It is better to excel in any single art than to arrive only at mediocrity in several, so moderate skill in several… — Pliny the Younger Copy Share Image
What I love most in life happens to be the very thing that I do day-to-day, as my work. What would be… — Ryan Adams Copy Share Image
“The world of Rnoir is a single entity. The red of the poppy determines the pose of the young woman with the… — Jean Renoir Copy Share Image
“I perceived how foolish I had been in consenting to take my turn with you in praising love, and saying that I… — Plato Copy Share Image
“live in sound, always in noise. Perhaps because it is so constant, the art of listening to them falls off, and so… — Gary Paulsen Copy Share Image
In order to correctly define art, it is necessary, first of all, to cease to consider it as a means to pleasure… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
“He suggested I play golf, but finally agreed to give me something that, he said, "would really work"; and going to a… — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
Art can be a medium for people to discover universal spirit, with imagery not isolated to one particular wisdom path, but pointing… — Alex Grey Copy Share Image
“But it was from him - with his cool, long sideburns and aviator sunglasses, and box of watercolor paints (and artist's paycheck)… — Gabrielle Hamilton Copy Share Image
I remember I heard it in an interview with Michael Jackson one day, saying the art is gone, everybody makes records just… — Raekwon Copy Share Image
Now then, you of noble mind, who love this profession, come at once to art and accept these precepts: enthusiasm , reverence,… — Cennino Cennini Copy Share Image
I've always been interested in visual art and used to be much more into theater when I was younger, or more knowledgeable… — Todd Haynes Copy Share Image
Every artist of importance creates his own world, with its own laws - creates and shapes it in his own shape and… — Yevgeny Zamyatin Copy Share Image
Strength of my heart, I need not fail, Not mind to fear but to obey, With such a Leader, who could quail?… — Amy Carmichael Copy Share Image
Skateboarding has always been and continues to be creative and rebellious. Art and design are an extremely important part of skateboard culture,… — Shepard Fairey Copy Share Image
“There is also a third kind of madness, which is possession by the Muses, enters into a delicate and virgin soul, and… — Plato Copy Share Image
I think that for thousands of years people have made the observation that there are certain kinds of extreme depressive states that… — Kay Redfield Jamison Copy Share Image
“Art is not just a display of beauty. Art also reflects what is ugly, and it celebrates the grotesque. An artist frequently… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
I'm one of the few artists who started from the ground up for real. Not taking no records to the radio station… — Yo Gotti Copy Share Image
“The dignity and energy of the Roman character, conspicuous in war and in politics, were not easily tamed and adjusted to the… — The Richmond Enquirer 1850s Copy Share Image
“This is a familiar syndrome. There is a stage with every drawing or painting when it looks banal and clumsy. It's worth… — Antony Sher Copy Share Image
I learned how the brain is the softest organ we have - how soft the brain literally is and also how easily… — Paola Pivi Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, now in boxing people are only allowed to punch. In Judo, people are only allowed to throw. I do not despise… — Bruce Lee Copy Share Image
Now being in such grace and favor by reason I learned him some points of geometry and understanding of the art of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Art is nothing but the expression of our dream; the more we surrender to it the closer we get to the inner… — Franz Marc Copy Share Image
I probably wouldn't be here today if it wasn't for the gay community supporting me. I wouldn't be the artist I was… — Kiesza Copy Share Image
“No, thou art come too late, Empedocles! And the world hath the day, and must break thee, Not thou the world. With… — Matthew Arnold Copy Share Image
“All war is based in deception (cfr. Sun Tzu, “The Art of War”). Definition of deception: “The practice of deliberately making somebody… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It is not a question of skimming the surface of the art, it must be probed to its depths, for to seize… — Jean-Georges Noverre Copy Share Image
We took a very interesting journey from being really extreme art house filmmakers. But we find that working in commercial filmmaking and… — Joe Russo Copy Share Image
Take up martial arts and get proficient. Take a sword-fighting class. Dive in and immerse yourself in it as you would any… — David Leitch Copy Share Image
Most of the criticism of my work was pretty good, but occasionally it would not be. And I just sort of felt… — Robert Barry Copy Share Image
There is, fortunately, a minority composed of those who recognize early in their lives that the most beautiful and satisfying experiences open… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
We released '1950,' and I felt so grateful for the response from the queer community as well as just musicians and people… — King Princess Copy Share Image
“I suddenly realized that there's something about singing hymns with a large group of people that sharpens the senses remarkably. I stored… — Alan Bradley Copy Share Image
I don't write hits for myself, or for other artists, or to just be writing it. I write it because I was… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A story is told that Whistler once painted a tiny picture of a spray of roses. The artistry involved in the picture… — Sterling W Sill Copy Share Image
One thing about an artist, it doesn't matter how much your work sells for in your life, it's going to sell for… — Tracey Emin Copy Share Image
I love vintage clothes. But they don't love me very much. It is difficult to find anything that fits me because of… — Erin O'Connor Copy Share Image
Science needs the intuition and metaphorical power of the arts, and the arts need the fresh blood of science ... Interpretation is… — E. O. Wilson Copy Share Image
