Why is it that English, drama and music teachers are most often recalled as our mentors and inspirations? Maybe because artists are… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
Actually solving the puzzles in the book isn't going to improve anyone's writing, but "trying to solve the puzzle" is one way… — Peter Turchi Copy Share Image
Someone told me there was a publisher that could find a good home for my songs, but I didn't want to give… — Michael Bolton Copy Share Image
I don't think you make a choice to be an artist. There was no decision for me. I've been expressing myself this… — Yoko Ono Copy Share Image
The director’s task is to recreate life, its movement, its contradictions, its dynamic and conflicts. It is his duty to reveal every… — Andrei Tarkovsky Copy Share Image
When I was in high school, I thought I might be an artist. I was very good at drawing and painting. — Roma Downey Copy Share Image
When I left school, I wanted to be an artist, specifically a painter. — Jonathan Pryce Copy Share Image
Who am I?, the artist asks. And he devotes his whole life to finding out. — Agnes de Mille Copy Share Image
I think that artists don't make art - the art makes itself through us. I'm not the doer. I'm just along for… — Ezra Miller Copy Share Image
A director is a man, therefore he has ideas; he is also an artist, therefore he has imagination. Whether they are good… — Michelangelo Antonioni Copy Share Image
I can't deny that label-support gave me a leg up - though not every successful artist needs it. — David Byrne Copy Share Image
Artists in not only country but other genres usually make four or five albums, then they change producers to keep their sound… — Juice Newton Copy Share Image
The masterpiece should appear as the flower to the painter - perfect in its bud as in its bloom - with no… — James Whistler Copy Share Image
It depends on what kind of minimalism you're talking about, of course. I love both those artists - Brian Eno and William… — Tim Hecker Copy Share Image
Off fall the wife, the mother, the lover, the teacher, and the violent artist takes over. I am I alone. I belong… — Sylvia Ashton-Warner Copy Share Image
“A dreamer rises above their inherent fearfulness that they will always produce inferior work and grants oneself a license to put forth… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
I think the production thing was a stroke of luck really. But for me, I had to do it, as it was… — Jazzie B Copy Share Image
Go into yourself and test the deeps in which your life takes rise; at its source you will find the answer to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Every other year or so I go to one of those great generous places, the artist retreats. Some of the poems in… — Jane Hirshfield Copy Share Image
I never wanted to study art. And I don't think you need to study art if you are an artist. It's even… — Alejandro Jodorowsky Copy Share Image
Bohemia isn't somewhere an artist runs to escape society. It's a place where like-minded artists gather to plot the downfall of dogma… — Donovan Copy Share Image
I'm very much involved in art. I started buying art a few years ago and really like the work of T.C. Cannon,… — Ronnie Dunn Copy Share Image