Art Quotes · Page 128

I like to convey the idea that art is important in everyday life.

— Georgia O'Keeffe

The artist seeks to record his awareness of order in life.

— John French Sloan

I'm an athlete, but first and foremost I'm a martial artist.

— Dan Hardy

Art isn't supposed to change the world, but it can.

— JR

All art is but dirtying the paper delicately.

— John Ruskin

“Time' is the most threatening four letter word.”

— Jennifer Elisabeth

Learning when 'enough is enough' is the discipline of a lifetime.

— Gail Godwin

It's a hard thing to be an artist and not give up.

— Robert Hilburn

An artist is generally expected to stick to one motif, one persona. People get used to seeing someone put down a certain…

— Ad-Rock

A lot of R&B artists have gotten away from being artists and are just chasing after the next hot producer and it…

— Sisqo

To be honest, I sort of feel like 'movie actor' isn't of this time. I love it. But it's a 20th-century art…

— Joseph Gordon-Levitt

It's kind of funny, with all of the different outlets that come from acting that you could try, I would love to…

— Imogen Poots

“Speed in the martial arts is not the True Way. Concerning speed, we say that something is fast or slow depending on…

— Miyamoto Musashi

Don't apologize, justify or rationalize bad art or bad writing. If you do, you are part of it.

— Walter Darby Bannard

Ultimately, because I'm an artist, I can't ever consider myself a nihilist, so I suppose I'm optimistic.

— Marilyn Manson

biography is essentially a collaborative art, the latest biographer collaborating with all those who wrote earlier.

— Erica Jong

I am convinced that each work of art, be it a great work of genius or something very small, has its own…

— Madeleine L'Engle

Opera should be a place for art forms to meet. I've worked a lot with Peter Gabriel; his music isn't operatic, but…

— Robert Lepage

I love a lot of the young, new artists who are coming up, including Adele. I suppose anybody would freak out to…

— Dave Koz

When I see brokenness, poverty and crime in inner cities, I also see the enormous potential and readiness for transformation and rebirth.…

— Lily Yeh

Think about the pressure to "pass" by lying about one's agethat familiar temptation to falsify a condition of one's birth oridentity and…

— Gloria Steinem

If anything, Twitter helps me read about perspectives outside of mainstream media and learn about new authors, artists, and ideas that I…

— Jenna Wortham

It's not that you don't make any money doing conscious rap music. You make a lot of money doing this, but if…

— KRS-One

It is a mistake to talk about the artist looking for his subject. In fact, the subject grows within him like a…

— Andrei Tarkovsky

Modern paintings are like women, you'll never enjoy them if you try to understand them.

— Freddie Mercury

I like music because it's the only invisible art form.

— Sean Lennon

Art is the flower of life and, as seed, it gives back life.

— Remy de Gourmont

Ronald Reagan: a triumph of the embalmer's art.

— Gore Vidal

“Tanacity is the dance within the art of opportunity”

— Rasheed Ogunlaru

I don't ask other artists for too much advice.

— Blake Shelton

Do not copy nature too much. Art is an abstraction.

— Paul Gauguin

I would rather die than be a serious artist, or a fake artist.

— David LaChapelle

The goal of art is to inspire people to look inward.

— Chris Sullivan

“The decadent artist markets other people's pain”

— Jennifer Birkett

I don't think we should be deceived that art is such a moral thing.

— Svetlana Alexievich

“Overall, books and art were a safer escape from reality than sleep.”

— Lisa Cach

The journey of the sun and moon is predictable. But yours, is your ultimate ART.

— Suzy Kassem

“Photography is an itch that wont go away. No matter how much you scratch it.”

— Dara McGrath

“Furlough took him on a tour of the castle to demonstrate the art of scurrying.”

— Kate DiCamillo

A painter knows how to paint, but an artist knows when to stop.

— Jae Hill