I took art courses, only in the sense that I was able to - I took art classes, which were fun, which… — Robert Barry Copy Share Image
When people say, 'Who are you?' I'm a sculptor and a painter. That's how I define myself. The acting is fun, and… — Michael Horse Copy Share Image
L.A. has a lot of tackiness to it, but at the same time, in that funny kind of fantasy pretentiousness, it's unpretentious… — Michael C. McMillen Copy Share Image
Yes, we were amazed when that happened. It was a real joke to us. Konrad Lueg and I did a Happening, and… — Gerhard Richter Copy Share Image
I was being generous. Gia Coppola wasn't even a filmmaker at that time, but I asked her to do it, because I… — James Franco Copy Share Image
The paintings in our galleries are seen one day in bright sunshine and another day in the dim light of a rainy… — Ernst Gombrich Copy Share Image
“The truth is that, just as in the other imitative arts one imitation is always of one thing, so in poetry the… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
When I paint, I liberate monsters They are the manifestations of all the doubts, searches and groping for meaning and expression which… — Pierre Alechinsky Copy Share Image
“When I was a child, my artist mom told me that there was no such thing as bad art. I know now… — Chris Orwig Copy Share Image
In so many areas, when you think about it, you never really see an actor cross over to music. It always music… — Nick Cannon Copy Share Image
You only have to talk to artists to see that they work according to rules, and that they know all too well… — Frederick C. Beiser Copy Share Image
All communication is like art. It may fairly be said, therefore, that any social arrangement that remains vitally social, or vitally shared,… — John Dewey Copy Share Image
The world of art, I have suggested, is full of fakes. Fake originality, fake emotion and the fake expertise of the critics… — Roger Scruton Copy Share Image
“I once saw a small child go to an electric light switch as say, "Mamma, can I open the light?" She was… — Ezra Pound Copy Share Image
Illusion - or rather appearance, semblance - is the theme of my life (could be theme of speech welcoming freshmen to the… — Gerhard Richter Copy Share Image
Sculpture and painting are very justly called liberal arts; a lively and strong imagination, together with a just observation, being absolutely necessary… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
If a band or artist isn't tweeting or writing posts on Facebook every day, there can be this kind of mystique built… — Washed Out Copy Share Image
I think art can really serve to inspire a movement - and, of course, it has in the past. The Civil Rights… — Saul Williams Copy Share Image
I think what made it difficult for people to get, and still makes it difficult for people to get, is the theatrical… — Lady Gaga Copy Share Image
Clyde Phillip Wachsberger's delightful memoir about tending beds of flowers as compensation for a lonely middle age only to find unexpected romance… — Philip Gambone Copy Share Image
The thing I'm obsessed with is really great bad paintings. I have a storage locker full of them and I want to… — Jennifer Coolidge Copy Share Image
Science is the art of creating suitable illusions which the fool believes or argues against, but the wise man enjoys for their… — Carl Jung Copy Share Image
Artist and illustrator R. Crumb did a whole illustration of Genesis. And he didn't go away from the text; he was totally… — Darren Aronofsky Copy Share Image
“The state of civil society, which necessarily generates this aristocracy, is a state of nature; and much more truly so than a… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
“That man is perfect in faith who can come to God in the utter dearth of his feelings and his desires, without… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
“Remember, art is an extension of self. …. The unique distinction of being created in the image of God is that what… — Erwin Raphael McManus Copy Share Image
If it were customary to send little girls to school and teach them the same subjects as are taught to boys, they… — Christine de Pizan Copy Share Image
She wished she hadn't succumbed to irritation. Because she wanted to know about his inner feelings. She always thought people were like… — Christina Dodd Copy Share Image
I found so-called great art too pompous, too stiff. What at this time was called minor art was freer, more imaginative, more… — Jacques Lipchitz Copy Share Image
Australia's is a special kind of philistinism, an immovable materialism which puts art and ideas of any kind deliberately and firmly to… — Robin Boyd Copy Share Image
“I want to depict the artist's struggle with reality, the sheer effort of creation which goes into every work of art, the… — Émile Zola Copy Share Image
I was one of two first cultural exchange artists been allowed to go to the West. I knew it was such a… — Li Cunxin Copy Share Image
Music and the arts feed our souls, but a decent wage puts food on the table. Musicians, fans of music, and grassroots… — Tom Morello Copy Share Image
[Vincent Price] had a fish recipe where he wrapped [the fish] in aluminum foil and put in these herbs. And then you… — Cassandra Peterson Copy Share Image
“In the sense, that is, that the author who created us alive no longer wished, or was no longer able, materially to… — Luigi Pirandello Copy Share Image
I guess I learned a couple of good lessons from my dad. One was when you're creating something, what you want when… — Brian Henson Copy Share Image
I believe that if you're an artist, it's like a gift. If you can do this for a living and you can… — El-P Copy Share Image
I am a great artist and I know it. It's because of what I am that I have endured so much suffering,… — Paul Gauguin Copy Share Image
Schools are really bad now. Schools are not only bad in reading, writing and arithmetic, they're worse in cultural aspects, like in… — John Kricfalusi Copy Share Image
Meditation practice is like piano scales, basketball drills, ballroom dance class. Practice requires discipline; it can be tedious; it is necessary. After… — Elizabeth Lesser Copy Share Image
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