The arts are part of a nation's identity, they are part of a nation's soul and when we look at a country… — George Brandis Copy Share Image
When you go out to paint, try to forget what objects you have before you - a tree, house, a field…Merely think,… — Claude Monet Copy Share Image
“Glass paint was designed specifically for use on glass, but as it turns out, the paint works on other surfaces, too! That… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Our first manager really pushed that we not sell our publishing rights, which is one of the earliest things an artist will… — Isaac Hanson Copy Share Image
The way our big cities change sucks. The beauty of cities was that they were edgy, sometimes even a little dangerous. Artists,… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
I guess art itself is insane. Its actual function is rarely clear, and yet people give their hearts and souls and lives… — Damien Chazelle Copy Share Image
Artists are political in the sense that they've subtracted themselves from the structure of the marketplace and are contributing something that's not… — Rachel Kushner Copy Share Image
Reggaeton is what opened the doors for me, and I'm always grateful for that. I'll do reggaeton for life, but I want… — J Balvin Copy Share Image
Once you do a piece on the stage, you become that poem or you become that piece. That's really who you are.… — Clinton D. Powell Copy Share Image
With the true artist, the social formula that he recommends is a matter of secondary importance; the source of his art, its… — Rosa Luxemburg Copy Share Image
There's a lot of art that's about loss and sadness, but I would love it if hopefulness were more of a cliche.… — Lucy Dacus Copy Share Image
In today's climate in our country, which is sickened with the pollution of pollution, threatened with the prominence of AIDS, riddled with… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
I was judgmental of artists who were exploring their sexuality, and I thought, Why are they doing that? They don't have to.… — Demi Lovato Copy Share Image
Language in art remains a highly ambiguous transaction, a quicksand, a trampoline, a frozen pool which might give way under you ...… — Harold Pinter Copy Share Image
A lot of artists come into the game with a radio record, but they don't establish the fans as fans of their… — Nipsey Hussle Copy Share Image
I'm not a mainstream artist. But I've seen my kids being born; I've seen them take their first steps, I've seen them… — Rakim Copy Share Image
We are all hungry and thirsty for concrete images. Abstract art will have been good for one thing: to restore its exact… — Salvador Dali Copy Share Image
“Every one of your first encounters begins with a “blank canvas” which provides you with unlimited opportunities to color your world in… — Susan C. Young Copy Share Image
“Impressionism was not just a style of painting, it was a new attitude to art and life; it is this attitude that… — Neville Weston Copy Share Image
The whole point of art, aside from the aesthetic pleasure it yields, is that it provides a bridge to the past; that… — Barry Humphries Copy Share Image
I think everyone on the planet is a fan of a painting because everyone is a fan of visual stimulation, but I've… — Scott Avett Copy Share Image
The hoax is the very absence of truth, which usually means art is absent, too - hoaxes regularly substitute claims of reality… — Kevin Young Copy Share Image
I want my paintings to give the viewer a true sense of reality - that includes but is not limited to depth,… — David Kassan Copy Share Image
The good artist believes that nobody is good enough to give him advice. He has supreme vanity. No matter how much he… — William Faulkner Copy Share Image
My art and my self-expression in any form has always been an attempt towards sincerity, honesty, and empathy for others. For a… — Alice Glass Copy Share Image
I am not an artist, and I never intended to be one. I hope I have made some good photographs, but what… — Cornell Capa Copy Share Image
Behind all art is an element of desire...Love of life, of existence, love of another human being, love of human beings is… — Adrienne Rich Copy Share Image
“Most artists weren't famous until they died (mostly because once they'd died they couldn't create any more art, so it would make… — Sariah Wilson Copy Share Image
A work of art has no importance whatever to society. It is only important to the individual, and only the individual reader… — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
Every artist that I've parodied has been cool with it so far. I know one hasn't loved a version of it, but… — Willam Belli Copy Share Image
If you wanted to pursue some kind of artistic pursuit and you had another career, then you would definitely fall back on… — Steve Toltz Copy Share Image
I want to show the world that you do have some artists that are ready to go to the next level, and… — Raekwon Copy Share Image
I really like John Legend as an artist and as a person. As well as Lyfe Jennings. Jeezy is good people as… — MC Serch Copy Share Image
I've come to understand my role. On some level, I provide the context for them to shine. I also know my role… — Kathy Mattea Copy Share Image
I wish there were fewer art dealers. I wish there were fewer auctions. I wish there were just two auctions a year.… — Laurence Graff Copy Share Image
It's hard to say, I picked one of my favorite articles for the MAD vault. Which is one of the features of… — Al Yankovic Copy Share Image
I paint German artists whom I admire. I paint their pictures, their work as painters, and their portraits too. But oddly enough,… — Georg Baselitz Copy Share Image
A work of visionary art can shock a person out of their normal thinking patterns and help them to see the world… — Alex Grey Copy Share Image
The artist reserves the right to remove a blot on the landscape, to change positions of things, to suit his composition, providing… — Walter J. Phillips Copy Share Image
A man sets out to draw the world. As the years go by, he peoples a space with images of provinces, kingdoms,… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
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