You should look straight at a film; that's the only way to see one. Film is not the art of scholars but… — Werner Herzog Copy Share Image
“We are,” said Mr. Croup, “after all, famed across the entirety of creation for our skill in the excruciatory arts.” — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
Seeing your work go into storage in an art museum is obviously a tragedy of any cultural product - which doesn't mean… — Aleksandra Mir Copy Share Image
I've written plenty of songs that are not tailored for me, writing six different songs to fit six different artists' visions. — Matthew Koma Copy Share Image
I think that first and foremost, a lot of turntable artists end up using really the same sounds over and over, and… — Mike Patton Copy Share Image
Fame is the echo of actions, resounding them to the world, save that the echo repeats only the last art, but fame… — Thomas Fuller Copy Share Image
I wanted to create something that people could relate to without having read a book about it beforehand. — Cindy Sherman Copy Share Image
I paint self-portraits because I am so often alone, because I am the person I know best. — Frida Kahlo Copy Share Image
In Paris, I met a young American person who immediately became the primary inspiration which awakened my vision and the leading influence… — Gaston Lachaise Copy Share Image
One succeeds in obtaining an equivalent production at a lower price by improving the arts, trades and agriculture and by developing the… — Antoine Lavoisier Copy Share Image
Somehow, whenever we think about race or blackness in relationship to art, we always come in kind of nervous. We always think… — Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Copy Share Image
It just was really difficult for me to learn how to express myself on TikTok in a way that didn't feel like… — Chappell Roan Copy Share Image
Filmmaking is a completely imperfect art form that takes years and, over those years, the movie tells you what it is. Mistakes… — Jason Reitman Copy Share Image
I was the first one in my family to go away to college. I came from a small town where there was… — E. L. Konigsburg Copy Share Image
My position is that serious and good art has always existed to help, to serve, humanity. Not to indict. I don’t see… — Chinua Achebe Copy Share Image
I have examples of people who find their way back later on in life, in their 30's, 40's, it can happen in… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
It took time to really build myself a reputation as a good live performer, a musician and an artist. — Ellie Goulding Copy Share Image
“The position of the artist is humble. He is essentially a channel. Piet Mondrian The Artist's Way A Spiritual Path to Greater… — Piet Mondrian Copy Share Image
When one looks into the window of a store which sells devotional art objects, one can't help wishing the iconoclasts had won. — W. H. Auden Copy Share Image
I think it's every artist's dream to create something that will endure, something that people will listen to until there are no… — Jim James Copy Share Image
I am inspired by life, past experiences, what's to come, women around me, art, colors, paintings, and emotions. — Rachel Roy Copy Share Image
Decent artists go through bad times but eventually they do get recognized. It's by no means a battle lost. Yet. — Louis Auchincloss Copy Share Image
God is love, I said, but art's the possibility of forms, and shadows are the source of identity. — Ralph Ellison Copy Share Image
I'm aware of being a stranger, an outsider, and that's always an advantage for an artist. It means I can see from… — John Hirsch Copy Share Image
I'm just trying to be healthy because I want to survive longer as an artist. I want to go longer, and in… — Jackson Wang Copy Share Image
Most of my good friends have fights with me. Those guys know that I was in martial arts for 12 years fighting… — Charlie Murphy Copy Share Image
Everything is a drug. Family, art, causes, new shoes… We’re all just tweaking our chem to avoid the void. — Joss Whedon Copy Share Image
“One must possess many gifts … which have not been acquired by one’s own effort. And, moreover … the artist must possess… — Kate Chopin Copy Share Image
I was forced to make the decision between art and music which are the only two things I liked as opposed to… — Ewan McGregor Copy Share Image
“If you can change the way you think in time you will notice a change in your heart and also a change… — The Prolific Penman Copy Share Image
... unless the actor is able to discourse most eloquently without opening his lips, he lacks the prime essential of a finished artist. — Julia Marlowe Copy Share Image
Nowadays, when kids decide they like an artist, they'll absorb everything that artist has ever done in a single night. — Judd Apatow Copy Share Image
There can't be art without risk. It's like saying No Sex, and then expecting there to be children. — Francis Ford Coppola Copy Share Image
It is a real piece of art if you can make a waltz sound like it is the easiest piece of music… — Andre Rieu Copy Share Image
Some people think the art and music I reference are too dark, but I'm trying not to worry about how others perceive… — Sophie Thatcher Copy Share Image
“Even if I am broken into many pieces, I know you can still make me a piece of art in another form;… — Shahid Hussain Raja Copy Share Image
I've got a long list of things I consider to be selling out. But amongst that list, one of them is when… — Devendra Banhart Copy Share Image
I grew up wanting only to be an illustrator. I studied art at Laurel School in Cleveland and at Smith College. — Natalie Babbitt Copy Share Image
I used to envy kids who had an old-fashioned Grandpa. Not any more. I've got a new ambition. Now I just want… — Hal Boyle Copy Share Image
Man is apt to be more moved by the art of his own period, not because it is more perfect, but because… — Ilya Ehrenburg Copy Share Image
