The power of works of art still continues to be secretly nourished by imitation... kitsch — Theodor Adorno Copy Share Image
Art is accusation, expression, passion. Art is a fight to the finish between black charcoal and white paper. — Gunter Grass Copy Share Image
Some artists and indie musicians see Spotify fairly positively - as a way of getting noticed, of getting your music out there… — David Byrne Copy Share Image
There is no surer method of evading the world than by following Art, and no surer method of linking oneself to it… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Nothing dies harder than a bad idea. And few ideas are worse than the ones we have about art. — Julia Cameron Copy Share Image
Thought that can merge wholly into feeling, feeling that can merge wholly into thought - these are the artist's highest joy. — Thomas Mann Copy Share Image
“The vitality of art is its capacity for infinite expansion. One form doesn't preclude another any more than the existence of Mozart… — Lloyd Alexander Copy Share Image
When the uncapped potential of a student meets the liberating art of a teacher, a miracle unfolds. — Mary Hatwood Futrell Copy Share Image
Our advanced art approaches a fragile but marvelous life, one that maintains itself by a mere thread, melting into an elusive, changeable… — Allan Kaprow Copy Share Image
We spend more time at cinemas, theaters, art galleries and theme parks than we do at churches, and they have become our… — Michael Huffington Copy Share Image
The big pay-off was to work as an artist and gain some shred of respect from your friends, who were also artists.… — Edward Ruscha Copy Share Image
“Life is really just a synchronistic dance of vibrant energies, emotions, and colours waiting for us to pick up our paintbrushes and… — Heather Anne Talpa Copy Share Image
The point of life that I'm currently at is a 'me right now' type of attitude. I am 37 years-old, my son… — Kelly Price Copy Share Image
Seriously, we should start taxing churches and have tax-exempt places for worship and study of nature and art. Charge ten bucks for… — David Grinspoon Copy Share Image
At the end of the day your influences mold who you are as an artist, you draw a little from everything you… — Gym Class Heroes Copy Share Image
What makes someone an artist? I don't think is has anything to do with a paintbrush. There are painters who follow the… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Creativity is not the property of artists alone. It's a basic element of the human character, no matter what culture you're in,… — Bill Viola Copy Share Image
How do you complete a painting, really? There are paintings by so many different artists that are interesting precisely because they haven't… — Peter Doig Copy Share Image
I am an artist and a writer, and I do think that one always places oneself in the picture to see where… — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
I was going to be a painter. I went to art school - but every 16-year-old wants to be a painter. — John Waite Copy Share Image
I hope my work has inspired young artists. I have always tried to maintain my freedom as an artist and I feel… — Frank Frazetta Copy Share Image
Irresponsibility is part of the pleasure of all art; it is the part the schools cannot recognize. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Whether you try too hard to fit in or you try too hard to stand out, it is of equal consequence: you… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
When have you ever heard of a cantor or any artist turning anyone down when he is strongly urged to perform? — Sholom Aleichem Copy Share Image
Jiu-jitsu is personal efficiency to protect the weaker, which anyone can do. It is the force of leverage against brute force. — Helio Gracie Copy Share Image
In art, women could never get training. They couldn't get their work out into the world even when they could get training. — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
Something in me knows where I’m going, and - well, painting is a state of being. ... Painting is self-discovery. Every good… — Jackson Pollock Copy Share Image
Artists instinctively want to reflect humanity, their own and each other's, in all its intermittent virtue and vitality, frailty and fallibility. — Tom Hiddleston Copy Share Image
I think that for every artist, it's very important to have an output and to feel very strongly about the music you're… — Jan Vogler Copy Share Image
Necessities can be many, but the one that is stronger is that which constrains you to win or to die. — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
These guys are just flying through the air and I'm capturing them in the split second and putting it into a work… — Richard MacDonald Copy Share Image
Whatever art form you're working in, it's crucial to see it clearly, to feel it clearly, and not to worry about the… — Omar Epps Copy Share Image
But I've always tried to make the best of fear, then, because without fears there's no art. — Tracie Bennett Copy Share Image
Everyone should be encouraged...in spiration and artistic freedom is the cornerstone of rock and roll. — John Cale Copy Share Image
When you go to an art gallery you are simply a tourist looking at the trophy cabinet of a few millionaires. — Banksy Copy Share Image
The nice thing about piracy is, it allows the public to get independent art, to get a variety of music and movies. — Lloyd Kaufman Copy Share Image
“I love you, Lucien, but I am a muse, you are an artist, I am not here to make you comfortable.” — Christopher Moore Copy Share Image
At the back of our brains is a blaze of astonishment at our own existence. The object of the artistic and spiritual… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
Being an independent artist, you have to find creative ways of getting your music to people. — Carly Pearce Copy Share Image
The first time I ever played Glastonbury I would have never have thought that a grime artist would have ever headlined it. — Kano Copy Share Image
