When we choose a man to beautify our towns, we do not automatically call on the major artists of the world. ...… — Paul Goodman Copy Share Image
“All of us,' he said, 'have hopes of being poet, artist, discoverer, philospoher, scientist; of possessing the attributes of all these simultaneously.… — Robert Edison Fulton Jr Copy Share Image
I have come to see that an artist is not given a form - a style - but his nature merely gives… — Jack Shadbolt Copy Share Image
I remember getting out of grad school and coming to New York and not wanting to get a teaching job because I… — Brice Marden Copy Share Image
Most comics are not truly rebellious or creatively free. Most comics, paintings, music, etc., are derivative of other, more successful works. And… — Phoebe Gloeckner Copy Share Image
If you're trying to learn how to collect art, the key is getting access to insider opinions, and we pride ourselves on… — Alexander Gilkes Copy Share Image
I would say any creative person has that: you can't just force a topic. Whether you're a painter, you want to do… — Kenya Barris Copy Share Image
I do not see any essential difference between abstract and primitive art. Both are simple and sincere. Naturally, we should not generalize… — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
Art fairs are a lot like professional proms - you make contacts, have a lot to look at, and in some cases,… — Maurizio Cattelan Copy Share Image
Art is a foreign city, and we deceive ourselves when we think it familiar. We have to recognize that the language of… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
If we are to understand the human condition, and if we are to accept ourselves in all the complexity, self-doubt, extravagance of… — May Sarton Copy Share Image
It isn't an easy job to paint oneself - at any rate if it is to be different from a photograph. And… — Vincent Van Gogh Copy Share Image
I got my own sound in Atlanta because I don't listen to anybody's music. When you listen to people's music, you start… — Gunna Copy Share Image
Remember that an artist's life is an intense search for truth. This search takes many forms. Everyone of these forms demands its… — Brice Marden Copy Share Image
The nice thing about the world that I've been able to inhabit for the last couple of years is that I'm given… — Brad Paisley Copy Share Image
I think that one of the things is that, if you are going to decide to be a painter, you have got… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
“My eyes roved over the walls covered with my collages and prints of famous paintings. Magritte, Kandinsky, Kahlo. My origami shapes hung… — Heather Demetrios Copy Share Image
Art is the expression of a man's life, of his mode of being, of his relations with the universe, since it is,… — Vernon Lee Copy Share Image
No art is any good unless you can feel how it's put together. By and large it's the eye, the hand and… — Frank Stella Copy Share Image
“Ruskin says that anyone who expects perfection from a work of art knows nothing of works of art. This is an appealing… — Randall Jarrell Copy Share Image
“Art is a kind of magic. Creativity is mysterious, even to artists, who might be able to name their inspiration but can't… — Sarah Cross Copy Share Image
Art forms that appeal to [leftists] tend to focus on ... defeat and despair ... as if there were no hope of… — Theodore Kaczynski Copy Share Image
The contemporary artist...is not bound to a fully conceived, previsioned end. His mind is kept alert to in-process discovery and a working… — Jerry Uelsmann Copy Share Image
I think the biggest thing that motivates me when I'm choosing a part is a role that will help me continue to… — Forest Whitaker Copy Share Image
It is a commonplace among artists and children at play that they're not aware of time or solitude while they're chasing their… — Steven Pressfield Copy Share Image
Art is a critical component in a well-rounded education. Art is the level playing field - no matter how rich or poor,… — Lynda Resnick Copy Share Image
As a matter of fact, it was only through the dealer Fred Jahn that I succeeded in overcoming my reservation about the… — Gerhard Richter Copy Share Image
I always wanted to do something creative, but as much as I'm creative, it's in a really hard-core, right-brained way. For me,… — Joshua Prince-Ramus Copy Share Image
I come from a generation where you put the art out and had the luxury to sit back and watch the world… — M.I.A Copy Share Image
Anything you ever make that matters takes a long time. Some artists never see their work in front of an audience, so… — Adriana Trigiani Copy Share Image
'm very conscious about how the viewing situation [of the Biennale] creates a situation for the viewer who feels pressured. I don't… — Frances Stark Copy Share Image
It's about communication, no matter how impossibly hard your art is to understand and how much of an ivory tower or high… — Wayne White Copy Share Image
I think I can define my entire life, virtuosity and business philosophy down to the core fundamental that I absolutely hate being… — Amanda Palmer Copy Share Image
I was never really an impressionist. If there was somebody within my range, maybe I could work on it and do a… — Kevin Nealon Copy Share Image
“Of course, figuring out what you like to work on doesn't mean you get to work on it. That's a separate question.… — Paul Graham Copy Share Image
Roger Fry is painting me. It is too like me at present, but he is confident he will be able to alter… — E. M. Forster Copy Share Image
“This is why Warhol is not part of the history of art. He is, quite simply, part of the world. He does… — Jean Baudrillard Copy Share Image
I just started to understand my craft, what I wanted to do as an artist. It's just a growing process. Figuring out… — Young De Copy Share Image
“The search for this inner truth is the search for beauty. People whose vision does not penetrate beyond the narrow limits of… — Harold Speed Copy Share Image
I'm also performing regularly in Southern California with two bands. As a solo artist doing acoustic sets and a member of the… — Bill Mumy Copy Share Image
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