Every major work of art is a transgression, but the artist is not necessarily, by nature, a transgressor. — E. L. Doctorow Copy Share Image
As much as I say I am uncomfortable with too much attention, but in essence that's what I, every artiste works for. — Akshaye Khanna Copy Share Image
“Interpretation, based on the highly dubious theory that a work of art is composed of items of content, violates art.” — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
Usually people like to categorise artists. With my films, I categorise people: if I know which one of my movies you like,… — Mohsen Makhmalbaf Copy Share Image
Even Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci were entertainers. In that way, I am an entertainer and want to make art that is… — Yasumasa Morimura Copy Share Image
One performer whose band played my music better than I could myself was Art Farmer. He recorded 'Sing Me Softly of the… — Carla Bley Copy Share Image
Warhol took outcasts and made them into stars. There will never be another artist like him. — Udo Kier Copy Share Image
Sometimes there are painters or very famous artists who start to become artists after they are dead because an audience or a… — Rokia Traore Copy Share Image
Sometime I'm going to do an essay called 'The Virtues of Amateurism' for all of those people who wish they earned their… — Robert James Waller Copy Share Image
“In times when evil comes because men misunderstand and hate one another, it is the mission of the artist to praise sweetness,… — George Sand Copy Share Image
“Art value always goes up once the artist’s associated with fucked-up things such as cutting off his own ear like Van Gogh,… — Matthew Quick Copy Share Image
When asked how she knows when her writing is where she wants it to be: "I know when it's the best I… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Courbet comes in 1849 with the intention of overthrowing past art and constructing it anew. While he speaks only of realism, of… — Jules Breton Copy Share Image
Music and fashion go hand in hand. I think music inspires all types of arts; it inspires life, emotion, mood, and all… — Rihanna Copy Share Image
Lucian Freud's career affirms that the only thing an artist can do is remain true to whatever vision, (lack of) talent, or… — Jerry Saltz Copy Share Image
To see the butcher slap the steak before he laid it on the block, and give his knife a sharpening, was to… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
It might crush a lot of people, but I've never been in the room with an artist that I've written a song… — Bebe Rexha Copy Share Image
When I'm at the gym, I work very hard to achieve my goal and to get better as a mixed martial artist. — Rory MacDonald Copy Share Image
Ideas alone can be works of art; they are in a chain of development that may eventually find some form. All ideas… — Sol LeWitt Copy Share Image
Japanese people accept that art and commerce will be blended; and, in fact, they are surprised by the rigid and pretentious Western… — Takashi Murakami Copy Share Image
You don't have to be Michelangelo to teach basic art, just as you don't have to be Shakespeare to be able to… — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
For me, if the music is good, whether the artist is famous or unknown, I love being part of the music and… — Tony Levin Copy Share Image
Art is the method of levitation, in order to separate one's self from enslavement by the earth. — Anais Nin Copy Share Image
The art of being sometimes audacious and sometimes very prudent is the secret of success. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
To write a song is one thing, to get it to No.1 is another and to have a respected artist cover it… — Shakin' Stevens Copy Share Image
A verbal art like poetry is reflective; it stops to think. Music is immediate, it goes on to become. — W. H. Auden Copy Share Image
The way an actor is trained doesn't ultimately have much bearing on my work. I'm interested in the actor as artist. — Mike Leigh Copy Share Image
“Artists are dishonest creatures really. They foist their version of reality upon us while making it all up. Writers, painters, musicians, auteurs—they’re… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I always wanted to be an artist; being a songwriter for myself was always a must but being a songwriter for others… — Jessie J Copy Share Image
I respect Lady Gaga's work as an artist and as a fellow fashion icon. She is a very talented performer, playing the… — Roisin Murphy Copy Share Image
Artists and their subjects are the star-crossed lovers of the world. They recognize each other on impact. — Sara Genn Copy Share Image
The military has no constant form, just as water has no constant shape - adapt as you face the enemy, without letting… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
God is really only another artist. He invented the giraffe, the elephant, and the cat. He has no real style. He just… — Pablo Picasso Copy Share Image
The nature of being an artist in any field, but specifically in comedy, is that almost as soon as you finish something… — Raphael Bob-Waksberg Copy Share Image
Actually, I tossed it nicely, landed nicely, like airplane. No warning, beautiful. That's the art of throwing racquets. — Goran Ivanisevic Copy Share Image
Art supplies constantly to contemplation what nature seldom affords in concrete experience - the union of life and peace. — George Santayana Copy Share Image
You have to take from each artist what works for you, and then create your own sound. You put different combinations in… — Al B. Sure Copy Share Image
That's what teaching is, the art of explanation: presenting the right information in the right order in a memorable way. — Taylor Mali Copy Share Image
Great works of art are only great because they are accessible and comprehensible to everyone. — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
Women artists, no matter how well recognized they are, are seldom given solo exhibitions or featured in significant group shows. They are… — Agnes Gund Copy Share Image
