Art Quotes · Page 652

I've thought maybe of getting younger artists out doing stuff, like I used to do a lot of. I don't wanna do…

— Bootsy Collins

One day, I'll be a crazy old lady with long rainbow hair living in the woods. I will have a rad tree…

— Kerli

All of my favorite artists who inspired me were never afraid to be uncool and never afraid to wear their hearts on…

— Ed Kowalczyk

For years, I've been so passionate about nail art and about doing my nails constantly, with different nail artists from around the…

— Rosalia

I seem to have been possessed by a mind of my own and I did not merely want to be a pop…

— Terence Trent D'Arby

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

At the end of the day, if you don't have a record contract, a studio or a guitar, you can still write…

— Janis Ian

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

“The Difference Between a good artist And a great one Is: The novice Will often lay down his tool Or brush Then…

— Hafiz

I can't take, seeing you with him, cause I know exactly what youll be, in his gallery, Its just not fair, and…

— Anonymous

For me there is no gap between my painting and my so-called 'decorative' work. I never considered the 'minor arts' to be…

— Sonia Delaunay

Again there are so many records which contain fond memories and music and songs of which I have to say I am…

— Greg Lake

I had no special training at all; I am completely self taught. I don't fit the mold of a visual arts designer…

— Toru Iwatani

If we are inclined to forget how much there is in the world besides that which we anticipate, then works of art…

— Alain de Botton

I'm sure there was some amazing art at the Frieze Art Fair, but I wasn't able to find it. However, found some…

— Caterina Fake

All to whom want is terrible, upon whatever principle, ought to think themselves obliged to learn the sage maxims of our parsimonious…

— Samuel Johnson

Every Iranian artist, in one form or another, is political. Politics have defined our lives.

— Shirin Neshat

If I can be doing something in the arts till the day I die. I would be very, very happy.

— Kristen Wiig

I have always disliked the idea of an arts ghetto in which poetry is kept on a life-support system.

— Tony Harrison

“What you produce as a writer is art. A voice that opens a vein and leaves the reader lapping at the blood…

— H.N. Sieverding

Art and culture are nonetheless vital, essential even, to what it means to be human, yet digital abundance has diminished our sense…

— Astra Taylor

Financial independence could be one of the factors, but most 65 plus artistes in our industry wish to continue working for the…

— Ashok Saraf

“Part Two -- Red Flags   Chapter Five: Red Flags of a Psychopath   artist unknown   Three things cannot be long…

— A.B. Admin

Everything about the music industry takes away from you as an artist. They're always wondering what the next thing is: 'What do…

— Gary Allan

Every authentic artist is engaged in this creating of the conscience of the race, even though he or she may be unaware…

— Rollo May

Maybe my work looks a little crazy, a little insane, but I don't really see myself as a crazy artist or a…

— Julian Schnabel

Surely only boring people went in for conversations consisting of questions and answers. The art of true conversation consisted in the play…

— Ved Mehta

Distortion came first from the fauves, who, in turn, were under the strong influence of primitive art.

— Marcel Duchamp

The concept that an artist would be revered by popular culture is an immediate dismissal of his relevance as an artist.

— Thomas Kinkade

The artist must express the summation of his feeling, knowing and believing through the unity of his life and work.

— Ernst Haas

When a stock doubles, sell half - then what you have is a free position. Then it becomes more of an art…

— Peter Cundill

I'm trying to embrace social media because it gives artists a little more power than we've had in the past.

— Billy Porter

I really think that's what music and art is about. It's another way to connect to the divine. It's a real pure…

— Kathy Mattea

I believe in myself and my art so much. I've always trusted destiny. Wherever it takes me, I just work damn hard…

— Priyanka Chopra

Artwork is not like a commercial business; there is no such thing as a schedule for art. You can't hurry art.

— Michael Heizer

We don't have a lot of power in the world, right? We can only control so many things. It allows you to…

— Regina Spektor

I love art and finding different bits and bobs for the apartment; so, I'm adding all my personal touches to the house.

— Amy Jackson

In The Doors we have both musicians and poets, and both know of each other's art, so we can effect a synthesis.

— Robby Krieger

“I just wished they'd see Mari, their daughter. I wished they saw how much I liked art and how much I didn't…

— H.M. Ward

Drawing is the necessary beginning of everything [in Art], and not having it, one has nothing.

— Giorgio Vasari