“The science of dieting is in the calories; the art of dieting is in what they come from.” — Martin Cizmar Copy Share Image
It is the treating of the commonplace with the feeling of the sublime that gives to art its true power. — Jean-Francois Millet Copy Share Image
I've always been an artist who's about being real and about telling the truth and making music with integrity and talking about… — Santigold Copy Share Image
Civilization is the art of living in towns of such size the everyone does not know everyone else. — Julian Jaynes Copy Share Image
“We are not creators; only combiners of the created. Invention isn't about new ingredients, but new recipes. And innovations taste the best.” — Ryan Lilly Copy Share Image
Art is the child of Nature; yes, her darling child, in whom we trace the features of the mother's face, her aspect… — Beck Copy Share Image
Every child should have time for arts, music, sports, drama, robotics, school newspapers and the like, not to mention recess and play. — Chris Gabrieli Copy Share Image
He is the greatest artist who has embodied, in the sum of his works, the greatest number of the greatest ideas. — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
Though the cross of Christ has been beautified by the poet and the artist, the avid seeker after God is likely to… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
We have epexmlas of pre-historic art, but they are rare, and the context of their production and use is not very clear,… — Youngboyvel Copy Share Image
The chief trick to making good mistakes is not to hide them - especially not from yourself. Instead of turning away in… — Daniel Dennett Copy Share Image
A truly great work of art breaks beyond the bounds of the period and culture in which it is created, so final… — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
I'm happy to be a writer - of prose, poetry, every kind of writing. Every person in the world who isn't a… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
I am constantly torn between the attitude of the conscientious journalist who is a recorder and interpreter of the facts and of… — W. Eugene Smith Copy Share Image
To select, combine and concentrate that which is beautiful in nature and admirable in art is as much the business of the… — J. M. W. Turner Copy Share Image
I'm still an artist who's searching, trying to evolve, an artist who - nine times out of ten - is dissatisfied with… — Audra McDonald Copy Share Image
Even though you can't expect to defeat the absurdity of the world, you must make that attempt. That's morality, that's religion. That's… — Phil Ochs Copy Share Image
Caught up in life, you see it badly. You suffer from it or enjoy it too much. The artist, in my opinion,… — Gustave Flaubert Copy Share Image
There is but one art, to omit! Oh, if I knew how to omit I would ask no other knowledge. A man… — Robert Louis Stevenson Copy Share Image
As soon as you set yourself up in the position of transferring paint from one place to another, your whole culture invades… — Milton Resnick Copy Share Image
“A work of art broken into a million pieces cannot be pieced back together; it must be recreated into another art form… — Danielle Luz Matias Copy Share Image
In art the Greeks were the children of the Egyptians. The day may yet come when we shall do justice to the… — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
The disintegration of the culture starts with the artist. I'm on a crusade to turn the tide in the arts, to restore… — Thomas Kinkade Copy Share Image
Doing a life study while drunk and in the process of being seduced is never a formula for quality art. — Dan Simmons Copy Share Image
The art of medicine in the season lies: Wine given in season oft will benefit, Which out of season injures. — Ovid Copy Share Image
What makes a set of lines and colors into art is the relationship between this line and that one; the way one… — Daniel Levitin Copy Share Image
Limited means often constitute the charm and force of primitive painting. Extension, on the contrary, leads the arts to decadence. — Georges Braque Copy Share Image
As hypocrisy is said to be the highest compliment to virtue, the art of lying is the strongest acknowledgment of the force… — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
I'm focusing on writing the best story I can write. Which means I'm doing everything I can to give the artist within… — Hubert Selby, Jr Copy Share Image
My constituents include CU Buffs, ski bums, techies, artists, suburban soccer moms, and proud, hard-working Colorado families. — Jared Polis Copy Share Image
I think confidence is the most appealing quality in any human being or any artist; that's what really attracts us to people. — Marilyn Manson Copy Share Image
People tend to see modernism as the opposite of a celebration. They see it as a fracturing and an art built round… — Ali Smith Copy Share Image
I went to art school for four years to learn a very expensive lesson - that there are many other artists who… — Alex Hirsch Copy Share Image
I had to see if I'm a real filmmaker. I mean, I have proven myself in movies and franchises, but am I… — Jon M. Chu Copy Share Image
I think there are more religious overtones in music because these artists want to be connected to greatness. What is greater or… — Andy Mineo Copy Share Image
Artists are supposed to be the ones with imagination. A good part of our job description is to get regular people to… — Robert Genn Copy Share Image
The cinema is not an art which films life: the cinema is something between art and life. — Jean-Luc Godard Copy Share Image
I always wanted to be an artist. I always knew that I wanted to paint, or dance, or sing, or act, or… — Daniela Vega Copy Share Image
You can’t control what other people think about your art. Think about the part of yourself that you can control, which is… — Ann Patchett Copy Share Image
Look, people are allowed their own opinions and they don't always coincide with yours. As an artist you just have to keep… — Paul McCartney Copy Share Image
