In art, theories are as useful as a doctor's prescription; one must be sick to believe them. — Maurice de Vlaminck Copy Share Image
Should the enemy forestall you in occupying a pass, do not go after him if the pass is fully garrisoned, but only… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
An artist might be attracted to hedonism, but of course an artist is not a hedonist. He's a worker, always. — David Hockney Copy Share Image
Art arises when the secret vision of the artist and the manifestation of nature agree to find new shapes. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Anytime you've got artists singing songs, doing grooves that they don't want to do, it's terrible. — Wilson Pickett Copy Share Image
Chet loved artists. He did. But he was caught up in the system. He had two hats. He had to have 'em… — Waylon Jennings Copy Share Image
For an artist to go and play in a country that occupies other people's land and oppresses them, the way Israel does,… — Roger Waters Copy Share Image
It was from the artists and poets that the pertinent answers came, and I know that panic would have broken loose had… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Rose's work of art took her all day, including two playtimes, story time, and most of lunch. At the end of school… — Hilary McKay Copy Share Image
But I realized something. About art. And psychiatry. They're both self-perpetuating systems. Like religion. All three of them promise you a sense… — Samuel R. Delany Copy Share Image
I believe in previous lives and the Muse—and that books and music exist before they are written and that they are propelled… — Steven Pressfield Copy Share Image
I think if you had different artists approaching the material in different styles, that's very different. I think it's an interesting thing… — Daniel Clowes Copy Share Image
This civil action is another case of a tragedy that has become all too familiar in the music industry: a business manager… — Leonard Cohen Copy Share Image
A lot of young artists and musicians that we work with, you think they're gonna want to come in and buy the… — Paul Weller Copy Share Image
“He very soon acquired the reputation of being the best public speaker of his time. He had taken pains to master the… — Simon Callow Copy Share Image
Before 1994, many South Africans used theater as a voice of protest against the government. But with the end of apartheid, like… — John Kani Copy Share Image
The excellency of every art is its intensity, capable of making all disagreeable evaporate. — John Keats Copy Share Image
“The art of being wise is the art of knowing that solutions don’t come from individuals, but rather experiences.” — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
Music is cyclical and as an artist and songwriter, you need to be able to predict what trend is coming next. — Wendy Starland Copy Share Image
The design process, at its best, integrates the aspirations of art, science, and culture. — Jeff Smith Copy Share Image
The kids I talk to are convinced their generation will make the best music. And the greatest artists have yet to be… — L.A. Reid Copy Share Image
I think that other people covering my work is really exciting... Im really open to that kind of thing because I think… — Tori Amos Copy Share Image
“Today, “crossover” has become the golden word of the age. Crossover is based, in fact, on the model used for the development… — Renee Fleming Copy Share Image
The job of the artist is not to resolve or beautify, but to hold complexities, to see and make clear. — Toi Derricotte Copy Share Image
The work of art itself is . . . a vibrant, magical, and exemplary object which returns us to the world in… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
“In Europe, being an artist is a form of behavior; in America, being an artist is an excuse for a form of… — William Faulkner Copy Share Image
It is difficult in life to be good, and difficult in art to portray goodness. Perhaps we don't know much about goodness. — Iris Murdoch Copy Share Image
Anger and jealousy's all that he sells us, he's content when you're under his thumb. Madmen oppose him, but your kindness throws… — Bob Dylan Copy Share Image
Due to my work as a musician, songwriter, recording artist and author, hundreds of people stream in and out of my basement… — Dan Hill Copy Share Image
To be an artist is to take responsibility for the world's destiny. You shape it by your vision. — Laurence Gartel Copy Share Image
I believe in limitations. I think the worst art ever made - in my opinion, because it's all so subjective - is… — Fred Armisen Copy Share Image
I feel like all the artists that I really love, they've had a strong contingent of people who really hate their work… — Girl Talk Copy Share Image
My becoming an actor wasn't planned. My interest always lied in sports such as football, martial arts, gymnastics and dance. — Tiger Shroff Copy Share Image
Hung-up women can't produce anything but mediocre art, and there ain't no room for mediocre art. — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
“Imagine! In each of us lies the potential to do superhuman things. Feats of great physical daring, art, science. The ability to… — Peter Lerangis Copy Share Image
You are just as qualified as any expert to make a judgment and have a feeling or a response to any work… — Bill Viola Copy Share Image
We should self-examine and talk about things like our own white privilege and these phony senses of being an artist. — Geoff Rickly Copy Share Image
Wind is the loving Wooer of waters; Wind blends together Billows all-foaming. Spirit of man, Thou art like unto water! Fortune of… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
The world around us is in a sea change, and I think the glory of art is that it cannot only survive… — Robert Redford Copy Share Image
“When you judge your art with number of likes you get in response to it, you're killing the artist within, and giving… — Sameer Khan Copy Share Image
