There are a lot of doors that still get shut, and there are a lot of walls to still breach. But, the… — Jimmy Smits Copy Share Image
I am very excited to be at a point where I can put out these big bodies of work that I'm proud… — Ethel Cain Copy Share Image
It's a shock for me to go through and see all those years of painting my life, which is very personal for… — Andrew Wyeth Copy Share Image
If I were related to Monet, I don't know if I would be comfortable becoming an artist because it's too much, the… — Dree Hemingway Copy Share Image
There are moods in which we court suffering, in the hope that here, at least, we shall find reality, sharp peaks and… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“In the 20th century after WWII, Ralph Burke Tyree led the transformation and appreciation of the South Pacific’s serene beauty with his… — C.J. Cook Copy Share Image
Of course, I, like the sponsoring government, would like to have as many people as possible visit Yokohama Triennale. This is because… — Yasumasa Morimura Copy Share Image
I've been really lucky to spend some time around actors and artists I really admire. One thing I gathered from asking a… — Jason Segel Copy Share Image
Art cannot be separated from life. It is the expression of the greatest need of which life is capable, and we value… — Robert Henri Copy Share Image
The miniatures of the Mughal period are really the pinnacle of Indian artistic achievement. And not a single one of those paintings… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
Oscar Wilde quite rightly said, 'All art is useless'. And that may sound as if that means it's something not worth supporting.… — Stephen Fry Copy Share Image
The painter is not an intellectual if, when he has painted a nude woman, he gives us the idea that she is… — Odilon Redon Copy Share Image
My art career actually began under the kitchen table. My mother wanted to get me out of her hair while she cooked,… — Alton Tobey Copy Share Image
I paint my own reality. The only thing I know is that I paint because I need to, and I paint whatever… — Frida Kahlo Copy Share Image
Art comes out of art; it begins with imitation, often in the form of parody, and it's in the process of imitating… — Alan Bennett Copy Share Image
A work of art may be understood as a conductor from the artist's mind to the viewer's. But it may never reach… — Sol LeWitt Copy Share Image
Every other species of talent carries with it its eternity; we enjoy the work of the poet, the painter, the sculptor, only… — Letitia Elizabeth Landon Copy Share Image
When you are 'bad' in the art world they are very very scared! They want to control you... and they can't! Individuality… — Laurence Gartel Copy Share Image
“he [Picasso] used to say quite often, paper lasts quite as well as paint and after all it all ages together, why… — Gertrude Stein Copy Share Image
I'm a big believer in the emotion of design, and the message that's sent before somebody begins to read, before they get… — David Carson Copy Share Image
“The Symbol of all Art is the Prism. The goal is unrealism. The method is destructive. To break up the white light… — E E Cummings Copy Share Image
I have been doing some writing on the side a little bit with artists that I'm really excited about. Kind of more… — Bonnie McKee Copy Share Image
It is frequently the tragedy of the great artist for example Vincent Van Gogh, as it is of the great scientist, that… — Loren Eiseley Copy Share Image
Love is not only a feeling, it is also an art. A simple word, a sensitive precaution, a mere nothing reveal to… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
Female artists I love the most are Fiona Apple, Paramour and Regina Spektor - those girls that really write amazing songs themselves,… — Jennifer Damiano Copy Share Image
The critical sense is so far from frequent that it is absolutely rare, and the possession of the cluster of qualities that… — Henry James Copy Share Image
I'm just kind of really interested in athletes as artists of a pretty serious variety and people who devote themselves to what… — Chad Harbach Copy Share Image
I don't want to make plop art — sculpture that just gets plopped down in places. I wouldn't want to litter every… — Rachel Whiteread Copy Share Image
The main joy I have in owning or being a part of my own label is the platform I've created to really… — Jennifer Lee Copy Share Image
The historical museum has to be very conservative and careful in its choices. The modern museum, on the other hand, has to… — Alfred H. Barr, Jr Copy Share Image
I don't think people get the pressure of becoming famous and what it does for an artist. What does that for your… — Sandra Oh Copy Share Image
I had no idea the amount of people who even knew who I was. Suddenly, they were coming up and saying, "You're… — Eric Wight Copy Share Image
It's very interesting how life imitates art, and art imitates life; I find, whenever I read scenes of some magnitude, I'm like,… — Katherine Moennig Copy Share Image
In order not to cut out a large part of one's private life, the creative work should not swallow up every other… — Elena Ferrante Copy Share Image
“We try to improve the conditions of the race by means of good air, free sunlight, wholesome water, and hideous bare buildings… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
I view all art as an effort to translate brain concepts into a work. These brain concepts are synthetic ones - the… — Semir Zeki Copy Share Image
I really appreciate artists of the 20th century, and I can see a lot of their influence on my work, but to… — Michael Arad Copy Share Image
Do not fall into the error of the artist who boasts of twenty years experience in his craft while in fact he… — Trevanian Copy Share Image
“True artists, whatever smiling faces they may show you, are obsessive, driven people—whether driven by some mania or driven by some high,… — John Gardner Copy Share Image
Works of art and literature should promote humans to reflection. A revolutionary perspective should be evoked and a changing societal awakening formulated… — Vellupillai Pirapakaran Copy Share Image