“I drew no line between life and art. I was the same on- as offstage.” — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
All history and art are against us, but we still expect happiness in love. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
An entertainer pleases others while an artist only has to please himself. — Artie Shaw Copy Share Image
Art comes after the fact, as a witness to certain things that have happened. — Raymond Pettibon Copy Share Image
“Prior to Schneemann, the female body in art was mute and functioned almost exclusively as a mirror of masculine desire.” — Jan Avgikos Copy Share Image
My entry into films was forced, and I always had an affinity towards academics. Having said that, it is the artiste within… — Padmapriya Janakiraman Copy Share Image
We are all born artists. If you have kids, you know what I mean. Almost everything kids do is art. They draw… — Kim Young-ha Copy Share Image
If, as an artist, I feel true to one thing and I'm being asked to give that up to do something else,… — Laura Nyro Copy Share Image
Hula is the art of Hawaiian dance, which expresses all we see, smell, taste, touch, feel, and experience. It is joy, sorrow,… — Robert Cazimero Copy Share Image
Wherever You Are, Be There One of the major reasons why we fail to find happiness or to create unique lifestyle is… — Jim Rohn Copy Share Image
Those who are waiting for an epiphany to strike may wait forever. The artist simply goes to work, making art, both good… — Chuck Close Copy Share Image
Certainly, I devote my energy to both telling my personal life story and seeking self- obliteration. However, I will not destroy myself… — Yayoi Kusama Copy Share Image
Many Japanese painters and calligraphers would change their names intentionally to keep their relationship to the art always fresh. This way, others'… — Tina Weymouth Copy Share Image
I have a talent for coming up with an analogy about martial arts training for everything. It's because training to improve your… — Sharice Davids Copy Share Image
I was raised a Catholic, but with very liberal parents, so I had to find my spirituality. I've been looking for it… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
What good man would prefer a country covered with forests and ranged by a few thousand savages to our extensive Republic, studded… — Andrew Jackson Copy Share Image
If you would learn to write, it is in the street you must learn it. Both for the vehicle and for the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
In the past, I was definitely more apt to storing pain away and not worrying about it. But as I get older,… — Reggie Watts Copy Share Image
When you're an artist, your personal life and your professional life kind of blend together. I'm writing from home so I don't… — Daryl Wein Copy Share Image
If you're starting to lose your faith in the general intelligence of the American populous, there's nothing like them mistaking pop culture… — Ben Feldman Copy Share Image
The arts and inventions of each period are only its costume, and do not invigorate men. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
I have always thought that, of all the arts, the cinema is the most complete art. — Alejandro Jodorowsky Copy Share Image
My lens and my personality, it's just fluid. The art isn't just in one place. — Petra Collins Copy Share Image
Art is not a handicraft, it is the transmission of feeling the artist has experienced. — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
I was supposed to go to art school, and my father wanted me to go to law school. — Mike Espy Copy Share Image
I never tell my artists how to rap or how to approach a song. I let them do the song. — Yo Gotti Copy Share Image
The truth is ugly: we have art so as not to perish from the truth. — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
M. Zola is determined to show that, if he has not got genius, he can at least be dull. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Religion is always a patron of the arts, but its taste is by no means impeccable. — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
