Art Quotes · Page 366

The worst art is when it's really convenient and comfy.

— Fred Armisen

So poetry, which is in Oxford made An art, in London only is a trade.

— John Dryden

I always knew I was gonna be an artist. I was very confident in that.

— Lil Peep

The smart thing in the art world is to have one good idea and never have another.

— Brian Eno

PROPHECY, n. The art and practice of selling one's credibility for future delivery.

— Ambrose Bierce

In every society the artist or writer remains an outsider.

— Simone de Beauvoir

Art is nothing if you don't reach every segment of the people.

— Keith Haring

I wonder if the artist ever lives his life--he is so busy recreating it.

— Anne Sexton

The executive art is nine-tenths inducing those who have authority to use it in taking pertinent action

— Chester Barnard

Abstraction returned as soon as artists tried to come to closer grips with reality than naturalistic representation permitted...

— Sigfried Giedion

“Eliza, your worth as a person is not dependent on the art you create or what other people think of it" -Dr.”

— Francesca Zappia

Art is eternal, but life is short..I will make up for it now, I have not a moment to lose.

— Evelyn De Morgan

I grew up doing martial arts, and it's one of these things where I always kind of liked acting, but I was…

— Jody Hill

An artist must know the reality he is depicting in its minutest detail. In my opinion we have only one shining example…

— Anonymous

I moved to New York and went to art school at Parsons School of Design. Became a photographer. Became a creative consultant.

— Kevin Kwan

Most museums in Moscow, like Tretyakov, were established by philanthropists, whose passion for art allowed the development of culture on many levels.

— Dasha Zhukova

“One person's normal is another person's Shattering." Your face aches from smiling. There is an art to smiling in a way that…

— N.K. Jemisin

It's the duty of all novelists, all painters, all musicians, all people who try to make art move: to look for something…

— Nathalie Sarraute

“Beauty! Art! Wit! Wonderment! Humility! Arrogance! Style! Virtue! Decency! Patience! And all the others, Gone, trampled by the Newly-polished jack boots Of…

— Alec Wilder

“Is it really your intention to be a soldier, Morley?" Askell asked. "Wouldn't it make more sense for you to study the…

— Cinda Williams Chima

“Great, she didn't lie to me. "Mind if I tag along with you? I would love to have some company. Please don't…

— Sharon Carter

“Véra assumed her married name almost as a stage name; rarely has matrimony so much represented a profession. It was one of…

— Stacy Schiff

“Growing up in NYC,The broken sidewalks, graffiti filled subways, and humid Laundromats, did not offer solace. I found solace in the strings…

— Susan Anne Russell

Tombs decked by the arts can scarcely represent death as a formidable enemy; we do not, indeed, like the ancients, carve sports…

— Madame de Stael

My life, colored by various art forms, has been exposed to diverse music.

— Shobana

The best videos were the ones where I became friends with the artists first.

— Spike Jonze

Young artists, I really love to see us winning.

— Rich the Kid

Debbie Reynolds is as wistful as an iron foundry.

— Oscar Levant

I want to be an art-hero - I want to change the form of the novel.

— Jeanette Winterson

Those who matter don't mind, and those who mind don't matter.

— Bernard Baruch

You know, real artists, we expose our flaws. We long for intimacy.

— Anna Deavere Smith

An artist’s imagination is his greatest tool

— Michael Jackson

I'm retired from mixed martial arts but I'm not retired from making money.

— Uriah Hall

Film is a different art form with its own demands and its own riches.

— Katherine Dunn

An artist is no bigger than the size of his mind.

— Jack Shadbolt

Controversy is part of the nature of art and creativity.

— Yoko Ono

When I got into high school, my favorite artist was definitely Janet Jackson.

— Rutina Wesley

“The work of the artist is to lift up people's hearts and help them endure.”

— William Faulkner

Cortissoz was art critic of the New York Herald Tribune.

— Abraham Lincoln

When you write as an artist, you just tell a story and people say it addresses issues.

— John Kani