When you go on a stage - or even in a café or a room - and you play it's all happening… — Gail Ann Dorsey Copy Share Image
“Just as Shakespeare filled his works with straightforward storylines, sex, violence, and bawdy jokes for the “groundlings” (the uneducated peasants who stood… — Benjamin Blech Copy Share Image
“The world was so unbearably pretty, and it continued being so all the way down the mountain to school. I felt slightly… — Douglas Coupland Copy Share Image
“Well, every art requires appreciation, doesn't it? I mean people who paint, sculpt, or write books want an audience. that's the reason… — Margaret Powell Copy Share Image
You can describe [Portrait of the Artist as a Shadow of His Former Self] as a manifesto of sorts. I saw it… — Kerry James Marshall Copy Share Image
“Don't imagine that the art of poetry is any simpler than the art of music, or that you can please the expert… — Ezra Pound Copy Share Image
“[Who are the artists you admire, Surrealist or otherwise?] Remedios Varo, Max Ernst, Charlotte Salomon, Goya, Aubrey Beardsley. Beardsley is not so… — Audrey Niffenegger Copy Share Image
I'm one of those artists that people take my music without my consent. People love to snatch my music and do things… — Kool Keith Copy Share Image
Among the Indians, as among other nations, some people are born artists, but most are not. I am a born artist. I… — Norval Morrisseau Copy Share Image
A film has to be for commercial success as well as earn you respect as an artist. You don't want to do… — Saif Ali Khan Copy Share Image
I always make this joke that I know you were expecting to see the big skirts and the hoops. But that was… — Jody Watley Copy Share Image
I think it is the responsibility of critics to rely less strenuously on, to use a Hollywood phrase, "what they can live… — Edward Albee Copy Share Image
“If you want to master the art of the sentence, you must first accept a somewhat unpleasant truth--something a lot of writers… — June Casagrande Copy Share Image
Where I know I wanna go is being consistent on business, and that's just making another artist, my clothing line - capitalizing… — Nayvadius Cash Copy Share Image
Jive never saw any value in me as a long-term artist. Even as I was doing it they were like, 'You're not… — Too Short Copy Share Image
I'm a Sufi Muslim, I would say. I believe in using the medium to create a good vibration because art is so… — A. R. Rahman Copy Share Image
“Of course Tucker Crowe was in pain when he made [the record], but he couldn't just march into a recording studio and… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
Solange's new album, 'A Seat at the Table', is so many things at once: an antidote to hate, a celebration of blackness,… — Tavi Gevinson Copy Share Image
The art of communicating is to speak with a non judging sensitivity and mean it rather than impulsively verbalizing whatever feelings arise;… — Judith Orloff Copy Share Image
I do not know when, but I know that many have come in this century to develop arts and sciences, sow the… — Giordano Bruno Copy Share Image
The best painters, as they progress in reputation and towards perfection, are found to dispense more and more with the technique of… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
Art is a tyrant. It demands heart, brain, soul, body. The entireness of the votary. Nothing less will win its highest favor.… — Rosa Bonheur Copy Share Image
It's cool how to see how my creative juices have shown themselves when they're not being used for 'Euphoria' every day. I'm… — Hunter Schafer Copy Share Image
An art form requires genius. People of genius are always troublemakers, meaning they start from scratch, demolish accepted norms and rebuild a… — Henri Langlois Copy Share Image
The attitude and reactions of artists toward their art children reveal an attitude similar to that which mothers in general possess toward… — Beatrice M. Hinkle Copy Share Image
I encourage film students who are interested in cinematography to study sculpture, paintings, music, writing and other arts. Filmmaking consists of all… — Vilmos Zsigmond Copy Share Image
Sometimes I wish I was one of those artists like David Bowie. They're not putting their private lives out there; it's about… — John Grant Copy Share Image
As an actor, it seems like we're always trying to get a job, so when you actually have a job, it's just… — Josh Holloway Copy Share Image
I like being connected to young people, or younger people who are trying to figure out the language of film, bringing theorists… — Matthew Porterfield Copy Share Image
Everything in life is drawing, if you want. Drawing is quintessential to knowing the self. Art that survives from one generation to… — Richard Tuttle Copy Share Image
[Albert] Hoxie, my Western Civilization professor. I had him in my freshman year and he opened up an extraordinary world to me… — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
Artists draw for themselves, If someone draws for them, theyre not an artist. An artist is someone who makes their own music… — Jay Park Copy Share Image
“Human artistic expression is blessedly, refreshingly nonessential. That's exactly why I love it so much. [...] The fact that I get to… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
As a new artist, you come out, and there are so many other new artists. It seems like there's a whole wave… — Jason Aldean Copy Share Image
I don't need to live my art and almost die to understand my heroines. I want to love my sons, live quietly,… — Measha Brueggergosman Copy Share Image
When a man's life becomes poetry, becomes a song, becomes a work of art, a creativity, he has become a sannyasin. Whether… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
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When you play to an audience, you come away energized. It's the promo that really breaks an artist. Some lad sitting on… — Hozier Copy Share Image
When one has reached maturity in the art, one will have a formless form. It is like ice dissolving in water. When… — Bruce Lee Copy Share Image
There are still some people out there who believe comic books are nothing more than, well, comic books. But the true cognoscenti… — John Ridley Copy Share Image
![“You can describe [Portrait of the Artist as a Shadow of His Former Self] as a manifesto of sorts. I saw it as a pivotal turn, a work that really led me down the avenues that brought me to where I am. That picture was the vehicle that helped me clarify a lot of things and I began to understand that…” quote by Kerry James Marshall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d6b/kerry-james-marshall-5157_art_you-can-describe-portrait-of-the-artist_1969257.jpg)
![“[Who are the artists you admire, Surrealist or otherwise?] Remedios Varo, Max Ernst, Charlotte Salomon, Goya, Aubrey Beardsley. Beardsley is not so much about the impossible as he is about freaks and deformities, but those are interesting to me too.” quote by Audrey Niffenegger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/93e/audrey-niffenegger-1298_art_who-are-the-artists-you-admire-surrealis_2325281.jpg)
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![“[Albert] Hoxie, my Western Civilization professor. I had him in my freshman year and he opened up an extraordinary world to me that I've never forgotten. He used his extensive knowledge of art history to illustrate the development of Western culture and politics.” quote by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d5c/kareem-abdul-jabbar-1909_albert_albert-hoxie-my-western-civilization-pro_1414971.png)
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