My priciple is, the artist shall put forth, humbly & lovingly, without bitterness, the very best & highest that is within him,utterly… — Sidney Lanier Copy Share Image
Nature does not create works of art. It is we, and the faculty of interpretation peculiar to the human mind, that see… — Man Ray Copy Share Image
I got out of the business because I went from being the biggest artist on my record label to someone they didn't… — Billy Squier Copy Share Image
The more a man cultivates the arts the less he fornicates. A more and more apparent cleavage occurs between the spirit and… — Charles Baudelaire Copy Share Image
In our film profession you may have Gable's looks, Tracy's art, Marlene's legs or Liz's violet eyes, but they don't mean a… — Frank Capra Copy Share Image
In Milan, I'm treated with the respect that doctors receive in America. It's wonderful living where artists are revered. — Terence Trent D'Arby Copy Share Image
I've always argued, unsuccessfully, that there's no point in giving money to the arts unless you educate people in them. — Richard Eyre Copy Share Image
You cannot separate art from life or spirituality. They are bound together in a single unit. — Nick Bantock Copy Share Image
I wouldn't call myself at all as a crossover artist - I kind of hate that word - but in a way,… — Tarja Turunen Copy Share Image
I want to change the pop world one sequin at a time. Artists tend to take themselves way too seriously and don't… — Lady Gaga Copy Share Image
Advances in technology have opened up possibilities in the cultural realm throughout history. I'm intrigued by developments in technology - as an… — Janet Echelman Copy Share Image
Just as a city cannot protect its manufacturing base without keeping its factories, we cannot have a strong arts sector without studios,… — Munira Mirza Copy Share Image
Did you find any artists complaining who don't already complain all day long about everything? No. But have you ever met a… — Urs Fischer Copy Share Image
“In the case of the creative mind, it seems to me, the intellect has withdrawn its watchers from the gates, and the… — Friedrich Schiller Copy Share Image
Art and morality are, with certain provisos…one. Their essence is the same. The essence of both of them is love. Love is… — Iris Murdoch Copy Share Image
The martial arts are ultimately self-knowledge. A punch or a kick is not to knock the hell out of the guy in… — Bruce Lee Copy Share Image
What sometimes annoys me about the arts is increasingly that we have to put real people on screen or stage. — Zawe Ashton Copy Share Image
There were certain expectations that were assumed of me as a young black American 20th-century - then 20th-century artist. — Kehinde Wiley Copy Share Image
Europeans invented art for the last 300 years, and the Americans kind of killed it with a big, huge rock. — Chilly Gonzales Copy Share Image
The art of war is like the art of the courtesan; indeed they might be called sisters, since both are slaves of… — Pietro Aretino Copy Share Image
I'm grateful to have the chance to be inspired by the incredible artists that are out there. — Sara Bareilles Copy Share Image
Other than conversation, no other art form can give the satisfaction of spontaneous interaction like Jazz. — Stan Getz Copy Share Image
The greatest change in corporate culture - and the way business is being conducted - may be the accelerated growth of relationships… — Peter Drucker Copy Share Image
Music is art to me, and you don't censor art. You don't go into a museum and censor things. — Iggy Azalea Copy Share Image
The hardest things to do in any art is to risk failure and put yourself out on the line. — Oscar Isaac Copy Share Image
The sophisticated concern about art sinks before a spontaneous love of reality, and I thank the photograph for being so transparent a… — George Santayana Copy Share Image
I think that Napster is the greatest invention since sliced bread. Napster, to me, is liberation and freedom for artists. — KRS-One Copy Share Image
“If your target as a Muslim artist, writer or speaker is to target only Muslims you need to rethink your plan.” — André Gide Copy Share Image
I didn't think much about foreign readers when I began 'Naruto,' but I knew that many of the artists who influenced me… — Masashi Kishimoto Copy Share Image
With the Ford Foundation grant all of a sudden instead of being an artist that had made a couple of short films,… — Bruce Conner Copy Share Image
There is no fate more distressing for an artist than to have to show himself off before fools, to see his work… — Moliere Copy Share Image
What I've been trying to do with my art, which has been feeling very graphically sharp - to soften it up and… — Cliff Chiang Copy Share Image
If I were a 13-year-old and I wanted to create subversive art, I wouldn't go out and buy an electric guitar. I'd… — Thomas Dolby Copy Share Image
It should begin much earlier with arts education in the American school system, which is sadly deficient. — Frank Gehry Copy Share Image
I started writing poems on a Xanga page. I always loved writing. I also had a Deviant Art page, actually, because my… — Jamila Woods Copy Share Image
The problem of making the inner meet the outer of today is, of course, the function of the artist. — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
One does not set out with the idea that I've just had a great idea and now I'm going to go and… — Anish Kapoor Copy Share Image
An artistic perspective will jab at you from a different angle; its logic comes like a pitcher with a curve-ball. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
One of the great currents in the contemporary experience of art is that it seems to come out of the experience of… — Anish Kapoor Copy Share Image
I take pride in the fact that I was the first Hispanic artist to really crack the English market. — Jose Feliciano Copy Share Image
