There ought to be an artistic depot where the artist need only hand in his artwork in order to receive what he… — Ludwig van Beethoven Copy Share Image
And I'm not even just talking artists, every single person in this nation has the right to be themselves, live life go… — K. D. Lang Copy Share Image
In this drawing we just let our imagination run wild. We visualized Superman toys, games, and a radio show - that was… — Joe Shuster Copy Share Image
“I will contend until I am shot that art as soon as it is brought into contact with politics inevitably sinks to… — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
I've always thought for myself, that's something I want to focus on - color palette and the use of color. Rather than… — Gucci Westman Copy Share Image
“Cornwallis was a man who could have thrust his hand in a flame if necessary, but not a man to organize the… — Barbara W. Tuchman Copy Share Image
I am sure that there is no place in the world where your message would not be enhanced by your making the… — Edith Schaeffer Copy Share Image
“Humans have terrible passions that can go either way: create or destroy, it all depends on where they emerge. Art is not… — Jessica Zafra Copy Share Image
True science investigates and brings to human perception such truths and such knowledge as the people of a given time and society… — Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy Copy Share Image
I've always loved doing covers. Some artists don't like covers. Some listeners don't like covers. But I love them. It gives you… — Greg Laswell Copy Share Image
When I see my work in a gallery I often wonder how I got to this point. Sometimes the process of making… — Polixeni Papapetrou Copy Share Image
The art and architecture of the past that we know is that which remains. The best is that which remains where it… — Donald Judd Copy Share Image
There are so many people, so many artists, so many magazines, so many theater companies, so many people trying to raise money… — Amanda Palmer Copy Share Image
Yes, I want to make amazing, enduring albums that are perfect. But I also want to make what I want to make… — Lola Young Copy Share Image
So scream your heart out you are the chosen you gotta show them silence is the enemy scream it out loud we… — Papa Roach Copy Share Image
Great art... is the result of the labours of thousands of faithful craftsmen who know that they are doomed to remain for… — Hendrik Willem van Loon Copy Share Image
I started studying as an artist, but I got fed up with the fact that you can paint terrible pictures and if… — Brian Froud Copy Share Image
I've watched so many women, from Kathleen Hanna all the way up to Taylor Swift, whether they're pop artists or rock stars… — Amanda Palmer Copy Share Image
I started off as a graffiti artist in the South Bronx. My tag name was 'Loco' because I would go crazy and… — Swizz Beatz Copy Share Image
“Van Gogh on his brother's upcoming marriage: "It’s because he’s in Holland, where he’s getting married one of these days. Now, while… — Liesbeth Heenk Copy Share Image
I've gone through a lot of trial and error to find what works and what doesn't, ... With that comes an understanding… — Usher Copy Share Image
“Life is a canvas. Don't let others create it for you, you have to create it the way you want it to… — LaLee Burger Copy Share Image
Making something good and saying something brilliant are not two things. When you make your own statement, there is a higher energy… — Roy Lichtenstein Copy Share Image
But we must not forget that only a very few people are artists in life; that the art of life is the… — Carl Jung Copy Share Image
The talents of an artist, small or great, are God-given. They've nothing to do with the private person; they're nothing to be… — Paul Robeson Copy Share Image
“Great art comes from passion, from a need to expose human spirit in the face of mortality, the small cruelties and heroisms… — Deb Margolis Copy Share Image
The Art Snob can be recognized in the home by the quick look he gives the pictures on your walls, quick but… — Russell Lynes Copy Share Image
If you have an idea, you have to move on it, to make a gesture. Drawing is an immediate way of articulating… — Jeff Koons Copy Share Image
I never had the sense of myself as an accomplished artist, and I always had to work three times as hard as… — Toshiko Takaezu Copy Share Image
Kinkade's paintings are worthless schmaltz, and the lamestream media that love him are wrong. However, I'd love to see a museum mount… — Jerry Saltz Copy Share Image
I really enjoy writing lyrics, I enjoy harmonies and I enjoy hearing the organic side of production because I have to do… — Butch Walker Copy Share Image
I know if I wasn't making music and acting, I would be involved in the performing arts world in some way. I… — Claudia Lee Copy Share Image
“Archaeologists have not yet discovered any stage of human existence without art. Even in the half-light before the dawn of humanity we… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The first album was a very successful record. It made me very visible and it's an immediate association, but I don't do… — Phoebe Snow Copy Share Image
When a mother takes pictures of her children on the beach, she doesn't take herself for an artist; she does it for… — Martin Parr Copy Share Image
I tend to write first thing, and then do my drawing later. I like to draw at night. But often I go… — Alison Bechdel Copy Share Image
The shaman is the figure at the beginning of human history that unites the doctor, the scientist and the artist into a… — Terence McKenna Copy Share Image
“It was held that the six great arts – visual art (including architecture and photography), drama, dance, music, film and literature –… — Peter Abbs Copy Share Image
People who look at my painting say that it makes them happy, like the feeling when you wake up in the morning.… — Agnes Martin Copy Share Image
The day I decided I didn't want to be a 19th-Century European curator, I knew I would never have the experience of… — Thelma Golden Copy Share Image
