I said to my kids, 'Learn the business of America if you want to be an artist in America. The rest of… — Melvin Van Peebles Copy Share Image
It seems the deeper, truer personality of the artist only emerges in the making of decisions... in refusing and accepting, changing and… — Bridget Riley Copy Share Image
So long as the system of competition in the production and exchange of the means of life goes on, the degradation of… — William Morris Copy Share Image
Manet wanted one day to paint my wife and children. Renoir was there. He took a canvas and began painting them, too.… — Claude Monet Copy Share Image
Art schools are partly the villain here. (Never mind that I teach in them.) This generation of artists is the first to… — Jerry Saltz Copy Share Image
The work of the artist is not so much what you say or what you know, it's recognizing what you know. That's… — Sylvia Plachy Copy Share Image
I was in a group show at a museum in Torino, a lot of American artists installed in a floor of this… — David Salle Copy Share Image
“...it is never safe to classify the souls of one's neighbors; one is apt, in the long run, to be proved a… — Hope Mirrlees Copy Share Image
I think the business of music has really taken a huge hit. There's no doubt about it. But an artist is always… — Gloria Estefan Copy Share Image
Well we took it apart scene by scene. We examined every sentence, every full stop, every comma. He has a most wonderful… — Ronald Harwood Copy Share Image
Country fans need to support country music by buying albums and concert tickets for traditional artists or the music will just fade… — George Jones Copy Share Image
There are people who speculate at objects. I don't think that makes them evil or not evil. It doesn't matter; in order… — Lawrence Weiner Copy Share Image
I feel proud of myself for 'Chicken Shop Date' getting to a place where it's more of a mainstream thing. I've always… — Amelia Dimoldenberg Copy Share Image
Things have changed a great deal since the days of Mr. Mayer. The studios no longer control, as they did in those… — Lew Wasserman Copy Share Image
Why try to explain away a portrait of You painted by the insecurities of another? You didn't pick the brushes, the colors,… — Eugene Nathaniel Butler Copy Share Image
Whether your purpose for writing is artistic expression, communication with friends and family, the healing of the inner life, or achieving public… — Pat Schneider Copy Share Image
We're all inspired by what has come before us, but hope to use the inspiration to create our own. That's the artist's… — Michael Giacchino Copy Share Image
Who isn't frustrated and does not prove it by his actions - if you want to say so? But through art the… — William Carlos Williams Copy Share Image
Those damned Abstract Expressionists. They were a major problem. Because the critics adored them to such an extent, reams and reams, pages… — Robert Indiana Copy Share Image
AN ARTISTIC DISCOVERY OCCURS EACH TIME AS A NEW AND UNIQUE IMAGE OF THE WORLD, A HIEROGLYPHIC OF ABSOLUTE TRUTH. IT APPEARS… — Andrei Tarkovsky Copy Share Image
Because when an artist has to assert that her intended audience is all humans rather than those who happen to be of… — Cheryl Strayed Copy Share Image
A successful work of art is not one which resolves contradictions in a spurious harmony, but one which expresses the idea of… — Theodor Adorno Copy Share Image
I liked painting, very early on, even more than drawing. I used poster paint on posterboard. I would copy images that I… — Mark Ryden Copy Share Image
That's the very definition of freedom: to be allowed to develop our own creative potential to the fullest. But it doesn't have… — Martin Donovan Copy Share Image
“You have to believe that your voice can mean something. You have to believe that what you do matters. And you have… — Charlotte Eriksson Copy Share Image
“They wanted people to wake up to a city that had been transformed into a gallery, bursts of colour amid the pigeon-coloured… — Magdalena McGuire Copy Share Image
A lot of people relate my success now with The Voice, and it has nothing to do with that. I've definitely worked… — Melanie Martinez Copy Share Image
The only real rival of love is Art, for that in itself is a deep personal passion, its function an act of… — Gertrude Atherton Copy Share Image
Delphine Seyrig is a very proper woman, from high society. She's from the Ferdinand de Saussure family, the structuralist. Old money. Swiss.… — Chantal Akerman Copy Share Image
It had no affect on me whatsoever. Um¦ I consider Jay a very good friend of mine. I also consider Dame and… — Bun B Copy Share Image
Maino is an artist that I feel walks what he talks - you can tell what he raps about and what he's… — Rakim Copy Share Image
The Greeks said the artist doesn't actually have to travel and look around. You stay where God has put you, and you… — Gian Carlo Menotti Copy Share Image
People quickly look through things and don't sit and experience. That's a problem with artwork, [because] it's more of an experience than… — Ali Banisadr Copy Share Image
“When an audience witnesses [that kind of] art, there is possibility for her soul to lurch in true human recognition: —“Yes,” the… — Alexandra Silber Copy Share Image
Populism in contemporary art can become a dirty word. There is this notion that to not be understood is a reflection of… — Dario Robleto Copy Share Image
“I am for the artist, who is more alone than he looks. I am not for the reformer, who is always active… — Robert Frost Copy Share Image
I have some art, but I am a hobbyist. I would not consider myself an expert but in the course of writing… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
Art is contemplation. It is the pleasure of the mind which searches into nature and which there divines the spirit of which… — Auguste Rodin Copy Share Image
There was a belief after World War I that painting could be an act of civil revolt. I want this exhibition, 'New… — Richard Phillips Copy Share Image
“As Solomon himself had remarked, 'We can be sure of talent, we can only pray for genius.' But it was a reasonable… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
![“People quickly look through things and don't sit and experience. That's a problem with artwork, [because] it's more of an experience than something to quickly look at. It takes a while for everything to unveil itself.” quote by Ali Banisadr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/101/ali-banisadr-34051_artist_people-quickly-look-through-things-and-d_760082.jpg)
![“When an audience witnesses [that kind of] art, there is possibility for her soul to lurch in true human recognition: —“Yes,” the audience responds, “That is me; that is my life too…” Achieve that quiet miracle and an artist has fulfilled their ultimate calling. So be brave. Don't aim for 'bravo,'…” quote by Alexandra Silber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/11b/alexandra-silber-38153_art_when-an-audience-witnesses-that-kind-of_1916113.jpg)
