Art Quotes · Page 695

On the whole, our modern ritual is impoverished and does not fulfill man's need for collective art and ritual.

— Erich Fromm

I grew up in Ditchling. It was an idyllic village at the foot of the South Downs. In those days, the village…

— Donald Sinden

I don't want to feel like an ambulance chaser, but very often, when I hear about a fire, my first instinct is…

— Cornelia Parker

Every piece of technology, every piece of art, basically everything manmade comes from an idea.

— Pharrell Williams

I consider myself an artist. God granted me some gifts so that I could express myself artistically.

— Don Johnson

If thou art beautiful, and youth and thought endue thee with all truth-be strong;--be worthy of the grace of God.

— William Wordsworth

Can that which has cost the artist days, weeks, months and even years of reflection be understood in a flash by a…

— Robert Schumann

I've decided that art is a habit-forming drug. That's all it is, for the artist, for the collector, for anybody connected with…

— Marcel Duchamp

The fine art of executive decision consists in not deciding questions that are not now pertinent, in not deciding prematurely, in not…

— Chester Barnard

... laws haven't the slightest interest for meexcept in the world of science, in which they are always changing; or in the…

— Margaret Anderson

I've always said that the experience of meeting an artist that you are in awe of and that you hope to create…

— Sandra Bullock

We travel so much as touring musicians and artists that sometimes, when you hear a great song that you really think could…

— Jon Pardi

I was at Mount Tamalpais near San Francisco hiking when a boulder came hurling down the mountainside and smashed my left hand.…

— Pablo Casals

I am far from any intention to limit curiosity, or confine the labours of learning to arts of immediate and necessary use.…

— Samuel Johnson

“Those only are happy (I thought) who have their minds fixed on some object other than their own happiness; on the happiness…

— John Stuart Mill

Historical memory is a potent weapon in fighting against the desert of organized forgetting and implies a rethinking of the role that…

— Henry Giroux

I want more of my favorite artists or more of the guy that makes the anthems. I want more.

— DJ Khaled

I can't pretend that I'm a great student of the art of comedy because anybody that becomes philosophical about humour doesn't know…

— Jackie Mason

Art is going to make a bigger comeback than ever. That's the upside to things getting challenging.

— Lady Gaga

No mature style of art in any culture has ever been simple. In certain cultures, an overall symmetry may conceal the complexity…

— Rudolf Arnheim

All good performance pieces have some philosophical validity. That's the difference between mere theater and performance art.

— Jack Bowman

I think I always wanted to be an artist. I sort of just followed my passion right out of high school, and…

— Lisa Frank

There is a huge thirst for knowledge among the younger generation for contemporary art, but most of them learn about it by…

— Dasha Zhukova

The artist can within limits make what he likes of his life... It is only the artist, and maybe the criminal, who…

— W. Somerset Maugham

It is one of the ironies of biographical art that some details are more relevant than others, and many details have no…

— Paul Bailey

“Only art as meditation reminds people so that they will never forget that the most beautiful thing a potter produces is...the potter.”

— Matthew Fox

A lawyer art thou? Draw not nigh! Go, carry to some fitter place The keenness of that practised eye, The hardness of…

— William Wordsworth

I felt like I was definitely robbed, and I refuse to give any politically correct bullshit ass comment. I was the best…

— Kanye West

I felt landscapes would sell more readily, and not being equipped psychologically to be a teacher or commercial artist, that was important.

— E. J. Hughes

“I like religion and art because they know they are servants to life; I hate science and philosophy because they think they…

— Raheel Farooq

Where have you been hanging out lately honey? You can't dress trashy 'til you spend a lot of money.

— Billy Joel

I attended the Columbus College Of Art & Design for a little while, until I realized they didn't take cartooning very seriously.

— Jeff Smith

Korean people, including me, want to go faster and faster - in music, in fashion, in art, too.

— G-Dragon

“[...] he is the artist of his own life, and creates it for himself every hour to suit his latest whim.”

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

It's a blessing to have people who love the art that you make and who are inspired by the art you create…

— Anthony Ramos

As long as there are musicians who have a passion for spontaneity, for creating something that's never been before, the art form…

— Charlie Haden

I started in Martial Arts with my father when I was 4 years old. I guess I started because my two older…

— Duke Roufus

Art is creative for the sake of realization, not for amusement... for transfiguration, not for the sake of play.

— Max Beckmann

Leadership is the science of giving life to your goal and the art of making people see and aspire for it.

— Tasneem Hameed

The difference between famous creators and struggling artists is that the creators know that improving the lives of others deserves the highest…

— Alan Cohen