God is love, I said, but art's the possibility of forms, and shadows are the source of identity. — Ralph Ellison 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'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
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 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
The uber polite people who are the neighbors to our north and how we can be so different and yet so the… — Tamlyn Tomita Copy Share Image
You have a lot to learn, young man. Philosophy. Theology. Literature. Poetry. Drama. History. Archeology. Anthropology. Mythology. Music. These are your tools… — John Logan Copy Share Image
“The painter is not simply someone who looks and who sees. Above all, the artist is someone who exposes a personal vision… — Marcel Paquet Copy Share Image
“Art never expresses anything but itself. It has an independent life, just as thought has, and develops purely on its own lines… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Big ideas come from the unconscious. This is true in art, in science, and in advertising. But your unconscious has to be… — David Ogilvy Copy Share Image
A lot of sessions I do the artist isn't even there! It'll be just me and the producer cutting drums to a… — Josh Freese Copy Share Image
The big problem for comic art is you don't want to overwork it. If a drawing is overworked it isn't funny. It's… — Edward Sorel Copy Share Image
I tend to gravitate toward people who are a bit more eccentric and creative and artistic in some ways. And I like… — Mark Parker 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
There might be the odd person in my family who was an artist down the line, but no one in my immediate… — Chloe Pirrie Copy Share Image
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 feel like more artists like me should be on the radio. Everything is, like, so controlled by, like, super popular music.… — Travis Scott Copy Share Image
As artists, we have to change our style to match each concept. We're always changing, ever changing. — Kim Tae-hyung Copy Share Image
What still concerns me the most is: am I on the right track, am I making progress, am I making mistakes in… — Paul Gauguin Copy Share Image
I believe that photography can create great works of art, but hitherto it has been extraordinarily bourgeois and babbling. (1908) — Auguste Rodin Copy Share Image
As an artiste, I take up roles where there is scope to perform and that can reach out to the audience. — Biju Menon Copy Share Image
A lot of artists who have a certain style are expected to more or less keep doing their style. It's so easy… — Laurie Anderson Copy Share Image
I would be willing to do almost anything to make Art happy. I care about our friendship. The only thing I won't… — Paul Simon Copy Share Image
We just write down a bunch of words, and pray to god they make sense. And if we don't, it doesn't matter,… — Tom DeLonge Copy Share Image
“It is easy to love a woman, it is in nature, but art to love a man, and a profound art to… — David Gilbert Copy Share Image
I think that one of the things that drives me in telling stories, and art in general, is finding the beautiful in… — James Gunn Copy Share Image
There are artists who are writers, but there was no such thing as cartoons that were written by somebody who couldn't draw. — John Kricfalusi Copy Share Image
If you're any good as an artist, you have to be doing something nobody else has interest in. Nobody would be interested… — Carl Andre Copy Share Image
I didn't grow up thinking of movies as film, or art, but as movies, something to do on a Saturday afternoon. — Sydney Pollack Copy Share Image
I consider myself fortunate that photography exists, because otherwise I'd be stuck in the tragedy of ephemeralness that can come with installation… — Sandy Skoglund Copy Share Image
If I can be doing something in the arts till the day I die. I would be very, very happy. — Kristen Wiig Copy Share Image
Every Iranian artist, in one form or another, is political. Politics have defined our lives. — Shirin Neshat Copy Share Image
I'm friends with [exes] and they hear the songs. I can honestly say I don't have any exes I hate. They're artists… — Jhene Aiko Copy Share Image
There's nothing worse than sitting down to write a novel and saying, "Well, okay, I'm going to do something of high artistic… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image