The natural reaction of the artist will be strongly towards bringing man back into focus as the center of importance. — Ben Shahn Copy Share Image
To do art, one thing should always remember - subjects of people in misery have deep meanings. — Zhang Yimou Copy Share Image
Reconcile the loss of the painting - no matter how many times it may happen - with the joy of beginning again. — Joshua L. Goldberg Copy Share Image
Art is not an end in itself. It introduces the soul into a higher spiritual order, which it expresses and in some… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
I have been painting white people for much longer in my life than I have done for colored people. — Kehinde Wiley Copy Share Image
“Well, I'm not defining good and bad art, except, that art that appeals to me or repels me is good. Art that… — Lucien Carr Copy Share Image
I'm not an art director; I'm just not. I've always been somebody who has a sensibility that I hope is the same… — Frank Oz Copy Share Image
A critic has no right to the narrowness which is the frequent prerogative of the creative artist. — E. M. Forster Copy Share Image
There is no line of demarcation between the amateurs and the pros; everyone is using the same tactics and playing in the… — Lupe Fiasco Copy Share Image
It was a period when live TV was just starting and getting popular and they took it seriously too. Not so much… — Gena Rowlands Copy Share Image
Well, life isn't a cakewalk, is it?! Eighty-nine percent of the world's most valuable art was created by men living in rat-infested… — Marisha Pessl Copy Share Image
I definitely want to work with Thom Yorke. I want to work with Damien Marley; there's a few international artists I wouldn't… — Lupe Fiasco Copy Share Image
I love like seeing an artist and just being fully encapsulated by the whole narrative and like, you know, getting so deep… — Ruel Copy Share Image
But the artist persists because he has the will to create, and this is the magic power which can transform and transfigure… — Anais Nin Copy Share Image
You can be a giant among artists without ever attaining any great skill. Facility is a dangerous thing. When there is too… — John French Sloan Copy Share Image
From their '61 Cavern Club debut to their last rooftop concert eight years later, The Beatles gave every serious artist in their… — Shawn Amos Copy Share Image
There are many things I do where the centre of it is... It's almost more my humanitarian work than art. — Angelina Jolie Copy Share Image
“We didn't come to the world just to entertain, we came to play remarkable roles, and our reward is to see you… — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
Never strive, O artist, to create what you are not irresistibly impelled to create! — Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach Copy Share Image
I’ve been a con artist since I was 16 and trying to get my dad to buy me a car. I never… — Matt Bomer Copy Share Image
The activity of painting: A thrilling tussle between the artist's materials and his inspiration. — Mervyn Levy Copy Share Image
What a trade! Poor painters! They always wish to be understood, and they are analysed instead. — Pablo Picasso Copy Share Image
As always, my influences are diverse and not what you might expect from a 'heavy metal' artist. — Paul Gilbert Copy Share Image
Artists always try to make something that is going to be relevant and up-to-the-minute. — Robert Lepage Copy Share Image
If you leave your art, the world will beat you back to it. The world has not an ambition worth sharing, or… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
I feel like being an artist and being an activist are separate things; I know some people who feel very differently. — Oscar Isaac Copy Share Image
Overall my race hasn't been a problem. I'm a black artist with white skin. At the end of the day you have… — Teena Marie Copy Share Image
“They say all art—whether books, music, or visual—is a reaction to other art.” — Blake Crouch Copy Share Image
I like to be able to get swift curves in the plant drawings that are usually drawn in five to ten minutes. — Ellsworth Kelly Copy Share Image
Life itself is just a thin coat of paint on the planet, and we hold the paintbrush. — Daniel Dennett Copy Share Image
The question of truth is forever in the air, and people look for it with particular fervor in art. — Duane Michals Copy Share Image
All art is holy. Not that it is all long-faced and miserable; it can be wild and wooly. But if it transforms… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
The humblest painter is a true scholar; and the best of scholars the scholar of nature. — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
I try to physically and mentally immerse myself in whatever it is I am doing. That is good for me as an… — W. Earl Brown Copy Share Image
If you're an artist and you have dreams don't stop fighting because dreams really do come true. — Dahvie Vanity Copy Share Image
To understand a field, you look at its arts. Arts can be cautionary as well as inspiring. — Wil Wheaton Copy Share Image
When people tell me I'm an artist, I say, 'What?' It's impossible for me to take the idea seriously. — Takeshi Kitano Copy Share Image
“All great art is almost never received well initially; don't quit before the world opens its eyes.” — Gregor Collins Copy Share Image
Sometimes I sketch and then scan my sketch directly to make the curves more freehand. I don't want to make perfect industrial… — Ma Yansong Copy Share Image
As an artist myself I don't like to be preached. I want to enjoy myself, so I kind of use that perspective… — Ziggy Marley Copy Share Image
