All passes, Art alone Enduring stays to us; The Bust out-lasts the throne,-- The coin, Tiberius. — Henry Austin Dobson Copy Share Image
Art must unquestionably have a social value; that is, as a potential means of communication it must be addressed, and in comprehensible… — Rockwell Kent Copy Share Image
When demagogues and dictators ban art, this is the reason: art is the great solvent of obedient fundamentalism. — Howard Jacobson Copy Share Image
I'd live in a museum if I could. I used to spend hours and hours in the Museum of Modern Art. — Sylvester Stallone Copy Share Image
I think you're all mad. But that's part and parcel of being an artistic genius, isn't it? — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
Egyptians are quite incredible people. They have everything: the culture, the music, the scenes. So much of Arab music and art started… — Yasmine Hamdan Copy Share Image
Arts and sciences are not cast in a mould, but are found and perfected by degrees, by often handling and polishing. — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
Look. Art knows no prejudice, art knows no boundaries, art doesn't really have judgement in it's purest form. So just go, just… — K. D. Lang Copy Share Image
Truth in art is the unity of a thing with itself: the outward rendered expressive of the inward: the soul made incarnate:… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Death is not necessarily what gives meaning to life LIFE gives meaning to life, and what we do with life, which is… — Jason Silva Copy Share Image
And having those mystical elements you see in Asian cinema and certainly Asian martial arts cinema, it's something that we wanted to… — Alfred Gough Copy Share Image
“You can't dance to paintings. This is something Ben said, during one of our White Cube conversations, back when I was still… — Sara Baume Copy Share Image
“Without being aware that I was following in my father’s footsteps, I read, before I went to Cambridge, Mill’s Logic and Political… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
One of the great functions of art is to help us imagine what it is like to be not ourselves, what it… — Adrienne Rich Copy Share Image
In film, a dancer should always be shot from head to toe, because that way you can see the whole body and… — Gene Kelly Copy Share Image
I met my wife Anne who was a sociology student, and her influence together with activities associated with the student movement of… — Paul Nurse Copy Share Image
Revolution is Tupac showing a young artist that he can scribble in a notebook and it's worth a lot. — Afeni Shakur Copy Share Image
I don't think there's anything to be afraid of. Failure brings great rewards - in the life of an artist. — Quentin Tarantino Copy Share Image
Politics may be the art of the possible, but at least in life, give the impossible a go. — Tony Blair Copy Share Image
For one thing, Judo in reality is not a mere sport or game. I regard it as a principle of life, art… — Kano Jigoro Copy Share Image
No, my degree was history, not the practice of art! I can't draw to save my life you know. — Emma Anderson Copy Share Image
You've really got to appreciate an artist that's really outspoken and feels like his music can change the world. — Rakim Copy Share Image
Madame Schmid belonged to that large class of persons who believe that a man who engages in any form of art is… — Molly Elliot Seawell Copy Share Image
I'm aware that creative art is my form of ministry, my form of activism, my gifts, and with that comes great responsibility. — Da'Vine Joy Randolph Copy Share Image
An artist must forget painting when he paints. That's the only way he will do original work. — Pablo Picasso Copy Share Image
I grew up in an non-athletic family, where my parents were interested in music, in literature, in education and art. — Bill Walton Copy Share Image
Even those truths that are painful will ultimately increase my wisdom, undergird my strength, make possible my art. — Pat Schneider Copy Share Image
It seems to me that we become more dear one to the other, in together admiring works of art, which speak to… — Madame de Stael Copy Share Image
To be quite blunt, I make pictures for money, to pay the rent.There are some great artists in the business. I am… — John Ford Copy Share Image
Photography has all the rights, and all the merits, necessary for us to turn towards it as the art of our time. — Alexander Rodchenko Copy Share Image
I put a lot of time and energy into studying the art of filmmaking, but I hadn't put a lot of energy… — Max Joseph Copy Share Image
I would like to see a future where artists think that they have a right to contemplate things like global warming. — Brian Eno Copy Share Image
On the ridge where the great artist moves forward, every step is an adventure, an extreme risk. In that risk, however, and… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
Painting is something that requires a lot of time - it's not just one good idea out of art school. — Caio Fonseca Copy Share Image
Too many of the artists of Wales spend too much time talking about the position of theartists of Wales.There is only one… — Dylan Thomas Copy Share Image
I define science fiction as the art of the possible. Fantasy is the art of the impossible. — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
“The ordinary arts we practice every day at home are of more importance to the soul than their simplicity might suggest.” — Thomas Moore Copy Share Image
“Of course it's almost ludicrously difficult to talk about art. And about beauty. Beauty is a perversion--how can you retain your self-respect… — Torgny Lindgren Copy Share Image
I think the best way I've grown as an artist period, not just in relation to creating music, is having a lot… — Jinkx Monsoon Copy Share Image
There is an art to writing, and it is not always disclosure. The act itself can be beautiful, revelatory, and private. — Terry Tempest Williams Copy Share Image
