No great art has ever been made without the artist having known danger. — Rainer Maria Rilke Copy Share Image
The purpose of art is nothing less than the upliftment of the human spirit. — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
Accept the fact that you're an artist and stop second-guessing yourself. Just do it. — Julia Cameron Copy Share Image
In a very ugly and sensible age, the arts borrow, not from life, but from each other. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
What is needed in the theater, in fact for all our art forms, is a vibrant critical tradition. — F. Sionil Jose Copy Share Image
TLC was so real and authentic. And that's music as a whole. When it's an artist, and it comes from the heart,… — Drew Sidora Copy Share Image
We live in a fearful society that has perfected the art of doubting, weaned us on worry, and trained us to focus… — Jen Sincero Copy Share Image
Artists who have won fame are often embarrassed by it; thus their first works are often their best. — Ludwig van Beethoven Copy Share Image
I didn't know how to play guitar until I was 21, but from the moment I was good enough on guitar to… — Luke Combs Copy Share Image
I've achieved what every artist wants, which is that some of their work will outlive them. — George Michael Copy Share Image
I am of the opinion that the appreciation and the desire for what is good takes more study and insight than does… — Laurance Rockefeller Copy Share Image
My skin is an art gallery right, with paintings and crucifixes hoping to save me from all the dangers in the music… — Nas Copy Share Image
I made my performance debut in New York City downtown on the Lower East Side in college doing awkward performance art as… — Annaleigh Ashford Copy Share Image
I wanted to be an artist, even at the age of 15, and people used to laugh at me. It was the… — Duffy Copy Share Image
Christian love is the only kind of love in which there is no rivalry, no jealousy. There is jealousy among the lovers… — George Matheson Copy Share Image
Above all, creators remain drawn to the age-old paradoxes that philosophy grapples with [and]...that art occasionally resolves...the problem of the one and… — Frank Barron Copy Share Image
“(I also believe that the most meaningful change, where individuals can triumph over both entropy and evolution as it were, comes when… — Samuel R. Delany Copy Share Image
“Art is like a kite with an airplane propeller, OK? Artists are like people who have scuba tanks for lungs, OK? And… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
There are no guidelines for what happens when you get successful as an artist. My heroes were artists like Acconci, and he… — Robert Longo Copy Share Image
“It was just that i had the feeling that the art scene belonged to the men, and that I was in some… — Jan Greenberg Copy Share Image
“Adversity's sweet milk, philosophy, to comfort thee, though thou art banished.” — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
I find really good art on Tumblr, and I use it for a lot of references. — Sophie Thatcher Copy Share Image
Art is a part of the rebellion against the realities of its unfulfilled desire. — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
I appreciate America as being the most artistic nation because of its diversity. — Peter Max Copy Share Image
Being creative on the waves is challenging, but we each create art in our own way. — Bethany Hamilton Copy Share Image
The essence of all beautiful art, all great art, is gratitude. — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
“You may not make sense out of the incomprehensible, but you can make art.” — John Dufress Copy Share Image
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