The richness of an artist is the fusion of influences that have shaped his life and work. — Fernando Botero Copy Share Image
“Art isn't life, you know. It if were, the world would go up in flames. It's artifice. By definition. ("Talking In The… — Dennis Etchison Copy Share Image
For me, a dancer is part of an artist's entertainment - 'backup dancer' isn't even in my vocabulary. — Laurieann Gibson Copy Share Image
Art, film, fashion, music are all going on and interacting simultaneously. And L.A. is very receptive to that fusion. — Jeffrey Deitch Copy Share Image
My mother reveres artists, and my sister and I have inherited her love of art and the stories about its creation. — Hilton Als Copy Share Image
Photography is a witness against the mistaken opinion that art is an imitation of nature. — Heinrich Heine Copy Share Image
Do not strive to be a modern artist: it's the one thing, unfortunately, you can't help being. — Salvador Dali Copy Share Image
I've always thought of myself primarily as an artist; it's what I most define myself as. The acting was all an accident. — Michael Horse Copy Share Image
It cannot be too plainly stated that it is quite unimportant whether photography produces 'art' or not. Its own basic laws, not… — Laszlo Moholy-Nagy Copy Share Image
“the holy art of “giving for Jesus’ sake” ought to be much more strongly developed among us Christians. Never forget that all… — Abraham Kuyper Copy Share Image
“written works do not produce fast reactions as pictures and sculptures and music do. it takes no effort to see or hear.… — Anneli Rufus Copy Share Image
Any respectable artist has really given up on a label because the labels are still kidding themselves that the only way to… — Tony Visconti Copy Share Image
“Wesley's touch lingers on my skin. His music echoes through my head. I remind myself as I scrub my skin that we… — Victoria Schwab Copy Share Image
“Writing is a physical art. And writing a book is a lot more like making a complex sculpture out of bronze than… — Heather Sellers Copy Share Image
If an artist tries consciously to do something to others, it is to stretch their eyes, their thoughts, to something they would… — Henry Moore Copy Share Image
Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; Our meddling intellect Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things We murder to dissect. Enough of… — William Wordsworth Copy Share Image
“And so when thou art tempted to any sin, look not on it as a single sin, but as having all other… — William Gurnall Copy Share Image
“Teach them ethics and martial arts and. . . I don't know. Bravery. Do you think you can teach someone to be brave?” — Marissa Meyer Copy Share Image
I really don't have a theme when I start a sculpture. The rock guides me to the final sculpture. I think that… — Jimmy Carl Black Copy Share Image
And now too late, we see these things are one: The art is sacrifice and self-control And who loves beauty must be… — Alice Duer Miller Copy Share Image
All art is unstable. Its meaning is not necessarily that implied by the author. There is no authoritative voice. There are only… — David Bowie Copy Share Image
The chief function of the city is to convert power into form, energy into culture, dead matter into the living symbols of… — Lewis Mumford Copy Share Image
A good short story is a work of art which daunts us in proportion to its brevity… No inspiration is too noble… — Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward Copy Share Image
My actual desire is to be able to comfortably walk out of my house without any makeup on and feel as beautiful… — Yvonne Orji Copy Share Image
To invoke solely the weaker arguments and yet triumph is an art worth more than a hundred thousand drachmae. — Aristophanes Copy Share Image
“Art shows what's inside. And that's scary. Showing my paintings would be like...like cutting my arm open in front of a crowd… — Christina Daley Copy Share Image
Mama, Mama, put me to bed I won’t make it home, I’m already half-dead I met an Invalid, and fell for his… — Lauren Oliver Copy Share Image
I don't think geometric art is... I don't like to call it that. I don't think it's any more pure than pop… — Donald Judd Copy Share Image
My friends are not in the industry - they're young artists or knitwear designers or whatever. — Emily Ratajkowski Copy Share Image
“The public is a great actuality, like war. If you are a creative and creating artist, you cannot ignore it, though it… — Arnold Bennett Copy Share Image
The synergy created from clothing, hair, and makeup combined is truly amazing, so makeup has been, is, and will be a key… — Lee Tae-min Copy Share Image
As an artiste, as a person who has a voice, I feel strongly about not creating anything empty. — Arjun Mathur Copy Share Image
For years I've wanted to work with this guy, so to actually write at the top of my scripts "Empress, Script by… — Mark Millar Copy Share Image
The world of celebrity that comes with the world of art is not particularly interesting to me. — Maya Hawke Copy Share Image
The art of living is the art of knowing how to believe lies. The fearful thing about it is that, not knowing… — Cesare Pavese Copy Share Image
In South Carolina, there's a lot of arts programs. So I was blessed enough to go to the Governor School For Arts… — Danielle Brooks Copy Share Image
Creative expression and visual comprehension are really the handmaidens of art. One cannot thrive without the other. — Ken Danby Copy Share Image
When I was still doing indie, it was just purely art. I don't think about how much I will get paid or… — Coco Martin Copy Share Image
There is a sun, a light that for want of another word I can only call yellow, pale sulphur yellow, pale golden… — Vincent Van Gogh Copy Share Image
No one wants to learn from mistakes, but we cannot learn enough from successes to go beyond the state of the art. — Henry Petroski Copy Share Image
