“Diplomacy is the art of saying "Nice doggie" while looking for a bigger stick.” — Sean Keogh Copy Share Image
It may be that the deep necessity of art is the examination of self-deception. — Robert Motherwell Copy Share Image
“I have a high art: I hurt with cruelty those who would wound me.” — Archilochus of Paros Copy Share Image
Something terrible can happen in my life, but I wouldn't put it in my art. — Roy Lichtenstein Copy Share Image
Politics is the art of the possible, the attainable — the art of the next best — Otto von Bismarck Copy Share Image
Creating art or something beautiful makes you a more fulfilled person than they can ever be because they're caught up in what… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I'm connecting and that's really what any artist wants at the end of the day which is to connect with their fans… — Adrian Marcel Copy Share Image
I think that variety is the key to our success. It is what makes us [artists] different, and long may that continue. — Piers Morgan Copy Share Image
A new report says ISIS is trying to recruit professionals like doctors, engineers, and accountants. Sorry, kids, even ISIS says they're not… — Conan O'Brien Copy Share Image
“What also excites me is that the artist attempts with the visual what I attempt to do with words: stop time, create… — Nancy Moser Copy Share Image
When you're an artist, you're generally working at home alone in a studio. It's just really good to get with other guys… — Brian Stelfreeze Copy Share Image
You know, it's such an insult to actual martial artists that I say that I do martial arts. — Cam Gigandet Copy Share Image
The dirty secret of art is you don't have to show people your bad writing. That's what we have the delete key… — Robert McKee Copy Share Image
Advance like a hero. Do not be thwarted by anything. How many days will this body last, with its happiness and misery?… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
I made a body of work, which was like trying to make movies on a wall and was made up of all… — Robert Longo Copy Share Image
I cannot draw a human figure if I don't know the order of his bones, muscles or tendons. Same is that I… — Irving Stone Copy Share Image
I just don't know the art of making friends with girls. And that's the reason why I've never had a single girl… — Harbhajan Singh Copy Share Image
The stamping out of the artist is one of the blind goals of every civilization. When a civilization becomes so standardized that… — Elie Faure Copy Share Image
“And this is what being an artist means, being a poet? To sacrifice yourself for your art, sacrifice your heart for your… — Charlotte Eriksson Copy Share Image
“I've said this before: a lot of people think they're artists because they feel things deeply. You know, we're in a culture… — Dan Schneider Copy Share Image
A moment of complete happiness never occurs in the creation of a work of art. The promise of it is felt in… — Lucian Freud Copy Share Image
Artists probably should have some impenetrable aspects of themselves. — Simon Callow Copy Share Image
And then we moved to New Jersey and I went to the Art Students League. — Donald Judd Copy Share Image
I need to go where I'm not comfortable. I think that's the artist's job. — Kelly Sue DeConnick Copy Share Image
Movies suddenly became film and cinema an art form and terribly chic. — Judith Crist Copy Share Image
What is art in the final analysis? Art is the shining forth of one's interiority — Mu Xin Copy Share Image
“...talk is an art and a pleasure, not a matter of mere use and need.” — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
If thou art willing to suffer no adversity, how wilt thou be the friend of Christ? — Thomas a Kempis Copy Share Image