Elderly people are like plants. Whereas some go to seed, or to pot, others blossom in the most wonderful ways. I believe… — James Simpson Copy Share Image
“The smear artist reveals himself by his disparate treatment of people and situations. He drapes himself in a superhero cape, claiming to… — Sharyl Attkisson Copy Share Image
“All works of nonfiction, or memoir, have to first and foremost be art before they can be true. They have to be… — Alan Shapiro Copy Share Image
In the future, artists will get record deals because they have fans-not the other way around...The only memento 'kids these days' want… — Taylor Swift Copy Share Image
One thing that really appeals to me is this idea of music being a living thing that has an evolution that, in… — Peter Gabriel Copy Share Image
As an artist, your only way to battle your label if you have a discrepancy is to go to court. I don't… — Martie Maguire Copy Share Image
To tell you the truth, I am rather perplexed by the concept of 'art'. What one person considers to be 'art' is… — M. C. Escher Copy Share Image
Something happened when I was in elementary school. A Disney artist named Bruce McIntyre retired, and he had done drawings for 'Pinocchio'… — Robert Stromberg Copy Share Image
Every artist seems to me to have the job of bearing witness to the world we live in. To some extent I… — Jane Rule Copy Share Image
“I’ve never quite mastered the art of holding my liquor,” she replied. He watched her root around in her purse a moment,… — Anne Rainey Copy Share Image
“He wanted, in short, a work of art both for what it was in itself and for what it allowed him to… — Joris-Karl Huysmans Copy Share Image
The impresario's job is to pick the right people who can pick the right people. He picks the people who can pick… — John Kao Copy Share Image
I never want to be too mean with my songs, but with 'I Hope It Rains' it was definitely somewhere in the… — Jana Kramer Copy Share Image
Sometime during the mid-50s I said, 'I am an artist.' Before that, for many years, I had said, 'I'm going to be… — Jasper Johns Copy Share Image
And I think that's a singer's job. You know, to really interpret a lyric. There's an art to it, and I think… — Lee Ann Womack Copy Share Image
If any art form can accommodate contemporary culture, it's the novel. It's so malleable - it can incorporate essays, poetry, film. Maybe… — Don DeLillo Copy Share Image
The thing about being an artist is that you evolve so quickly, you grow, you learn, you change, you find yourself hating… — Halsey Copy Share Image
A lot of times with my more up-tempo music, I try to take the approach of a hip-hop artist, but when it… — Sisqo Copy Share Image
“I never had any ambition to do anything commercial, anything journalistic. I wanted to be an artist, and I wanted to be… — Lewis Baltz Copy Share Image
As you are working on ideas, you are in a bubble, working on your images. What's important to me in my work,… — David LaChapelle Copy Share Image
...A traveller is to be reverenced as such. His profession is the best symbol of our life. Going from - toward; it… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
When envoys are sent with compliments in their mouths, it is a sign that the enemy wishes for a truce. If the… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
There is this looking at the world as shapes and patterns and colors that have meaning, and you can't deny the superficial… — Wolfgang Tillmans Copy Share Image
The act of writing surprises me all the time. A miraculous thing happens when you have an idea and you want to… — Janette Turner Hospital Copy Share Image
The art of Manifestation - 1/ Define your intent 2/ Be specific about what you want 3/ Believe it is true 4/… — Ritu Ghatourey Copy Share Image
Many rules for the creation of colour schemes have been published in recent years, but, while they are popular in commercial studies,… — Walter J. Phillips Copy Share Image
I think that what most artists are trying to do is trying to understand. I think what distinguishes creative people and/or artists… — Brandon Boyd Copy Share Image
“If it be knowledge or wisdom one is seeking, then one had better go direct to the source. And the source is… — Henry Miller Copy Share Image
I feel like, in many ways, Billie Holiday's still very under-appreciated as an artist. People focus on her voice, and all of… — Jose James Copy Share Image
I'd gone from being this art student messing about with music to this girl with a record deal, magazine front covers and… — Florence Welch Copy Share Image
The world of contemporary art has, in a way, exponentially expanded in the last couple of decades, and almost every major city… — Thomas Heatherwick Copy Share Image
2/2 Usually an animal lover, and great at art, a Rachel is a smart, loyal, caring person, who will listen to people… — Rachel Copy Share Image
As an artist, the most important feeling is loneliness. So when I say artists need to isolate themselves from society this is… — Zhang Xiaogang Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, I looked at art as a way of blending everything. One of my favorite composers is Wagner… — DJ Spooky Copy Share Image
As an artist, I move along in my life, into whatever things I'm doing, and I hear things where it's like, "Oh,… — Andy Summers Copy Share Image
“A big part of serious fiction’s purpose is to give the reader, who like all of us is sort of marooned in… — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
“I sat there and my love to him poured out more and more, and, lo, he flew down to a stump, and… — Agnes Grinstead Anderson Copy Share Image
The London 'Academy' has seen fit recently to scoff at the critics who have been exercising themselves ove rthe so-called art of… — Henry Seidel Canby Copy Share Image
“The enormous amount of financial resources and creative energy that nations have spent on wars and weapons could have been redirected to… — Newton Lee Copy Share Image
I think it's very important for writers and artists generally to be witnesses to the world, and to be transparent. To let… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image