“The public for which masterpieces are intended is not on this earth.” — Thornton Wilder Copy Share Image
I don't believe in selling art by transparencies. Art is a firsthand experience. — Arne Glimcher Copy Share Image
“Art is not merely a decorative enhancement of our lives, but a sign of our desire to live in the world fully… — Jan Zwicky Copy Share Image
A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he is to be ultimately at peace with… — Abraham Maslow Copy Share Image
I swear if I had to do this over again, I would just do the paintings and never show them. — Cy Twombly Copy Share Image
Art is a partnership not only between those who are living but between those who are dead and those who are yet… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
“I’d paint with a beard if I could grow out of my abstract expressionist phase.” — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
There are different kinds of concentration required to make a painting, different kinds of being present. — Joe Bradley Copy Share Image
It's very hard to find artists in the history of western art who don't make portraiture ideological in some way. — Hilton Als Copy Share Image
“The Metropolitan Museum of Art claims to be the largest in the western hemisphere. It's right, but I'm not too sure about… — Jonathan Gash Copy Share Image
There can be no 'graduated exercises in drawing' leading up to an artistic creation. That goal can be attained only through the… — Maria Montessori Copy Share Image
You must not get too possessive, especially in our profession, where you know things aren't going to be easy. You can either… — Jaya Bachchan Copy Share Image
The great God endows His children variously. To some He gives intellect...and they move the earth. To some He allots heart...and the… — Mary Roberts Rinehart Copy Share Image
Music is a vital part of my life, and it has been since I was a kid. It helped me find my… — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share Image
Man, I would demand that artist come to the table with better variety. I would demand that musicians know music history, not… — Pharoahe Monch Copy Share Image
I don't consider myself a great drummer. I consider myself just a music fan that's a very, very passionate artist, and the… — Mike Portnoy Copy Share Image
A painting is merely the image of a tree, a man, or any other object reflected in a fountain. The difference between… — Benvenuto Cellini Copy Share Image
It is possible to deal with the entire environment as a work of art. — Marshall McLuhan Copy Share Image