You've got to appreciate the things that come from the art of the Negro and from the heart of the man farthest… — William Christopher Handy Copy Share Image
I think it's the duty of the artist to run away from home. I mean I think you have to go far… — Sean Mathias Copy Share Image
Love was where I learned to go beyond myself, through the arts, through relationships, through sexuality. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“I’ve studied this form of art since joining the lifestyle. It’s my gift, you could say. My talent.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I like discipline and respect, that's what martial arts is for me and that's what my religion is about. — Belal Muhammad Copy Share Image
You grow and evolve and as you do that, your art hopefully reflects that change and that growth. — Fefe Dobson Copy Share Image
I'm actually really bad at the Internet. I'm never scouring it to find new artists or new anything. — Charli XCX Copy Share Image
I look at basketball as an art, so whatever I do on the court, I try to make it as smooth as… — Jerami Grant Copy Share Image
I may remind you that history is not a branch of literature. The facts of history, like the facts of geology or… — J. B. Bury Copy Share Image
Affectation is to be always distinguished from hypocrisy as being the art of counterfeiting those qualities, which we might with innocence and… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Sometimes magazines will take artist's creative choices too literally; they assume that I actually live the way I do in music videos.… — Christina Aguilera Copy Share Image
Every artist is linked to a mistake with which he has a particular intimacy. All art draws its origin from an exceptional… — Maurice Blanchot Copy Share Image
I did a film called 'Floating' early on that had a scene which was similar to a real-life situation I was in… — Norman Reedus Copy Share Image
“The artistic is thus very close to the ethical. If only we could grasp the world from someone else’s standpoint, we would… — Terry Eagleton Copy Share Image
“The healing power of art is not a rhetorical fantasy. Fighting to keep language, language became my sanity and my strength. It… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
Therefore, the quality of one's art is determined most by the interpretation of the art, rather than the thought of the artist… — SangFroid Stalker Copy Share Image
"Let the dead bury the dead." There is not a single word of Christ to which the Christian religion has paid less… — Andre Gide Copy Share Image
“The art of life is the art of avoiding pain: and he is the best pilot who steers clearest of the rocks… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
I may be a character artiste but I want the audiences to clap and whistle for me as well. — Rao Ramesh Copy Share Image
“That’s too much power for one man to wield, too much temptation. The easier we make it to kill, the less time… — Lindsay Buroker Copy Share Image
A passion for his art, and an eager desire to excel, will more than supply an artist with the place of method. — Joshua Reynolds Copy Share Image
Such shame is not even skin deep. And as to forgetting, surely, you know that is Woman's First and Greatest Art? — Richard Aldington Copy Share Image
Note too that a faithful study of the liberal arts humanizes character and permits it not to be cruel. — Ovid Copy Share Image
To me Art (poetry) is a continuous and continuing process and that when a man fails to write good poetry he fails… — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
Foster and polish the warrior spirit while serving in the world; illuminate the path according to your inner light. — Morihei Ueshiba Copy Share Image
Collage has been one of the most relevant forms of art making. It's resonant because it is made of the stuff that… — Elliott Hundley Copy Share Image
There is no comparison between him and me; he developed a whole new way of making art and he's clearly in a… — Tracey Emin Copy Share Image
When we neglect the artist in ourselves, there is a kind of mourning that goes on under the surface of our busy… — Pat Schneider Copy Share Image
The ultimate justification of the work of art is to help the spectator to become a work of art himself. — Bernard Berenson Copy Share Image
It became like a symbolic thing, to be “an artist.” After Duchamp, I realized that being an artist is more about a… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
As far as playing jazz, no other art form, other than conversation, can give the satisfaction of spontaneous interaction. — Stan Getz Copy Share Image
Trust is everything between two artists, or between subject and artist. You have to have trust or nothing good will come out… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
I like the confusion you get between science and religion … that’s where belief lies and art as well. — Damien Hirst Copy Share Image
When we go all over the world and observe art therapy, it's used frequently with people who are having some kind of… — Karen Pence Copy Share Image
Seeing various aspects of the secret state and surveillance state echoes a long tradition in art of looking at the sublime. — Trevor Paglen Copy Share Image
American ballet... is ultimately an evolutionary art form, requiring many voices to creatively carry forward. — Justin Peck Copy Share Image
“Art manifests itself in paradoxical ways. At times it creates and at times it gets created!” — Avijeet Das Copy Share Image
When I got into art school, I thought it was paradise. I wanted to be an artist so much that I was… — Sean Scully Copy Share Image
Prejudice renders a man's virtue his habit, and a series of unconnected arts. Though just prejudice, his duty becomes a part of… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
You have to be polite with your friends and your family, but in your art, it's important to not be polite. — Lisa Yuskavage Copy Share Image
