I've lived a long time, and a lot of things shut down. Painting is one of them. It never occurred to me… — Michael Chow Copy Share Image
Art, in the widest sense of the word, is the instrument Hellenism has used and would use for that purpose. All the… — Bernard Berenson Copy Share Image
“When I was a child my mother said to me, 'If you become a soldier, you'll be a general. If you become… — Pablo Picasso Copy Share Image
I'm somewhat of an empath, I would say. I relate easily to ideas and stories, books, films, music. I'm moved by all… — Saul Williams Copy Share Image
How can people think that artists seek a name? A name, like a face, is something you have when you're not alone.… — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image
“We’re all in a process of becoming. I’m never satisfied with my works. Never. I never see them as a finished product.… — Jill Telford Copy Share Image
I think what's important, as an artist who wants to be multi-dimensional, is learning how to shape-shift into those different paths fluidly… — Alyson Stoner Copy Share Image
My dad was a doctor who worked at a jail. He was more like a jail administrator. My mom was a public… — Dan Amboyer Copy Share Image
People are always wondering if I am an artist or political activist or politician. Maybe I'll just clearly tell you: Whatever I… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
“To know in order to do, that was my idea. To be in a position to translate the customs, the ideas, the… — Gustave Courbet Copy Share Image
I'm criticizing the way they are perceived. I was going through a book of Marina Abramovic and Ulay's 1970s performance work the… — Maurizio Cattelan Copy Share Image
I prefer you to take as your model a mediocre sculpture rather than an excellent painting, for from painted objects we train… — Leon Battista Alberti Copy Share Image
Illustrations have as much to say as the text. The trick is to say the same thing, but in a different way.… — Maurice Sendak Copy Share Image
Whatever obstacle comes your way, you gotta be prepared to jump over it! And I think that's what separates the legends from… — Akon Copy Share Image
My parents never had any money. It was cash flow. It flows, and you got your fingers in it for a little… — Dan Aykroyd Copy Share Image
The artist appeals to that part of our being which is not dependent on wisdom; to that in us which is a… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
We have defined art as the life form and aesthetic art as the life renewal: the stimulating, animating, agitating, inspiring, inspirational, fermenting,… — Asger Jorn Copy Share Image
The artist’s memory is a dangerous, necessary thing. Never disavow what you see and remember-it’s your brilliant stock-in-trade: remembering, and making something… — Hilton Als Copy Share Image
To the man who loves art for its own sake, it is frequently in its least important and lowliest manifestations that the… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
Degrade first the Arts if you'd Mankind Degrade. Hire Idiots to Paint with cold light & hot shade: Give high Price for… — William Blake Copy Share Image
“I took a course in art last winter. I learnt the difference between a fine oil painting, and a mechanical thing, like… — Veta Louise Simmons Copy Share Image
The kind of painting which I find exciting is not necessarily representational or non-representational, but it is musical and architectural... Whether this… — Ben Nicholson Copy Share Image
I try to be patient. I feel like the point of art is to go down within yourself and to pop up… — Travis Morrison Copy Share Image
“The most important thing in art is The Frame. For painting: literally; for other arts: figuratively-- because, without this humble appliance, you… — Frank Zappa Copy Share Image
You don't see a lot of black rock stars. The music industry tends to be segregated stylistically. It's hard for a black… — Lance Reddick Copy Share Image
I do believe everyone on this earth is an artist - some people more than others. But I do believe we are… — Melora Hardin Copy Share Image
I'm lucky to have friends who inspire me all the time. Watching other people teaches me and helps me to carve out… — Matthew Mayfield Copy Share Image
I was at Pepperdine University in Malibu, and during my sophomore year, I played a dying burn victim on 'ER.' The makeup… — Eric Christian Olsen Copy Share Image
I've always said that the artist dies twice. And the first death is the hardest which is the career death, the creative… — Sylvester Stallone Copy Share Image
How could Michelangelo have seen his David in a block of marble? Man began to make images only because he discovered them… — Pablo Picasso Copy Share Image
I want to be remembered as somebody that tried to respect her integrity as an artist and as a person. And I… — Penelope Cruz Copy Share Image
“After reading this book, hopefully you will realize the challenges to be overcome in successfully marketing yourself and your artworks as a… — Peter K. Worsley Copy Share Image
It is a good motive, fame and money, as it is tangible and measurable. Being an artist is neither measurable nor tangible… — Dirk Benedict Copy Share Image
I can truthfully say, in arts I have pretty much seen and done it all and, at my age, I have no… — Donald Lambert Copy Share Image
The label's going great, because we're not idiots. We're not trying to sue everyone that downloads everything. We try to give the… — Al Jourgensen Copy Share Image
We as artists are actively encouraged - by other authors, your agent, publisher, and society - not to think about money, strategy,… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
“Let us not neglect the forbidden. Let us not sophisticate ourselves out of the cheap thrill and chill of it: the story… — Clive Barker Copy Share Image
Public Enemy started out as a benchmark in rap music in the mid-1980s. We felt there was a need to actually progress… — Chuck D Copy Share Image
I don't mind putting my heart out there for the audience, and for the country music fans... to be vulnerable with them...… — Tyler Farr Copy Share Image
First and foremost: I'm a metal fan. I'm a musician, an artist, but I'm a complete fan and I've never grown out… — Max Cavalera Copy Share Image
