“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
“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
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
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
“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 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 mathematician's best work is art, a high perfect art, as daring as the most secret dreams of imagination, clear and limpid.… — Gosta Mittag-Leffler Copy Share Image
The journey has moulded me into the person I am today. The journey of my mixed martial arts experience has been filled… — Robert Whittaker Copy Share Image
Duke Ellington, Art Tatum, and many other great jazz musicians objected to their music being called jazz. While the outside world may… — Dave Brubeck Copy Share Image
“Typical artist,' said Granny. 'He just painted the showy stuff in the front... And what about these cherubs? We're not going to… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
We, as band, always positioned ourselves between art and entertainment, which often works against us - Fischerspooner is between business models. Art… — Casey Spooner Copy Share Image
I went to performing arts high school, and I took dance and acting every day. Then, I went to Marymount Manhattan College… — Jenna Ushkowitz Copy Share Image
My definition of art has always been the same. It is about freedom of expression, a new way of communication. It is… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
However, there probably is a slight connection between the high-wire, super sensitivity, open to everything and too much, and slightly fragile soul… — Anne Roiphe 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 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
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
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
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
“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
I'd like to do music in the same way - in a witty way. People think of YG artists as rarely appearing… — Seungri 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
[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
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
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
“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 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
I'm an artist, I paint on a smile. I'm an actress, I hold back the tears. I'm a doctor, trying to fix… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
At the School of Visual Arts in New York, you can get your degree in Net art, which is really a fantastic… — Laurie Anderson Copy Share Image
With the plundered people transferring their energies into relaxed and receptive thoughts, degradation and lust for power produced art. — Peter Weiss Copy Share Image
Professional wresting is like performance art. It truly is. You're taking the crowd on a ride, on an emotional roller coaster. — Stephanie McMahon Copy Share Image
I'm so proud that my offspring became a musician. I'm full of awe that we are able to have a whole family… — Maxine Hong Kingston Copy Share Image