Art Quotes · Page 207

Nature alone is antique, and the oldest art a mushroom.

— Thomas Carlyle

Exclusives are bad for artists, bad for consumers, and bad for the whole industry.

— Troy Carter

I always thought of myself as a very, very obscure artist.

— Hozier

It has been said that art is a tryst, for in the joy of it maker and beholder meet.

— Kojiro Tomita

“For a deaf man, the world is a zoo of mime artists”

— A.A. Bell

Art is not a democracy. People don't get to vote on how it ends.

— George R. R. Martin

My view of myself as an artist expanded because of the time I spent at Cal Arts.

— Condola Rashad

I teach young people how the arts can be used to stand up against injustice.

— Renee Watson

Artists have a responsibility to speak and to act when governments fail, and if we don't do that, we really deserve the…

— Alice Walker

When you engage with people as an artist you know exactly what they feel and what they're thinking.

— Malik Yoba

I'm inspired by good work. Whether it is a great performance by another actor, a piece of art, or someone doing something…

— Mateus Ward

Jerry Goldsmith is an artist who meets all the demands upon the composer in films. He communicates, integrates, subordinates, supports, and designs…

— Jerry Goldsmith

I don't think any human being/artist is 100% emotionally stable, based on the human condition and our emotions that relate to it.

— Sasha Grey

I don't think any artist has really relied on music videos the way I do. It's almost like my radio.

— Lil Dicky

“He wondered what percentage of the world's art was actually kept in bank vaults and the like. Like unread books and unplayed…

— Ian Rankin

But my middle daughter, Kate, is very involved in martial arts, and I was just at one of her competitions.

— Meredith Baxter

I think aerobatic flying is athletic. I don't do aerobatic flying, but I would put that in a category of a sport.…

— John Travolta

If you just go get one of these little fine arts degrees or writing program degrees, it never forces you to confront…

— Dorothy Allison

I have an Honors Degree in Drama from the University of Alberta, but when it was done I knew a life in…

— Karen Walton

The only logical thing I can think of is that I knew there were such things as artists, and I knew there…

— Jasper Johns

When I first started, stand-up comedians writing novels was thought of as a great encroachment on the art form and people got…

— David Baddiel

Involvement in the arts engages kids in their community, improves self-esteem, reclaims at-risk youth, and builds the creative skills that are required…

— Gavin Newsom

“An illustration is an enlargement, and interpretation of the text, so that the reader will comprehend the words better. As an artist,…

— Maurice Sendak

Finally he spoke the three simple words that no amount of bad art or bad faith can every quite cheapen. She repeated…

— Ian Mcewan

I don't know a lot about art and music culture.

— Aldous Harding

There's an instant gratification to performance art.

— Rachel Zegler

For me, spiritual practice is a lot closer to art than science.

— Liz Williams

A work of art doesn't exist outside the perception of the audience.

— Abbas Kiarostami

Romance can end, but I don't think art really ends, as romantic as that might sound.

— Stew

“You know what Picasso says. ‘Bad artists copy, good artists steal.”

— Donna Tartt

I love the art form, but working in film can be a disheartening experience.

— Madonna Ciccone

English artists are usually entirely ruined by residence in Italy.

— John Ruskin

“She was the subject creature, and versed in the arts of the enslaved.”

— Edith Wharton

What is commonly called ugliness in nature can in art become full of beauty.

— Auguste Rodin

I am confident that as an artist, I will never starve to death.

— Divya Agarwal

As artists, we do our best to create things that say something and are powerful.

— Michele Lamy

As far as art's concerned, I probably like modern art more than traditional art.

— Paul McCartney

Harmless and innocent until they're taught to be violent and militant.

— LL Cool J

Baseball is an art! A drama! A ballet without music! Let us give it a Greek chorus!

— Deborah Wiles

I respect a man who can recognize a quotation. It's a dying art.

— David Lodge