“So perhaps the reason I shuddered at the idea of writing something about 'Christian art' is that to paint a picture or… — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
Anyone can write. Some people can write a bit better than others; they're called authors. Then there are some who can write… — Walter Moers Copy Share Image
I don't have an image of myself, when I'm walking down the street, like I'm a rock star or something. I'm a… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
I am convinced the most unfortunate people are those who would make an art of love. It sours other effort. Of all… — Norman Mailer Copy Share Image
One thing that really interests me is-and it comes out of Chinese and Japanese painting-where you have a number of different kinds… — Mary Heilmann Copy Share Image
“Artists who painted natural curiosities found themselves documenting a world emerging and disappearing at the same time, a brief encounter as species… — Kim Todd Copy Share Image
The power of nature is what all art strives to be. The more we can get in tune with the harmony of… — Rick Rubin Copy Share Image
Maybe we didn't even have a chance. The message of American Pop Art was so powerful and so optimistic. But it was… — Gerhard Richter Copy Share Image
I mean, the idea that it might help somebody out or help somebody make the decision to become a stewardess or otherwise...… — Zooey Deschanel Copy Share Image
Believe me, I grow daily more convinced that the atmosphere is an inexhaustible source of countless beauties. It is up to we… — Mario de Sa-Carneiro Copy Share Image
“Watching the painter painting And all the time, the light is changing And he keeps painting That bit there, it was an… — Kate Bush Copy Share Image
Painting is a very difficult thing. It absorbs the whole man, body and soul, thus have I passed blindly many things which… — Max Beckmann Copy Share Image
I honestly think that it was when the actual voices started to stand up for me. It was the iconic artists like… — Michael Buble Copy Share Image
“How does a copy become more than a copy? Is art the creation of something new and original, or simply the continuous… — Madeleine Thien Copy Share Image
I think the Internet gives too much for a young artist to compare themselves too. I'm not sure that "notes" or "likes"… — Liz Prince Copy Share Image
I thought it was a wonderfully conceptual act actually, to fire a replica pistol at a figurehead - the guy could have… — J. G. Ballard Copy Share Image
“Art isn't only a painting. Art is anything that's creative, passionate, and personal. And great art resonates with the viewer, not only… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Pele featured in the Brazilophile imaginary as the a figure of non-utile excess, a carefree artist in the Nietzschean sense, indifferent to… — Mark Fisher Copy Share Image
In the past, traditional art was based on making manifest what is enduring in man, like love, jealousy, hatred, envy, and greed...… — Tawfiq al-Hakim Copy Share Image
If you see a wonderful archaic Greek marble object in a museum, it's not only that it's beautiful, but what comes to… — Michael Steinhardt Copy Share Image
The aim of every artist is to arrest motion, which is life, by artificial means and hold it fixed so that a… — William Faulkner Copy Share Image
More and more in the art world are becoming moralistic, telling artists and critics what they should and shouldn't write, do, or… — Jerry Saltz Copy Share Image
I just love expanding my horizons and growing as an artist. The only way you get to do that is by doing… — Vanessa Hudgens Copy Share Image
This is the emotional thing, you see - you must galvanize people, so they want to be completely alive and live forever,… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
Maybe it's easier to have that desire guest-spot-packed album, for example, you're a rapper and you need someone to sing the hook.… — Yukimi Nagano Copy Share Image
Whenever a dope artist comes out of nowhere, the first thing you do is try and compare it to stuff until you… — Bryson Tiller Copy Share Image
“It's a difficult path that we tread, us Indie self-publishers, but we're not alone. How many bands practicing in their dad’s garage… — Karl Wiggins Copy Share Image
As I paint, I realise, while it's something I do very much by myself, it's very solitary, the creative process feels similar… — Black Francis Copy Share Image
The fact that all of us die anyway (the rumor turns out to be true) is a mere detail in the celestial… — Herbert Gold Copy Share Image
To me, art is not a solitary delight. It is a means of stirring the greatest number of men by providing them… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
From the start, I've always admired Eminem's thinking. That's the reason I wanted to appear on the Grammys with him when I… — Elton John Copy Share Image
I think people all over the institution recognize that different ways of understanding are valuable. Artists may think in a different way… — Alan Lightman Copy Share Image
Art is never the voice of a country, it is an even more precious thing, the voice of the individual, doing its… — Eudora Welty Copy Share Image
Don't worry if people think you're good. Make this your experience. And find out what makes you unique as an artist. You… — Matt Bomer Copy Share Image
“—if a painting really works down in your heart and changes the way you see, and think, and feel, you don’t think,… — Donna Tartt Copy Share Image
“Vision, Uncertainty, and Knowledge of Materials are inevitabilities that all artists must acknowledge and learn from: vision is always ahead of execution,… — David Bayles Copy Share Image
I really wasn't about to get a Ph.D. in art history, you know, which you'd absolutely needed. And that was not something… — Robert Barry Copy Share Image
In the silence of their studios, busied for days at a time with works which leave the mind relatively free, painters become… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
I would say if you are familiar with our history and the history of our art and literature that you see a… — Gil Scott-Heron Copy Share Image
“Anybody can look at a pretty girl and see a pretty girl. An artist can look at a pretty girl and see… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
