One thing that makes art different from life is that in art things have a shape... it allows us to fix our… — Marilyn French Copy Share Image
There's something I have about being Canadian - there's a distance it gives you when you live in the States and operate… — Michael J. Fox Copy Share Image
I don't have the education of an art historian. I've certainly read about art and look at art and have educated myself… — Lynne Tillman Copy Share Image
Of course, you want to be respected by your peers, and you want people to connect to you as an artist, but… — Jamie Lynn Spears Copy Share Image
The idea of going on tour for the rest of my life with old works is not that exciting. As an artist… — Damien Hirst Copy Share Image
I'm an artist, and the need to get inside myself and be creative and be other people is a part of who… — Gwyneth Paltrow Copy Share Image
And it's been one of my big sort of campaigns throughout my career, really, is to sort of make art accessible but… — Grayson Perry Copy Share Image
“Some day you will be able to step back and see the entire work of art. In that moment you will understand… — Alex Alexander Copy Share Image
When I started getting so many haters and closed doors, I decided to prove that it could be done. I was a… — Jenni Rivera Copy Share Image
There's a big difference between sending your art in a statement or something like that, and sending yourself there. When you send… — Yoko Ono Copy Share Image
When I taught art, I was always asked, 'How do you know you're an artist? What makes you an artist?' And to… — Marina Abramovic Copy Share Image
The first stone was just tried in the spirit of experimentation. The opening of the stone was far more interesting than the… — Andy Goldsworthy Copy Share Image
I've dreamed landscapes for years, and my dreams play an enormous role in my work. In fact, when I first started doing… — April Gornik Copy Share Image
I have received a commission to make a poster against war. That is a task that makes me happy. Some may say… — Kathe Kollwitz Copy Share Image
This has been a long and tiring battle for 10 years. And I'm glad it's finally resolved. My principles and reputation as… — Irene Cara Copy Share Image
At times failure is very necessary for the artist. It reminds him that failure is not the ultimate disaster. And this reminder… — John Berger Copy Share Image
I'm sure a lot of the hardcore folks are going to be up in arms and I'm really looking forward to getting… — Warren Spector Copy Share Image
Believe it or not, most people think of me as a recording artist, but actually the way I think of myself and… — Helen Reddy Copy Share Image
During freedom struggle, It were authors and artists who made the Nation stand with their pen, and now their pen can create… — Narendra Modi Copy Share Image
No one has ever laughed at a pun who did not see in the one word a twofold meaning. To materialists this… — Fulton J. Sheen Copy Share Image
Chess is more than a game or a mental training. It is a distinct attainment. I have always regarded the playing of… — Jose Raul Capablanca Copy Share Image
Over the years, I was never really driven to become a solo artist, but I was curious to find out who I… — Annie Lennox Copy Share Image
“I lacked the knowledge of linear perspective needed to get into the art school, so now I whitewash walls and imagine I’m… — Bauvard Copy Share Image
In a way, editing is not unlike the movies. The best books, just like the best movies, are a collaboration. They're only… — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
“After that, he said, his father, who had always been neutral about his art, forbade him from taking classes. Even his mother,… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
My advice to any budding artist is never to be satisfied with imitating others. This is but a means to an end.… — Michael Kenna Copy Share Image
Spiritually I am wherever my spirit allows me to be, and that is not necessarily in the future... Art never seems to… — Willem de Kooning Copy Share Image
I would have preferred to be successful here with a piece that cost me a huge amount of money and effort... rather… — Camille Claudel Copy Share Image
I think of art, at its most significant, as a DEW line, a Distant Early Warning system that can always be relied… — Marshall McLuhan Copy Share Image
I didn't want to be that artist that is successful as a result of someone else. Not that that's wrong, but I… — Kiesza Copy Share Image
Attempts to juggle domestic responsibilities with artistic production have often resulted in smaller bodies of work, and often works smaller in scale,… — Whitney Chadwick Copy Share Image
“All artists and craftspeople agree that there is an artistic process, and that living it means traveling the most significant and exhilarating… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Had opened a gallery I already had strong connections with New York, because I was taking work on consignment from New York… — Virginia Dwan Copy Share Image
Every single song that's released in the world, there are 100 royalty points. The label will take, say, 80 points. The artist,… — Raye Copy Share Image
I've come up through art school, through painting, through graphic design, through advertising, through TV commercials and music video. I've designed books,… — Tony Kaye Copy Share Image
“As a matter of fact, no one is more tiresome than the person who can understand only realism in art. It shows… — Aaron Copland Copy Share Image
One thing I'll say about Hitler that many people don't realize - and I don't mean to besmirch the industry - but… — Tim Wu Copy Share Image
Being an artist and a musician, I have witnessed the previous generation taking the art form, not as a way of making… — David Finckel Copy Share Image
I love to draw and paint. I did all the illustrations in my books, so I always have my watercolours with me.… — Rachel Khoo Copy Share Image
Do not call yourself an "artist-photographer" and make "artist-painters" and "artist-sculptors" laugh; call yourself a photographer and wait for artists to call… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image