Nature is simply the opportunity for the artist to express himself. — Gustave Moreau Copy Share Image
If you're not willing to go too far, you'll never go far enough in life. — Chael Sonnen Copy Share Image
Oh, thou art fairer than the evening air Clad in the beauty of a thousand stars. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There are so many reactions to art that make sense to me - but 'ick' means something. — Lena Dunham Copy Share Image
“I...I am guilty only of love." "Thou art a fornicator, an unclean Jezebel!” — Virginia Aird Copy Share Image
Don’t just stand there let’s get to it. Strike a pose, there’s nothing to it. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Writing, acting, music, comedy. A deep love of literature and books. Thank God for all the artists who've helped me. — Bill Hicks Copy Share Image
Some people need to learn the art of STFU. Only idiots keep rambling on despite them knowing they're wrong. — Isaiah Harden (Me Copy Share Image
“,Coloring is not just art—it's therapy for the soul. Escape into a world of nature, where every stroke brings peace, and every… — James Butcher Copy Share Image
“Art is the endeavour to sense the invisible rhythms that surround us, to discover their law, to turn chaos to order.” — Ernst-Erik Pfannschmidt Copy Share Image
Pipilotti Rist is a Swiss video artist I learned about pretty early on. She's one of the first contemporary artists I knew… — Martine Syms Copy Share Image
It was easy to leave the art world after I found out that it was just another corporation. When they told me… — Betty Dodson Copy Share Image
Today the art of gardening is practised much more often than any other, in ignorant, impulsive ways, by people who never stop… — Mariana Griswold Van Rensselaer Copy Share Image
There are some people who love being a something, but I also got the gist in the 60's when I grew up… — Charlemagne Palestine Copy Share Image
“If thou art worn and hard beset, With sorrows, that thou wouldst forget; If thou wouldst read a lesson, that will keep… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Copy Share Image
No one would have the courage to walk up to a writer and ask to look at the last few pages of… — Robert Genn Copy Share Image
You desire a popular art? Begin by having a "people" whose minds are liberated, a people not crushed by misery and ceaseless… — Romain Rolland Copy Share Image
Art is fueled by rebellion: the need, in some amounting to obsessions, to resist what is, to defy one's elders, even to… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
Every art form changes, often at rates and in ways that cause discomfort to its devotees. But the arts also have a… — A. O. Scott Copy Share Image
There is no other art medium like tattooing in the world. When the customer comes in with a basic idea, it is… — William Webb Copy Share Image
To have a healthy culture, you have to have stable health care financing and stable arts financing and stable sports financing, and… — Douglas Coupland Copy Share Image
The pursuit of art is a delicate balance between influence and self-assertiveness. As self-realized artists, we all have different levels of tolerance… — Robert Genn Copy Share Image
