It is sometimes said that the tragedy of an artist's life is that he cannot realise his ideal. But the true tragedy… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Who are the happiest people on earth? A craftsman or artist whistling over a job well done. A little child building sand… — Elbert Hubbard Copy Share Image
“2. Craftsmanship goes from an outlet for aesthetic expression to being dominated by functional considerations; craftsmanship wanes as a place to cultivate… — Sebastian Marshall Copy Share Image
For the mass of men the idea of artistic creation can only be expressed by an idea unpopular in present discussions -… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
Each painting seems to have a very specific size it wants to be. I have even started a painting or two over… — Mark Ryden Copy Share Image
A good producer brings out the best in the artist he's working with. You shouldn't be able to listen to something and… — Eddie Van Halen Copy Share Image
The artist may rightly venture the opinion that he does not convey ideas, does not preach, nor that he intents to convert… — Antoni Tapies Copy Share Image
Genius can probably run on ahead and seek out new ways. But the good artists who follow after genius - and I… — Kathe Kollwitz Copy Share Image
If you're not operating on an instinctive level, you're not an artist… Reason over emotion is bullshit, absolute bullshit... We suffocate ourselves… — Guillermo del Toro Copy Share Image
People say if you keep making work and keep putting it out, better things will come. I think artists should never forget… — Kalup Linzy Copy Share Image
As an artist, I think it's critical for keeping yourself alive that you try to get your hands into something a little… — Maggie Siff Copy Share Image
Because artists can be extremely eccentric and insane, and unfortunately, the people they hurt the most are the people that are closest… — Maynard James Keenan Copy Share Image
I don't really have control over my direct impression on people anymore. I used to be the person putting my CD in… — Chance the Rapper Copy Share Image
The public has always, and in every age, been badly brought up. They are continually asking Art to be popular, to please… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“This is not an age favourable to the development of artistic genius; it may be that for a time all forms of… — Elizabeth Jenkins Copy Share Image
Art is a luxury. It's not necessary for you to - you can work your job and you can make some money… — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
There are dangers for an artist in any academic environment. Academia rewards people who know their own minds and have developed an… — Christian Wiman Copy Share Image
When creativity has become your habit; when you've learned to manage time, resources, expectations, and the demands of others; when you understand… — Twyla Tharp Copy Share Image
Suddenly, I saw it in a new way, as a picture that offered me a new view, free of all the conventional… — Gerhard Richter Copy Share Image
The difference between art and craft lies not in the tools you hold in your hands, but in the mental set that… — David Bayles Copy Share Image
“What’s ensued is a battle over ethical conduct, artistic freedom, and censorship in which every side—the activist zealots who threatened violence, the… — Andrea K. Scott Copy Share Image
In reggae I have a model of artistic excellence and possibility that is challenging and inspiring. The poem remains a demanding thing… — Kwame Dawes Copy Share Image
I coined this term 'freedom thru limitation' back in the '90s because I was sick of art being treated like pop, because… — Billy Childish Copy Share Image
I can't work without a model. I won't say I turn my back on nature ruthlessly in order to turn a study… — Vincent Van Gogh Copy Share Image
An artist shouldn't be judged by how many people like his art but by how pure and good it is - but… — Randall Munroe Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, I suppose I got more praise for being able to draw things and paint things than I… — Ted Kooser Copy Share Image
No one ever gets to see Foley artists at work, and they're so strange. They see the world differently: things as things… — Guy Maddin Copy Share Image
The art which speaks to a universal audience concerns itself with the 'big' questions of life and death, and delivers its message… — Scott Kahn Copy Share Image
Art includes everything which stimulates the desire to live; science includes everything which sharpens the desire to know. Art, even the most… — Remy de Gourmont Copy Share Image
As far as more recognition goes, I am happy with the amount of love and respect I have received from other artists… — Suzi Quatro Copy Share Image
When I see people making 'abstract' painting, I think it's just a dialogue and a dialogue isn't enough. That is to say,… — Philip Guston Copy Share Image
Very few men can be genuinely happy in a life involving continual self-assertion against the skepticism of the mass of mankind, unless… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“There is, perhaps, no more dangerous man in the world than the man with the sensibilities of an artist but without creative… — Dame Edna Everage Copy Share Image
“One step, two steps, three steps; like winds of time experience joy of centuries, when movements become revelations of the dance of… — Shah Asad Rizvi Copy Share Image
One thing that makes art different from life is that in art things have a shape... it allows us to fix our… — Marilyn French Copy Share Image
There's something I have about being Canadian - there's a distance it gives you when you live in the States and operate… — Michael J. Fox Copy Share Image
I don't have the education of an art historian. I've certainly read about art and look at art and have educated myself… — Lynne Tillman Copy Share Image
Of course, you want to be respected by your peers, and you want people to connect to you as an artist, but… — Jamie Lynn Spears Copy Share Image
The idea of going on tour for the rest of my life with old works is not that exciting. As an artist… — Damien Hirst Copy Share Image
I'm an artist, and the need to get inside myself and be creative and be other people is a part of who… — Gwyneth Paltrow Copy Share Image
