Art Quotes · Page 734

In the digital world, we have forgotten the meaning of 'persistence of vision'. Art is something we have to hold on to.

— Suhasini Maniratnam

When some artistes give a hit song, they keep repeating themselves in the same genre. I always try to create something new.

— Yo Yo Honey Singh

When people see success, particularly investors, they are much more willing to invest in artistic projects.

— Jenova Chen

Killing with the point lacks artistry, but don't let that hold your hand when the opening presents itself.

— Frank Herbert

The women I know are smart, interesting people who aren't just there to service the men's stories, so I don't know why…

— Carrie Coon

The sculptor, the painter the musician the dancer, or any artist, if he can first obtain celebrate in Paris, acquires very easily…

— Swami Vivekananda

“Why is it that all men who have become outstanding in philosophy, statesmanship, poetry or the arts are melancholic,”

— Joshua Wolf Shenk

Art is not disposable. If you want it, you have to hold it and smell it and touch it and read the…

— John Malkovich

While it is true that commercial art is always in danger of ending up as a prostitute, it is equally true that…

— Erwin Panofsky

The temple of art is built of words. Painting and sculpture and music are but the blazon of its windows, borrowing all…

— J. G. Holland

Shamanic journeying is the inner art of traveling to the 'invisible worlds' beyond ordinary reality to retrieve information for change in any…

— Sandra Ingerman

I believe that God prays in us and through us, whether we are praying or not (and whether we believe in God…

— Anonymous

“for in proportion as the enemy despair of conquest, they will be trying the arts of seduction and the force of fear…

— Thomas Paine

In spite of all the refinements of civilization that conspired to make art--the dizzying perfection of the string quartet or the sprawling…

— Anne Rice

I think the Internet gives too much for a young artist to compare themselves too. I'm not sure that "notes" or "likes"…

— Liz Prince

I believe economic growth should translate into the happiness and progress of all. Along with it, there should be development of art…

— Pratibha Patil

I see myself as a martial artist. I'm a creative fighter. It's not about hitting the guy and hurting him, it's about…

— Chris Eubank Sr

The highest Art of the Chess player lies in not allowing your Opponent to show you what he can do.

— Garry Kasparov

One ought, every day at least,to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture,and, if it were possible,…

— Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Like art, revolutions come from combining what exists into what has never existed before.

— Gloria Steinem

I feel like an artist often turns the camera on themselves and on their own families to understand who they are.

— Laurie Simmons

By the single example of this painter devoted to his art with such independence, my destiny as a painter opened out to…

— Claude Monet

From all that I have seen, I am more than ever convinced that art must communicate, and it must represent, describe and…

— Raphael Soyer

I used to think that great art happened without argument, and maybe that’s not the case. Maybe the things that are most…

— Jon Foreman

I always think that art is one of the most wonderful exciting curious ways to learn. I have no worries or apologies…

— Peter Greenaway

It's exciting to consider how art, in its ability to reveal, can be ahead of the artist.

— Vivek Shraya

The role of art in society is not to resolve conflicts; rather, it is to express these conflicts and antagonisms.

— Cai Guo-Qiang

It is only with the best judges that the highest works of art would lose none of their honor by being seen…

— John Frederick Boyes

Homosexual behavior has been exploited, and reveled in, and celebrated in art, for millennia.

— John Piper

[The sensate body possesses] an art of interrogating the sensible according to its own wishes, an inspired exegesis.

— Maurice Merleau-Ponty

I was thinking that people have to believe you're crazy in order to take you seriously as an artist.

— Danger Mouse

I didn't want to just work within Hollywood when I started a production company. I wanted to be able to collaborate with…

— Joseph Gordon-Levitt

I was in jail a couple of times, and I was probably heading back there for a long time. But martial arts…

— Mark Hunt

We are cutting things kids like-music, art, and gym classes; stuff that kept me in school. This country can't survive without you…

— Tony Danza

I'm envious of 'Glee' - artists turned their libraries over for free because they knew it would lead to album sales.

— Adam F. Goldberg

Everybody knows that abstract art can be art, and most people know that they may not like it, even if they understand…

— Roy Lichtenstein

It's just so fun to share that experience with your best friend when you're finding your voice as an artist.

— Dave McCary

I suppose I have come to realize that entertainment is not easily dismissed. Beyond the meaning (of a work of art), it…

— Stan Lee

“The problem with the Bobby Fischer theory is that Chappelle is not the kind of artist to meticulously plan ahead, let alone…

— Jason Zinoman

We lost so many talented artists and writers from the generations before ours that we're really lacking older figureheads.

— Christopher Bollen