I often wonder if there are certain areas of real life that are roped off, with a sign saying, "Art, don't come… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
One learns the art of dying by learning the art of living: how to become master of the present moment. — S. N. Goenka Copy Share Image
It's about finding meaning through light. I'm always interested in tensions. A primary one is the collision between the familiar and the… — Gregory Crewdson Copy Share Image
I think that all great art never strives to answer any questions; it just asks the appropriate ones at the appropriate time. — Rhys Ifans Copy Share Image
An artist should write for himself & not for an audience. If the audience likes it, great. If not, they can keep away. — Artie Shaw Copy Share Image
The artist's interest cannot be restricted to a single field; he must seek the highest perception of everything, of the whole and… — Asger Jorn Copy Share Image
I hadn't been a recording artist all that long when albums came on the scene, and I was one of the first… — Mel Torme Copy Share Image
Art is coming face to face with yourself. That's what's wrong with Benton. He came face to face with Michelangelo-- and he… — Jackson Pollock Copy Share Image
It goes without saying that a good Catholic novel should be good craftsmanship, good writing skills. The creative person must always be… — Michael O'Brien Copy Share Image
So is fighting incompleteness the source of artistic neurosis? I doubt it. At most, this would apply to artists who deal with… — Philip Kitcher Copy Share Image
I think in terms of getting new artists who are not in that sort of stereotypical teenage boy demographic; there's been a… — Adrian Tomine Copy Share Image
Although I do not care for the slogan "art for art's sake", there can be no question that what makes a work… — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
I taught second grade for years before I became an art teacher, and I would always encourage the parents to get some… — Karen Pence Copy Share Image
Art is all about giving yourself these terrifying challenges, these peaks to climb. You're at the bottom of the mountain at the… — Phyllida Lloyd Copy Share Image
Only the brave should teach…Teaching is a vocation. It is as sacred as priesthood; as innate a desire, as inescapable as the… — Pearl S. Buck Copy Share Image
I believe that what Genesis suggests is that this original self, with the print of God's thumb still upon it, is the… — Frederick Buechner Copy Share Image
When I say to the Moment flying; 'Linger a while -- thou art so fair!' Then bind me in thy bonds undying,… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
You can tell black artists are front and centre when Usher discovers and launches Justin Bieber. — Dan Hill Copy Share Image
The ability to get to the verge without getting into the war is the necessary art. If you try to run away… — John Foster Dulles Copy Share Image
What has pleased and continues to please, is likely to please again; hence are derived the rules of art, and on this… — Joshua Reynolds Copy Share Image
It doesn't matter whether you are pursuing success in business, sports, the arts, or life in general: The bridge between wishing and… — Harvey Mackay Copy Share Image
“In the stillness I find my heart growing hot while I seek the person I have already found. God is so much… — Eric Samuel Timm Copy Share Image
I think folks who are resistant to engaging in art become less so once they encounter art that really reflects them. — Lynn Nottage Copy Share Image
Every artistic form reflects the dynamism that is constantly building up the life of feeling. — Susanne Katherina Langer Copy Share Image
I am an artist. An actor performs, whether it's in front of the camera or a live audience. — Puneet Issar Copy Share Image
Artists have kids, mortgages, or drug habits, and they got to do what they got to do. But reforming and the reunion… — Mark Kozelek Copy Share Image
The art of storytelling is reaching its end because the epic side of truth, wisdom, is dying out. — Walter Benjamin Copy Share Image
There's a lot of concern that London is changing and artists are being forced to move to new areas. — Munira Mirza Copy Share Image
It’s one of my loose theories that Catholicism and art have gone well together because both believe in the physical manifestation of… — Kiki Smith Copy Share Image
Some men's passion is for gold. some men's passion is for art. some men's passion is for fame. my passion is for… — William Booth Copy Share Image
I've been making arts programmes for almost 50 years, and every day, I can't believe my luck. — Melvyn Bragg Copy Share Image
“There were far worse strategies in life than to try to make each aspect of one's existence a minor work of art.” — Pat Conroy Copy Share Image
Without doubt, ferocious and disordered men are much weaker than timid and ordered ones. For order chases fear from men and disorder… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
That's the thing about being an artist, you don't have to take anyone else's perspective into account. You can act as self-indulgent… — Jessica Origliasso Copy Share Image
“It’s not love. It’s an obsession. And it’s not art. It’s a way of seeing things. A way to see the things… — Kirsty Eagar Copy Share Image
Each drop of a tear is costly then anything in the world But , No one knows its value until they have… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The ultimate function of art is to make men do what they want to do, as it is to make them recognize… — Maurice Blondel Copy Share Image
I knew my focus was going to be somewhere in the arts. I've always painted. I've always sung. I didn't know when… — Kylie Bunbury Copy Share Image
Martial arts, like any art, is an unrestricted athletic expression of an individual soul. — Bruce Lee Copy Share Image
I think the artist's job throughout history has been to tell - to say things that people are inspired by. — Russell Simmons Copy Share Image
