Somebody comes to my house and admires what I've done, sometimes I just give it to them. Because I don't want to… — Ted Kooser Copy Share Image
I think that some of the writing, directing, and the content is better than a lot of movies sometimes. Actors, well artists… — Denise Di Novi Copy Share Image
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It's what great artists do. They suffer and feel more within the human condition than others. They're not better for that, just… — Mandy Patinkin Copy Share Image
Psychoanalysis comes down to the process itself - the self, and life. I think I can say that I'm friends with the… — Malcolm Morley Copy Share Image
I think what we should concentrate on is what it feels like to be a working artist in the day to day.… — Kehinde Wiley Copy Share Image
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I didn't go to school for illustration. I did larger pieces, mostly drawings and paintings, and minored in video, but when I… — Abbi Jacobson Copy Share Image
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I've been an art collector since the Sixties, and I kept it very separate from my showbusiness career. I've had art shows… — John Waters Copy Share Image
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Each painting is its own world, but a lot of times I do see the paintings as one page from a story.… — Neil Farber Copy Share Image
Firebugs dragging their gasoline bottles are approaching the Academy of Arts, with a grin. And so, instead of embracing them, let us… — Bertolt Brecht Copy Share Image
Vulnerability of artists is definitely what makes organizations like PEN necessary because, as I tried to argue, the actual work that writers… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
All the other kids in ninth grade were drawing hot rods and cocker spaniels and getting blue ribbons in art class. I… — Brad Holland Copy Share Image
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The interesting thing about this is I don't know what my vision [ in Salome the play and Salomaybe] is yet about.… — Al Pacino Copy Share Image
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There is a crucial distinction to be made between innovation and originality. The second, unlike the first, can never break with what… — Roger Scruton Copy Share Image
In the days before machinery men and women who wanted to amuse themselves were compelled, in their humble way, to be artists.… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
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My art speaks and will continue to speak, transcending barriers of nationality, language and other forces that may be divisive, fortifying the… — Norval Morrisseau Copy Share Image
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I spent a lot of time on my own working out the physical vocabulary for how Gollum moved. As I say, I… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
No poet, no artist of any art, has his complete meaning alone. His significance, his appreciation is the appreciation of his relation… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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![“The interesting thing about this is I don't know what my vision [ in Salome the play and Salomaybe] is yet about. I'm sensing something and I'm going along with it. It reminds me of a painting, the way Jackson Pollack painted - Jackson Pollack, the great, great artist.” quote by Al Pacino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa0/al-pacino-1656_art_the-interesting-thing-about-this-is-i-do_376188.jpg)
