If someone stands in front of one of my paintings and says, 'This is just a mess', the word 'just' is not… — Albert Oehlen Copy Share Image
In the middle classes the gifted son of a family is always the poorest -- usually a writer or artist with no… — John Millington Synge Copy Share Image
Echo & the Bunnymen just copied 'People Are Strange,' which is cool, we made some money, thanks. But when an artist finds… — John Densmore Copy Share Image
One of the things you're doing when you make art, apart from entertaining yourself and other people, is trying to see what… — Brian Eno Copy Share Image
When I adjust materials of different kinds to one another, I have taken a step in advance of mere oil painting, for… — Kurt Schwitters Copy Share Image
Before I put brush to canvas, I question, 'Is this mine? ...Is it influenced by some idea which I have acquired from… — Georgia O'Keeffe Copy Share Image
Before he did all those lovely line drawings, Matisse would make really detailed charcoal drawings and tear them up. He wouldn't leave… — David Hockney Copy Share Image
I believe everything creative is somewhat collaborative. If you're a painter and someone stretches your canvas, it was collaborative on some level. — Ron White Copy Share Image
How often we must remember the art of the surgeon, which, in replacing the broken bone, contents itself with releasing the parts… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
He was, as Billy Name said in the acclaimed Ric Burns documentary about Andy Warhol, uninterested in being a second-tier artist. He… — Bob Colacello Copy Share Image
If you're an unknown artist you're lucky to get an hour in a studio - it's a hierarchy and if you don't… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
From now on there is no longer any development immanent to art. The times have passed for history of art with a… — Arnold Gehlen Copy Share Image
The greatness of art is not in the display of knowledge, or in material accuracy, but in the distinctness with which it… — George Inness Copy Share Image
I never retouch a sketch: I take a canvas the same size, as I may change the composition somewhat. But I always… — Henri Matisse Copy Share Image
Your art is what you do when no one can tell you exactly how to do it. Your art is the act… — Seth Copy Share Image
Poverty when coupled with creativeness is usually free of frustration. This is true of the poor artisan skilled in his trade and… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
I was backstage at the House of Blues in L.A where I was about to perform, and Stevie Wonder and Prince turned… — Jill Scott Copy Share Image
I think it's so important as an artist to stand up for what you believe in, and I think that if equal… — Betty Who Copy Share Image
It's an extreme to go from an artist like myself to a commercial artist with art directors looking over your shoulder, or… — Raymond Pettibon Copy Share Image
If what is seen and experienced is portrayed in the language of logic, then it is science. If it is communicated through… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Most people view the artistic process as something of a mystery. Leverage that, and engage your prospective clients with good stories. For… — Cory Trepanier Copy Share Image
“I remember the first time I saw my favorite painting, how its fragile beauty caught my breath. And I thought if the… — Lang Leav Copy Share Image
The only thing that makes one an artist is making art. And that requires the precise opposite of hanging out; a deeply… — David Rakoff Copy Share Image
I don't know if many people realize that Dolph Lundgren is a chemical engineer. He's not a dumb blond guy. This guy… — Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa Copy Share Image
The arts have a development which comes not only from the individual but also from a whole acquired force, the civilization which… — Henri Matisse Copy Share Image
You had to give, uh, a lot of consideration to the fact that, uh, the artist had to come back into the… — Cholly Atkins Copy Share Image
A new artist today has to get their teeth fixed, has to tighten their jeans up, and they have to get 'em… — George Jones Copy Share Image
I think every work of art is an act of faith, or we wouldn't bother to do it. It is a message… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
The thing that's tricky is sometimes the best voices - just because someone hits the big notes and sounds amazing - it… — Kara DioGuardi Copy Share Image
The goal I proposed myself in making cubism? To paint and nothing more... with a method linked only to my thought... Neither… — Pablo Picasso Copy Share Image
“The worms were beautifully drawn, with their nervous systems and reproductive organs shaded in different colors of highlighter, but the artist had… — L.J. Smith Copy Share Image
There's a difference between art and entertainment. Entertainment is really about forgetting about your life, and art is about remembering your life. — Josh Tillman Copy Share Image
I have never felt more alive than when I watched my children delight in something, never more alive than when I have… — Elizabeth Taylor Copy Share Image
There are some artists that I'll always be cool with. We'll kick it and we'll check on each other from time to… — Marcus Ramone Cooper Copy Share Image
“The reason people are so moved by art and why artists tend to take it all so seriously is that if they… — Peter Heller Copy Share Image
My parents aren't artists or anything, but growing up in Wales, especially in a Welsh language school and community, they have this… — Iwan Rheon Copy Share Image
I don't look at myself as a celebrity. People recognize me, but it's all about my music, my songs. It's not like… — Faith Evans Copy Share Image
You start to become successful, and everybody starts to drive your money train to the bank, and they're not thinking anymore about… — Lady Gaga Copy Share Image
Frankly, in order for us to have a healthier arts eco-system funders need to insulate their relationships with artists from the influence… — Jon Rubin Copy Share Image
One of the reasons why I love to do Shakespeare is that this great artist was able to talk to a wide… — Julie Taymor Copy Share Image
