Pure painting or the art of drawing whose point of departure is based on purely formal criteria is,in my opinion,passé. I do… — Gunter Brus Copy Share Image
I'm really excited because Interscope is really focused on artists. They've been working side by side with me creatively and allowing me… — Daya Copy Share Image
A popular cliche in philosophy says that science is pure analysis or reductionism, like taking the rainbow to pieces; and art is… — Jacob Bronowski Copy Share Image
“Is this a dagger which I see before me, The handle toward my hand? Come, let me clutch thee. I have thee… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Artists, whether they're classical musicians or pop musicians, they have always been the reflection of society, and in many ways a healing… — George Duke Copy Share Image
I went to art school and interned at DC, and then did the band. When that stuff comes up, you've gotta embrace… — Gerard Way Copy Share Image
“In previous centuries, the Church was the great controller, dictating morality, stifling free expression and posing as conservator of all great art… — Anton Szandor LaVey Copy Share Image
“So, verily, with every difficulty, there is relief; Verily, with every difficulty there is relief. Therefore, when thou art free (from thine… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“She soon learned, though, that giving weight to other people's opinions was creative nihilism; it was like being banished from the Land… — Stephanie Kallos Copy Share Image
“Revolutionary art need not be overtly political in content; what is more important is that it demand a new means of perception… — Ann Daly Copy Share Image
An artist strives to frame his ideals in an image; to challenge his audience and to make his vision immortal. But the… — Andrew Ryan Copy Share Image
An understanding of what food is and how cooking works does no violence to the art of cuisine, destroys no delightful mystery.… — Harold McGee Copy Share Image
The only line that's wrong in Shakespeare is 'holding a mirror up to nature.' You hold a magnifying glass up to nature.… — Montgomery Clift Copy Share Image
I didn't grow up like Quentin Tarantino, watching esoteric art films at the video store. I'd go to the multiplex and see… — Doug Liman Copy Share Image
Aww man, growing up listening to the sort of music that I listen to, there were a lot of times in class… — Rhea Ripley Copy Share Image
I've established myself as a proper artist. And it's ridiculous when anyone questions my credibility - I've had four number one singles… — Olly Murs Copy Share Image
If you have value as an artist it's probably going to be in your capacity to let things inside you get past… — Tony Kushner Copy Share Image
May I repeat what I told you here: treat nature by means of the cylinder, the sphere, the cone, everything brought into… — Paul Cezanne Copy Share Image
I like art; if I could just draw pictures all day, I would, but I can't; I'm horrible. I practiced at it,… — Iman Shumpert Copy Share Image
In my low periods, I wondered what was the point of creating art. For whom? Are we animating God? Are we talking… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
DYT, under the direction of Paula Garfield, was my first experience of deaf performing arts and I loved my time there. It… — Rose Ayling-Ellis Copy Share Image
You don't look at a painting and ask if the artist was gay or straight. I think it's irrelevant in any situation… — Bryan Batt Copy Share Image
Turning 30 was really big for me. I can get really stuck on 'I don't like this or that about myself.' I've… — Reese Witherspoon Copy Share Image
It took time for the church to come to terms with the ignominy of the cross. Church fathers forbade its depiction in… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
“When you think about new-born babies being killed in our own lifetime,' he said, 'all the efforts of culture seem worthless. What… — Vasily Grossman Copy Share Image
My biggest inspiration is black America and what they've done in the arts. I have always felt like an outsider in America,… — Hasan Minhaj Copy Share Image
Art is elemental. Reason alone as it's expressed in the sciences can't be man's complete answer to reality, and it can't express… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Drawing from art history and mythology allows me to connect with viewers in a familiar, yet loose visual framework. Blending disparate histories… — John Dyer Baizley Copy Share Image
If you are on Craigslist to get a sofa, and you see one for free. You think there’s something tragically wrong with… — Jessica Hische Copy Share Image
Until cubism, all art, all pictures, could be 'read' by anybody. If this hadn't been so, the Christian message wouldn't have been… — David Hockney Copy Share Image
I don't think film schools are mentoring kids. I think they just send them through the curriculum, so now you know how… — Rob Nilsson Copy Share Image
Playboys' was an authentic junkie record. Art Pepper was just out of jail, Chet was arrested a week after the session, and… — Jimmy Heath Copy Share Image
I don't think I'm an artist or that I'm doing anything superintellectual. What's important to me is to get a visceral reaction… — Joseph Altuzarra Copy Share Image
I'm realistic about my age and realistic about the fact that there's an awful lot less in front of me than there… — Roger Daltrey Copy Share Image
I enjoyed cross-country road trips. And I found the work challenging because it was art that existed on the land rather than… — Virginia Dwan Copy Share Image
“I understand, my lord. I…don’t wish to embarrass you again.” “Embarrass me? Jean, you misunderstand.” Maranzalla kicked idly at the toy rapier,… — Scott Lynch Copy Share Image
We think it hugely important to support young artists, there is a war against that kind of artistry, that kind of creation...When… — Will Smith Copy Share Image
The main reason for civilization is that life is more comfortable. In a way, houses are there to protect us from rain,… — Pipilotti Rist Copy Share Image
I actually happened to be in Haiti right before the earthquake in 2010. I was there already with the organization I work… — Olivia Wilde Copy Share Image
When you go on your Twitter or look down your Timeline and it's all great positivity - I love that. But at… — Kendrick Lamar Copy Share Image