The most tremendous genius raised Mozart above all masters, in all centuries and in all the arts. — Richard Wagner Copy Share Image
I am for an art of things lost or thrown away. . . I am for an art that one smokes like… — Claes Oldenburg Copy Share Image
I call myself a character actor all my life. I've done a certain amount as a leading man, but character actors in… — Ernest Borgnine Copy Share Image
Fear of failure and criticism can be crippling. Don't let others' negativity take away your joy. — Lee Hammond Copy Share Image
I went to film school, and I came in when video art was king, weird stuff was king, and there, you don't… — Jonathan Krisel Copy Share Image
Art thou angry with him whose armpits stink? Art thou angry with him whose mouth smells foul? — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
“Emphasizing the body as art, these artists amplified the role of process over product and shifted from representation objects to presentational modes… — Kristine Stiles Copy Share Image
The faculty of art is to change events; the faculty of science is to foresee them. The phenomena with which we deal… — Henry Thomas Buckle Copy Share Image
Andy was a nonverbal person; you couldn't get directions out of him. All he knew was what was modern in art was… — Paul Morrissey Copy Share Image
Great sculptors and artists spend countless hours perfecting their talents. They don't pick up a chisel or a brush and palette, expecting… — Joseph B. Wirthlin Copy Share Image
A couple of artists got words for me , thats never fun. They say its on when they see me, that day… — Drake Copy Share Image
If artists slowly learn how their business works, they'll have the ability to grow at any rate they can dream up, but… — Tom DeLonge Copy Share Image
Some people feel that it's controversial if I say that because my dad is known as a political artist. But I don't… — Sean Lennon Copy Share Image
“When one treats people with benevolence, justice, and righteoousness, and reposes confidence in them, the army will be united in mind and… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
My advice to young people wanting to make music and to be in this industry is to really spend your time making… — Lorde Copy Share Image
I loved surrealism and abstract painting, and anything related to those. I always thought painting was the highest form of art. What… — Neil Farber Copy Share Image
I'm not a huge, popular artist, but I feel like one when I'm in the studio. But it's never taking away from… — Weyes Blood Copy Share Image
Nature is my main source of inspiration - I will never stop taking hints from what I call 'the greatest artist' — Roberto Cavalli Copy Share Image
“If there was one great benefit to the whole practice of art, it was to focus him in the “now,” where the… — Christina McKenna Copy Share Image
Authorship, according to the spirit in which it is pursued, is an infancy, a pastime, a labor, a handicraft, an art, a… — August Wilhelm Von Schlegel Copy Share Image
I have a lot of different influences. Everything from Maroon 5, Gwen Stefani, The Clash, Kanye West - just a lot of… — Brie Larson Copy Share Image
The first demand any work of art makes upon us is to surrender. Look. Listen. Receive. Get yourself out of the way. — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
“An artist can try and pretend he is not following rules, but let's remember that nature itself provides rules. Gravity for instance.” — Kate Carlisle Copy Share Image
I think Damien Hirst is hilarious. And I think he's a true artist. He's not hilarious first; I think he is a… — Jemima Kirke Copy Share Image
Getting an audience requires luck as well as talent. Some artists are private and shy. It costs them too much. — Dana Spiotta Copy Share Image
As for an authentic villain, the real thing, the absolute, the artist, one rarely meets him even once in a lifetime. The… — Sidonie Gabrielle Colette Copy Share Image
An author is often obscure to the reader because they proceed from the thought to expression than like the reader from the… — Nicolas Chamfort Copy Share Image
Mentoring is the last refuge of the older artist. With luck, disciples will keep one's books in print, one's reputation alive. — Michael Dirda Copy Share Image
Odisha people are very musical. Our music industry has got many talented artists from Odisha. They love music a lot. — Javed Ali Copy Share Image
O call not me to justify the wrong, That thy unkindness lays upon my heart, Wound me not with thine eye but… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
The irony is that musical artists have enormous public voices, but behind the scenes we're voiceless, actually. — Sinead O'Connor Copy Share Image
You have to first be a writer and somebody who loves to write. If I couldn't travel, I would still write. — Tim Cahill Copy Share Image
[Phil Wood] knew about wine. He knew about food. He knew about art. He knew about classical music. He was interested in… — Jon Gordon Copy Share Image
I think one's history and past is important at a certain time in your life, especially as an artist, just to try… — Olivia d'Abo Copy Share Image
“The purpose of art is to elevate the spirit or to pay a surgeon’s bill. Or both. It can help a person… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
I was a big hip hop girl, and still am, I listened to artists like Wu Tang, and K'Naan, but I was… — Zoe Buckman Copy Share Image
“Mrs. Joe was a very clean housekeeper, but had an exquisite art of making her cleanliness more uncomfortable and unacceptable than dirt… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
The average man cannot believe that an artist may be as serious and highminded an observer of life as the professed man… — Aleister Crowley Copy Share Image
The Hollywood sirens are shrieking, while down some search lit alley runs some lost belief. — Joni Mitchell Copy Share Image
True artistic renewal does not mean being stripped of fetters. It means moving into new fetters. — Tawfiq al-Hakim Copy Share Image