“Steven Pressfield, author of The War of Art, identifies this reluctance. He calls it resistance. He writes, “There is a force resisting… — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
In America, a metrical poem is likely to conjure up the idea of the sort of poet who wears ties and lunches… — Joseph Brodsky Copy Share Image
“Certain springs are tapped only when we are alone. The artist knows he must be alone to create; the writer, to work… — Sarah Ban Breathnach Copy Share Image
Every time I work with Dr. Luke I learn something new. He's kind of like the Andy Warhol of pop music, where… — Bonnie McKee Copy Share Image
One can be a great artist without being a great technician. There have been many famous ballet stars who did not have… — Fernando Bujones Copy Share Image
I had my dysfunctions, but music gave me peace and joy. I never felt in tune with the world. My parents always… — Meredith Brooks Copy Share Image
I'm happy to entertain kids you know. It's my biggest pleasure to like see a twelve year old picking up a book… — Marko Djurdjevic Copy Share Image
Arts and sciences in one and the same century have arrived at great perfection; and no wonder, since every age has a… — John Dryden Copy Share Image
“I learnt very early that people like you belong on the margin. You know, if something happens to you, good luck with… — I'm not gay a gay abstract painter (no but I understand the minority mentality Copy Share Image
Poetry is perhaps the oldest art form. We can go back to an age-old idea of naming things, the Adamic impulse -… — Nick Laird Copy Share Image
I don't have a favorite place to see art. I like to encounter it anywhere, museum, gallery, home, studio, street... I do… — James Nares Copy Share Image
To practice properly the Art of Peace, you must: Calm the spirit and return to the source. Cleanse the body and spirit… — Morihei Ueshiba Copy Share Image
You can support trans-positive legislation, tranny artists, and the inclusion of trannies in your neighborhood, schools, place of worship, whatever. For the… — Kate Bornstein Copy Share Image
The public so often want to freeze the artist in a moment in time when they were at their peak, and they… — David Sylvian Copy Share Image
I don't know, samples are just like unlimited ideas, you know? Sometimes a lot of people sample one song. A lot of… — Murda Beatz Copy Share Image
Because of things like 'The X Factor' and 'Autotune', the real art of communicating a song is not treasured any more. But… — Katie Melua Copy Share Image
Fashion alone is so far from being the whole story. It seems that with fashion, as with art, things are getting easier… — Rei Kawakubo Copy Share Image
“Fractals are beautiful to look at when graphed and, thus, had been used in arts and the sciences. It first appeared in… — Tim Clearbrook Copy Share Image
The secret of artistic creation and the effectiveness of art is to be found in a return to the state of 'participation… — Carl Jung Copy Share Image
I think I'm an ambitious artist but you have to understand the measure of your influence on people. You're not going to… — Vik Muniz Copy Share Image
In other countries, congenital introverts simply remain introverts all their lives, neither advancing nor retreating, but America's commitment to extroversion as a… — Florence King Copy Share Image
Art is free, but of course you have to be alert to catch it when it comes onto the canvas. I don’t… — Mirka Mora Copy Share Image
Shaw does not merely decorate a proposition, but makes his way from point to point through new and difficult territory. This explains… — Jacques Barzun Copy Share Image
From the neck up is where you win or lose the battle. It's the art of war. You have to lock yourself… — Anthony Joshua Copy Share Image
Sometimes directors come to me when I have to play some horrible thing, scary or hysterical or crying; they ask, 'Did you… — Kristine Opolais Copy Share Image
There is a continual exchange of ideas between all minds of a generation. Journalists, popular novelists, illustrators, and cartoonists adapt the truths… — Auguste Rodin Copy Share Image
I now require this of all pictures, that they domesticate me, not that they dazzle me. Pictures must not be too picturesque.… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“For the fact is that neither the grammarian nor any other person of skill ever makes a mistake in so far as… — Plato Copy Share Image
Why do people go to the cinema? What takes them into a darkened room where, for two hours, they watch the play… — Andrei Tarkovsky Copy Share Image
It is not quite accurate to say that the objective of art is to represent what happens to us as a consequence… — Peter London Copy Share Image
Those only are happy who have their minds fixed on some object other than their own happiness; on the happiness of others,… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
I don't care about being a pioneer. People act like it would be cool to be a pioneer. I'm okay to be… — Celine Sciamma Copy Share Image
If you are a cabaret artist and you are mostly singing other people's songs, you're asking them to rethink a song, listen… — Alan Cumming Copy Share Image
It's up to the courage of the filmmakers to make art in cinema, not just business. John was rejected by studios, he… — Ben Gazzara Copy Share Image
We are all creators. Whether or not we create is not up to us. We are human, and creating is what we… — Michael Gungor Copy Share Image
If you look at the size of the art world in terms of the money that is being transacted compared to other… — Hans Haacke Copy Share Image
The end (goal) of art is to figure the hidden meaning of things and not their appearance; for in this profound truth… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
Definition of lecture: An art of transmitting Information from the notes of the lecturer to the notes of students without passing through… — RuPaul Copy Share Image
Regardless of its purpose, the humpback-whale song is the most complex piece of nonhuman composition on earth. Whether it's art, prayer, or… — Christopher Moore Copy Share Image
Art is collaboration: we are artists all over the world. I believe that people are always going to watch Hindi films... that's… — Priyanka Chopra Copy Share Image
