Michael Jackson was not an artist who comes along once in a decade, a generation, or a lifetime. He was an artist… — Berry Gordy Copy Share Image
Within two weeks of working with her, I realized how good she was for the role because she was absolutely with it… — Albert Finney Copy Share Image
“Perhaps this is the strongest pleasure known to me. It is the rapture I get when in writing I seem to be… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
An artist’s work is almost entirely inquiry based and self-regulated. It is a fragile process of teaching oneself to work alone, and… — Teresita Fernandez Copy Share Image
All my favorite artists were pretty serious in the sense that their music was something I could sink my teeth into, from… — Ed Kowalczyk Copy Share Image
Typically, in France, someone in my position should keep their mouth shut. I'm an entertainer, operating in the realm of pop, and… — Christine and the Queens Copy Share Image
'The Week' is my favourite magazine. Everyone from presidents to CEOs of companies love it, politicians, people in the massive charity business… — Felix Dennis Copy Share Image
When I speak now, my experience in art wells up so articulately that I am surprised even while I am talking. I… — Anne Truitt Copy Share Image
I love poetry. It's at the heart of everything I do. Poetry transforms what we call language, and uses language as the… — Ashley Bryan Copy Share Image
“Passion," the artist implied, would have been the dominant note of his life, had it not been held in check by a… — Edith Wharton Copy Share Image
I am firmly convinced, therefore, that to set up a republic which is to last a long time, the way to set… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
I have always been aware of different movements and directions in art. But, in general, I'm always bored by any kind of… — Georg Baselitz Copy Share Image
I've always performed. From the time that I was little, I was pretty precocious and always gravitated toward performing arts. But I… — Natasha Rothwell Copy Share Image
The realization that The Art of Obscurity is my 25th solo album prompted me to do some deep thinking about where I… — Iain Matthews Copy Share Image
The feat of superbly imitating a muscle, as Michelangelo did, or a face, as Raphael did, created neither progress nor a hierarchy… — Fernand Leger Copy Share Image
I think being from Iran sharpened my eye as an art dealer. This is why, today, I think the true definition of… — Tony Shafrazi Copy Share Image
All writing, all art, is an act of faith. If one tries to contribute to human understanding, how can that be called… — Truman Capote Copy Share Image
A painting is above all a product of the artist's imagination, it must never be a copy. If, at a later stage,… — Edgar Degas Copy Share Image
For a while, all the studios had their art-house divisions, but that went by the by pretty quickly. Now, they're really focusing… — Peter Bogdanovich Copy Share Image
You can go to Graff and buy a diamond that's flawless. You aren't going to be able to buy the same diamond… — Marc Jacobs Copy Share Image
I think artists sometimes go back to something when we never should, for many different reasons. You hear a lot of stories… — Gza Copy Share Image
A lot of people seem to think that art or photography is about the way things look, or the surface of things.… — Nan Goldin Copy Share Image
No doubt, it is useful for an artist to know all the forms of art which have preceded or which accompany his.… — Pablo Picasso Copy Share Image
We had similar interests with Derek Rowan and Paul Hewson; it sounds really pretentious at 12, 13 year old kids were like… — Gavin Friday Copy Share Image
God knows that we are all artists of life. One day, he gives us a hammer with which to make sculptures, another… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
For whatever reason, all my friends are musical wizards and in great bands, but yeah, it really skipped over me. It's one… — Matthew Gray Gubler Copy Share Image
“In our ascent we were often among the clouds hovering about the mountain, and for a while would be enveloped in fog… — Helen Josephine Sanborn Copy Share Image
“Judging your early artistic efforts is artist abuse. This happens in any number of ways: beginning work is measured against the masterworks… — Julia Cameron Copy Share Image
I'd been asked by Takashi Murakami to collaborate on something, which was an honor for me. I was really pleased. And then… — Hiroshi Fujiwara Copy Share Image
A true priest is aware of the presence of the altar during every moment that he is conducting a service. It is… — Constantin Stanislavski Copy Share Image
I am born for God only. Christ is nearer to me than father, or mother, or sister - a near relation, a… — Henry Martyn Copy Share Image
Reality cannot be photographed or represented. We can only create a new reality. And my dilemma is how to make art out… — Alfredo Jaar Copy Share Image
Most of my work is very temporary, very provisional. You can take it with you or you can leave it. Which is… — Jack Pierson Copy Share Image
In rock n' roll, we don't sell records at all like we used to. Yet the artist still has to pay to… — Duff McKagan Copy Share Image
Ironically, even the fashion in New York or Paris or Milan or whatever, or music in Berlin, or art in, I don't… — Nicolas Winding Refn Copy Share Image
“When things get tough, this is what you should do: Make good art. I’m serious. Husband runs off with a politician —… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
I think it would be very good if writers and artists take a stand in electoral politics. They've got the ability to… — Jimmy Breslin Copy Share Image
Evolution explains our biological evolution, but human beings are very unique creatures. As the Dobzhansky said, all animals are unique; humans are… — Donald Johanson Copy Share Image
That's what the best art does, it starts the conversation. What you may see in a scene or a line isn't what… — Misha Green Copy Share Image
The people who successfully start independent businesses (franchises, I think are a different thing) do it because we have no real choice… — Seth Copy Share Image
