Art is what we call...the thing an artist does. It's not the medium or the oil or the price or whether it… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
“The art historians are the real wreckers of art, Reger said. The art historians twaddle so long about art until they have… — Thomas Bernhard Copy Share Image
It was this feeling for a lot of my characters, who are dissidents or banned artists and writers, that they had had… — Molly Antopol Copy Share Image
The slightest living thing answers a deeper need than all the works of man because it is transitory. It has an evanescence… — Freya Stark Copy Share Image
Though some may think there should be a separation between art/music and politics, it should be reinforced that art can be a… — Eddie Vedder Copy Share Image
I believe the arts are the best way to help people go on a journey of self-discovery toward their own compassion and… — Asia Kate Dillon Copy Share Image
The problem of making artists talk about their work is that when they're making their work the left-brain is shut off. So… — Peter Schjeldahl Copy Share Image
I'm a really big Fiona Apple fan, and more times than not, when I put her on in the car, people are… — Kevin Morby Copy Share Image
Even if people don't love it, I made exactly the piece of art that I wanted to make. It's super fearless -… — Rihanna Copy Share Image
Charles Murray, however, clearly believes that being able to cure fatal diseases is more important than some other things and that Rembrandt… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
We who draw do so not only to make something observed visible to others, but also to accompany something invisible to its… — John Berger Copy Share Image
In a way, the traditional album is no longer as important as it used to be. But at the same time, I… — Lauv Copy Share Image
Masterpieces are not single and solitary births; they are the outcome of many years of thinking in common, of thinking by the… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
“"But when I fell in love with black, it contained all color. It wasn’t a negation of color. It was an acceptance.… — Louise Nevelson. Sky Cathedral. 1958 Copy Share Image
Art can lead you to God. I think that's the purpose of everything. If it's not doing that, what's it doing? It's… — Bob Dylan Copy Share Image
Persons who would never think of announcing boldly to the world, 'I am a scholar,' 'I am a great artist,' 'I am… — Georgia Harkness Copy Share Image
I think decor says a lot about someone's social position, their taste, their sensibility, their work - and also about the aesthetic… — Pedro Almodovar Copy Share Image
I started with straight, basic, symbolic structures. My problem now is the opposite; as I get older, I try to make my… — Robert Motherwell Copy Share Image
This is the fundamental idea of culture, insofar as it sets but one task for each of us: to further the production… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Art is created in a state of delirium. Anyting else is the restoration of monuments. Collectors are artist that do not have… — Gunter Brus Copy Share Image
A lot of artists have a lot of different ventures, I think it's typical for a hip hop artist, at this point,… — Kanye West Copy Share Image
He who excels in his art so as to carry it to the utmost height of perfection of which it is capable… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
Canada has been a breeding ground for great comedic actors, sketch artists and stand-up comedians. We grew up with a different perspective… — Harland Williams Copy Share Image
“In art, in history man fights his fears, he wants to live forever, he is afraid of death, he wants to work… — Anaïs Nin Copy Share Image
It is futile for an artist to try to create an environment because you have an environment around you all the time.… — Carl Andre Copy Share Image
I feel like my peers now are artists like Madonna and the Stones, Michael Jackson and Prince. These are people who were… — LL Cool J Copy Share Image
It feels nice to be able to call Brainfeeder my home. It's giving art the platform. That's what Brainfeeder has always been… — Thundercat Copy Share Image
It was van Gogh's madness that prevented him from working; the paintings themselves are ineffably sane, if sanity is to be defined… — Robert Hughes Copy Share Image
You know, I often thought that the gangster and the artist are the same in the eyes of the masses. They're admired… — Stanley Kubrick Copy Share Image
It is very bad for (an artist) to talk about how he (creates). It is not the (artist's) province to explain or… — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
It's really hard to find materials. Also, prices of metal have gone completely through the roof, insanely expensive. And if you go… — Z'EV Copy Share Image
I started hiding my paintings in certain ways, like behind panes of glass for example. Then, instead of hiding them I did… — Oliver Jeffers Copy Share Image
I was always interested in drawing and creating, but it never really occurred to me that I could pursue art as my… — Julie Dillon Copy Share Image
If you're an artist, you need to work. It doesn't matter how old you are, who you are. It doesn't matter if… — Chrissie Hynde Copy Share Image
The music is a personal expression, like art. It is something that you like doing that comes from within, and is an… — Michael Schenker Copy Share Image
It is art that makes life, makes interest, makes importance, for our consideration and application of these things, and I know of… — Henry James Copy Share Image
My greatest passion has always been connecting with creative people, appreciating the artistic and discovering fresh perspectives on the world. I came… — Bruce Livingstone Copy Share Image
But with rap music - not just N.W.A. - but rap music in general, seeing these artists wearing these team logos all… — Ice Cube Copy Share Image
I think the difference between me and some of the other YBAs [Young British Artists] was that I was ambitious for the… — Rachel Whiteread Copy Share Image
As opposed to putting too much confidence in myself, or in an image or a scene or a set of brushes, I… — Dan Colen Copy Share Image
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