruton Copy Share Image
“Is it any wonder that no truly respectable society has ever trusted its artists?” — Leguin, Ursula Copy Share Image
There is a difference between art and life and that difference is readability. — Marian Engel Copy Share Image
I've always wanted to be a real universal artist, one that every type of audience could relate to. — Bryan White Copy Share Image
A good painting to me has always been like a friend. It keeps me company, comforts and inspires. — Hedy Lamarr Copy Share Image
You cannot explain me with "isms." They are very bad for an artist. What one must believe in is color. — Marc Chagall Copy Share Image
For me, one of the things art has to examine is how to live your life, and unless it's doing that, it… — Ben Miller Copy Share Image
“She was a poem and a painting too. Everything she said sounded like a song, every silence was the music too.” — Akshay Vasu Copy Share Image
What's funny is that all the artists I've collaborated with, I get this feeling that they want me to win. They're always… — Stefflon Don Copy Share Image
O Ceremony, show me but thy worth? What is thy soul of adoration? Art thou aught else but place, degree, and form,… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
'Men with Guns' - the producer's cut did not have the artistic and intellectual merit I hoped for, although I am still… — Kari Skogland Copy Share Image
There's obviously always danger in making music or art for art's sake. Even as Christians we can be guilty of that, being… — Steven Curtis Chapman Copy Share Image
“To question the world around us and all its complexities is not blasphamy, but simply using the mind God gave us for… — Cristina Marrero Copy Share Image
I knew nothing about martial arts. And I don't really like it! But in the film, I not only had to pretend… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Sappho isn't really meant to be read. It's meant to be sung and there were dances for the songs, also. Sappho was… — Alexander Chee Copy Share Image
I have supported my deviations with reasons; I did not stop at mere doubt; I have vanquished, I have uprooted, I have… — Marquis de Sade Copy Share Image
It's nice that people can call me an artist and it's nice that I can refer to myself as such, but it… — Matana Roberts Copy Share Image
Ah, but you, Darkness, you know all this. I tell you night after night. Nothing will shock you. Maybe I go on… — Tim Winton Copy Share Image
As an artist, I'm really inspired by everything around me - from travel and art, to friends and family, social voices in… — Cara Santana Copy Share Image
I've got good genes. My dad was a martial arts instructor - and he was good. — David Haye Copy Share Image
I like uncertainty in roles, and I like uncertainty in art, really. — Martin Freeman Copy Share Image
If you can draw the stone rightly, everything within reach of art is also within yours. — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
Writing is largely about time, while visual art is largely about space. — Douglas Coupland Copy Share Image
I'm the seventh child among eight siblings and have always had a gift for art. — Brahmanandam Copy Share Image
No genuinely avant-garde artist should ever be on the government dole. — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
