Contrary to general belief, an artist is never ahead of his time but most people are far behind theirs. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Theres a lot of blowhards in the political process, you know, a lot of hot-air artists, people who have got something fancy… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
Woman, thou art a river, deep and wide, Of waters soft and sweet: Alas! I've never reached the other side; Though oft… — William Batchelder Greene Copy Share Image
The coolest party I've ever D.J.ed would have to be for the artist Damien Hirst. It was an amazing party in Berlin.… — Chelsea Leyland Copy Share Image
As the art of reading (after a certain stage in one's education) isthe art of skipping, so the art of being wise… — William James Copy Share Image
“Art requires a delicate adjustment of the outer and inner worlds in such a way that, without changing their nature, they can… — Flannery O'Connor Copy Share Image
It takes a lot to be a part of a film and as an artist, I want to be a part of… — Dia Mirza Copy Share Image
“Different lifestory but with a same lovestory They mey once by serendipity Smiled at each other but totally stranger” — Patrick Cruz Copy Share Image
But to capture the heart of one of your teachers, and take her away from you forever. So at this time I… — Kenny Powers Copy Share Image
There are two sorts of beauty; one is the result of instinct, the other of study. A combination of the two, with… — Paul Gauguin Copy Share Image
Filmmaking, like any other art, is a very profound means of human communication; beyond the professional pleasure of succeeding or the pain… — Kenneth Lonergan Copy Share Image
It seems like the big difference between good art and so-so art lies somewhere in the art's heart's purpose, the agenda of… — David Foster Copy Share Image
“By now it is a ready-made cliché—the rock star dying young, whether by excess, by accident, or by suicide. For some, it’s… — William Todd Schultz Copy Share Image
With my own work, I've always tried at least to wake people up and shake them out of their complacency. And that's… — Jonas Akerlund Copy Share Image
“Think of this: If it weren’t for greed, intolerance, hate, passion and murder, you would have no works of art, no great… — Jasper Fforde Copy Share Image
I get really worried, like if they say, 'Take vocal lessons,' or something because it's kind of like I used to really… — Eddie Vedder Copy Share Image
It's just someone has labelled us as having a different label to do what you do. I find that labels are the… — Ornette Coleman Copy Share Image
Art is born and takes hold wherever there is a timeless and insatiable longing for the spiritual. — Andrei Tarkovsky Copy Share Image
I have been and continue to be committed to art as a tool to ignite, comfort, and discomfort. — Vivek Shraya Copy Share Image
I am good at just looking in the kitchen and getting stuff on the table and keeping the mess minimal. There's an… — Stephen Malkmus Copy Share Image
Everyone wants to understand painting. Why is there no attempt to understand the song of the birds? — Pablo Picasso Copy Share Image
Art is about expressing the true nature of the human spirit in whatever way one wishes to express it. If it is… — Corin Nemec Copy Share Image
Art is not the application of a canon of beauty but what the instinct and the brain can conceive beyond any canon.… — Pablo Picasso Copy Share Image
It wasn't that I wanted to be an artist. But when I took my first drawing class with the painter Doug Ohlson,… — Lynne Tillman Copy Share Image
I believe that every human being has an understanding of art. What is separating us is smaller than what is unifying us. — Thomas Hirschhorn Copy Share Image
“We are all artists; painting the world with our thoughts while coloring the universe with our deeds.” — Matshona Dhliwayo Copy Share Image
It's a great challenge and a wonderful journey how to figure out how to be an artist and to carve my way. — Tobin Bell Copy Share Image
This is how many people become artists, musicians, writers, computer programmers, record-holding athletes, scientists... by spending time alone practicing what they love. — Meg Cabot Copy Share Image
What you do in your art - TV, music, film stuff - touches people. And they want to touch you. So that's… — LL Cool J Copy Share Image
All of them had so much to offer us as far as, you know, knowledge in the music industry, and especially Randy… — Ruben Studdard Copy Share Image
As every artist who has used the method knows - photography's a loyal slave and a tyrannical master. — Robert Genn Copy Share Image
To me, being real is being yourself. You know, that's whether you're a pop artist or whatever. — Tee Grizzley Copy Share Image
First of all, to do performance art, you really have to give 100 percent. I only know that I have to give… — Marina Abramovic Copy Share Image
A genuine work of art usually displeases at first sight, as it suggests a deficiency in the spectator. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
There's so many positive things that you can take from training martial arts, not only fitness-wise but it's also mentally challenging. — Dan Hooker Copy Share Image
“Why, if you are interested in the country only for the sake of painting it, you'll never learn to see the country.” — CS Lewis Copy Share Image
“How extraordinary! I thought you would never care for anything but your art.” “He is all my art to me now.” — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Accreditation. The "doctorate of fine art." I've never heard something so stupid in my entire life. — Lawrence Weiner Copy Share Image
All were artists, playing foolish, having fights and making love as if the rest of the world had no racial problems whatsoever. — Chuck Berry Copy Share Image
A painting requires a little mystery, some vagueness, and some fantasy. When you always make your meaning perfectly plain you end up… — Edgar Degas Copy Share Image
