Art Quotes · Page 385

Science, like art, is not a copy of nature but a re-creation of her.

— Jacob Bronowski

“The only real influence I've ever had is myself.”

— Edward Hopper

The artist must train not only his eye but also his soul.

— Wassily Kandinsky

True works of art are a manifestation of the higher laws of nature.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

I wouldnt be where I am today without the amazing public arts education that I had.

— Matthew Morrison

I'm kind of a firm believer that songs can have a shelf life with an artist.

— Myles Kennedy

Movies are an art form that is very available to the masses.

— Richard King

I love art and I think I was destined to end up in some aspect of the arts.

— Ken Baumann

You see me. What you see is what you get. You get real martial arts, you get real fighting, you get a…

— Nick Diaz

I am basically a theatre artiste. However, after stepping into cinema, I did not get much opportunity to act in plays.

— Padmapriya Janakiraman

Most comic scriptwriters are very bad. The artists are good, but the writers are so bad.

— Harry Harrison

Could you imagine people eating a painting - if they could introduce a painting into their bodies? It's probably the artist's dream,…

— Ferran Adria

I think for an artist there are so many things to make pictures of now, that everyone else may be suffering, but…

— Eric Drooker

Actually, I have never been a great fan of martial arts competitions. Not even when I was training martial arts myself.

— Varg Vikernes

I felt in college I wanted tattoos. I'm really glad I didn't. I was broke. I would've been bargain shopping for a…

— T.J. Dillashaw

Basically, an artist should be a mirror, or a reflection of society or his or her environment. What you see is what…

— Al Jourgensen

Delimitation is always difficult. The world is one, life is one. The sweetest and most heavenly of activities partake in some measure…

— Anthony Burgess

The bulk of mankind believe in two gods. They are under one dominion here in the house, as friend and parent, in…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

You have to question a cinematic culture that preaches artistic expression, and yet would support a decision that is clearly a product…

— Ryan Gosling

I'm transitioning from being a starving artist. My producers had success outside of the Daniel Caesar brand, so they invested money, time…

— Daniel Caesar

“What's with the serum?" I don't know, but it sounds ominous. We better put a telepathic direction finder on Benway. The man's…

— William S. Burroughs

I'm not really sure what social message my art carries, if any. And I don't really want it to carry one. I'm…

— Roy Lichtenstein

“Painted Things I love my work and take pains with it. But today I find the slow pace of composition discouraging. The…

— Constantinos P. Cavafis

My art teacher had said that if you breathed deeply and imagined something, you could be there. You could see it, feel…

— Ruta Sepetys

Cultures cherish artists because they are people who can say, Look at that.

— Marilynne Robinson

Art has to move you and design does not, unless it's a good design for a bus.

— David Hockney

Truly thou art damned, like an ill-roasted egg, all on one side.

— William Shakespeare

If I ever go back to college, I'd study art education.

— Frankie Cosmos

As an artist one has no home in Europe except in Paris.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

A group or an artist shouldnt get his money until his boss gets his.

— Anonymous

To me, martial arts is food for the soul and you have to respect that.

— Renato Moicano

All martial arts are different. They all got deluded by the sporting aspect.

— Rickson Gracie

I am famous because I am an African American jazz artist.

— Nat King Cole

To me, ultimately, martial arts means honestly expressing yourself.

— Bruce Lee

The older I got, the less pretentious I got in my art tastes and work.

— Susanna Fogel

The more perfect the approximation to truth, the more perfect is art.

— Maria Montessori

Earth has nothing more tender than a woman's heart when it is the abode of piety.

— Martin Luther

But only art and music have the power to bring peace.

— Yoko Ono

Art without emotion is like chocolate cake without sugar, it makes you gag.

— Anonymous

It is the individual artist who must act courageously in an effort to grow.

— Mary Carroll Nelson