That was the greatest trick in music that people ever pulled off, to convince artists that you can't be an artist and… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
I think the two jobs I dreamed of doing as a teenager were comic book artist and record cover illustrator. Maybe film… — Dave McKean Copy Share Image
I have long argued for the arts to have the recognition and funding they need, not only because they brighten our lives,… — Luciana Berger Copy Share Image
... art approaches as a saving sorceress, expert at healing. She alone knows how to turn these nauseous thoughts about the horror… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
We're all so mauled by information, but it's recycled information. We need to shut it out. So, you've got to get bizarre.… — Jack Bowman Copy Share Image
The artivist (artist +activist) uses her artistic talents to fight and struggle against injustice and oppression – by any medium necessary. The… — M. K. Asante Copy Share Image
It's high time for the art world to admit that the avant-garde is dead. It was killed by my hero, Andy Warhol,… — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
Obviously my own work comes from a conceptual art tradition, but I love the graffiti artists, and I feel spiritually closer to… — Robert Montgomery Copy Share Image
I've got to think about what I'm going to say very carefully. There's two avenues of thought: Do you stop everyone going,… — Elton John Copy Share Image
YOU ARE AN ARTIST OF THE SPIRIT Find yourself and express yourself in your own particular way. Express your love openly. Life… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The great French Impressionist painter Renoir, right at the end of his very long life, said to a friend, "I am just… — Roger Housden Copy Share Image
“The point is this. The arts are not the pretty but irrelevant bits around the border of reality. They are the highways… — N.T. Wright Copy Share Image
“If you see me sitting at a dining room table with a clean plate and bowl in front of me, you’ll know… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
I think Chelsea Girls is a complete masterpiece and I think Andy's [Warhol] films are equally as good as the art. I… — John Waters Copy Share Image
Appreciation of works of art requires organized effort and systematic study. Art appreciation can no more be absorbed by aimless wandering in… — Albert C. Barnes Copy Share Image
In civic life, I think that's where you can debate what is good taste and what is acceptable to other people, and… — Irvine Welsh Copy Share Image
As a child I drew objects that caught my eye outside the window of my room - the dry twigs, leaves and… — R. K. Laxman Copy Share Image
Most of the time, as an artist, I can be self-indulgent, fulfilling my own impulses, embracing imagery that contains poetry on my… — Clifford Ross Copy Share Image
You must thank the gods for art, those of us who have been fortunate enough to stumble onto this means of venting… — Robert Crumb Copy Share Image
“Your words on the screen are my color palette I dip my brush into your words and paint you On the sky,… — Richard L. Ratliff Copy Share Image
I'd want to direct a video for Yoko Ono. As long as I got to work with Yoko Ono someday, I'd be… — Fred Armisen Copy Share Image
Impressionism is only direct sensation. All great painters were less or more impressionists. It is mainly a question of instinct, and much… — Claude Monet Copy Share Image
As an artist you actually do have to make a choice to be an outsider. If you're an outsider you have the… — Connie Nielsen Copy Share Image
I've always said I'm more influenced in what I do by artists, and how they work, how they think, and the freedom… — James Frey Copy Share Image
I look at the character of the exhibition and I treat it as I would a painting or an installation. When I… — Michael Craig-Martin Copy Share Image
“I have always been a anti-establishment artist. I once believed, and still do to some extent, that one could get a better… — Casey Carter Copy Share Image
There is joy in feeling the bristles of a quality brush, seeing the richness and lush color of truly good pigment flowing… — Gene Black Copy Share Image
When it comes to films, so much is in the hands of bottom-line guys. There's a lot of fear involved there, and… — David Nutter Copy Share Image
I've been around long enough for people to know who I am and what my contributions are. They know me as more… — Aretha Franklin Copy Share Image
I love Emma Watson's makeup a lot. I love Cate Blanchett. I'm biased, though. I love my makeup artist, Julie Harris; she… — Allison Williams Copy Share Image
With millions of people creating songs and uploading them to the web internationally, most artists know they need to dismantle the monetary… — Josh Garrels Copy Share Image
If I have a piece that's solely based on the web and it's going to also exist in a gallery, it needs… — Kalup Linzy Copy Share Image
The writers or artists I write about are not necessarily those I care most about (Shakespeare is still my favourite writer) but… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
Art is in the process of redefining our relationships to each other ... The creative minds are bubbling, bubbling, and I know… — Ruby Dee Copy Share Image
There's not one major greatest influence on my career. It would be film and great artists and great imagineers - Jim Henson,… — Zac Posen Copy Share Image
My friends started having children after college, while I was pursuing this crazy acting career and living hand to mouth. Plus, all… — Edie Falco Copy Share Image
I was brought up feeling that art is a very important part of one's life. It's something that I not only enjoy,… — David Rockefeller Copy Share Image
“The story is told of Michelangelo being asked about his methods for sculpting. He replied simply that he worked on a block… — David duChemin Copy Share Image
The wretched beings depicted by Millet touch us profoundly because he loved them profoundly. They have nothing in common with vulgar ugliness.… — Jules Breton Copy Share Image
25 years ago, when I started in New York, I had the pleasure to cook for Andy Warhol. At the time, I… — Daniel Boulud Copy Share Image
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