Two aesthetics exist: the passive aesthetic of mirrors and the active aesthetic of prisms. Guided by the former, art turns into a… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
Andy [Warhol] was on the scene, but he wasn't an artist at first; he was more an illustrator. He was always surrounded… — Claes Oldenburg Copy Share Image
The moment of creative impulse is what an artist gives you. You look at a Pollock, and it can't give you the… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
There's a lot of madness going on out there. Artists can only be what they are, but the industry only goes with… — Pras Michel Copy Share Image
My husband and I have watched a lot of Hitchcock movies in bulk, and there's a lot to be gained from that,… — Claire Danes Copy Share Image
The world of the arts is by no means always comfortable, but neither is it likely ever to be boring. It is… — Russell Lynes Copy Share Image
I love writing, composing and producing music. It's what I enjoy doing most in life and I create so much material that… — Maya Jane Coles Copy Share Image
It seems to me that today, if the artist wishes to be serious - to cut out a little original niche for… — Edgar Degas Copy Share Image
This is the time for every artist in every genre to do what he or she does loudly and consistently. It doesn't… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
I like the ideology of there being no such thing as perfection. But I'm of the opinion that I have witnessed perfection… — Jack O'Connell Copy Share Image
I have no idea of what it's going to look like when I start a piece. Making art is like having a… — Nick Bantock Copy Share Image
You know, it's no accident that the great painters came from areas like Europe where there is a lot of clouds and… — Al Hirschfeld Copy Share Image
When I stop working, I go out and start working again. Most people paint a picture, or whatever they do, and go… — David Bailey Copy Share Image
I think I've been able to witness Canadian hip-hop get a lot more respect from our own people. I think some of… — JD Era Copy Share Image
You connect yourself to the viewer by sharing something that is inside of you that connects with something inside of him. All… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Painting is a kind of call and response. During the act of painting one is listening, paying attention to a self, a… — Squeak Carnwath Copy Share Image
whatever a work of art may be, the artist certainly cannot dare to be simple. He must have a nature as complicated… — Rebecca West Copy Share Image
Painting is always strongest when in spite of composition, color, etc., it appears as a fact, or an inevitability, as opposed to… — Robert Rauschenberg Copy Share Image
Art is long, life short, judgment difficult, opportunity transient. To act is easy, to think is hard; to act according to our… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
There's a cultural conviction that any 'artist' must have personal suffering to back up their work, otherwise there's something undeserved and therefore… — Jenny Diski Copy Share Image
A Painter draws a painting Door of Heart witout handle.!! Man: Why there is no handle? Painter: Its bcoz Door of Heart… — ZhatsPrincess Copy Share Image
Always make your work be personal. And, you never have to lie... There is something we know that's connected with beauty and… — Francis Ford Coppola Copy Share Image
It's impossible to say that live art enjoys any single status in the information age--there are versions of live art that are… — Philip Auslander Copy Share Image
The great thing about doing art shows is you get to meet the people who are interested in your art, and I… — Paul Stanley Copy Share Image
If I were making paintings of a bowl of fruit it would still be viewed through some sort of political lens, because… — Kehinde Wiley Copy Share Image
I once heard some idiot on the radio saying that all great art has suffering as its dominant theme, and that the… — Bart Yates Copy Share Image
“My life is like a memento mori painting from European art: there is always a grinning skull at my side to remind… — Yann Martell Copy Share Image
The diseased pride [of artistic individualists] was not even conscious of a public interest, and would have found all political terms utterly… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
From a slight, undetermined drawing, where the ideas of the composition and character are just touched upon, the imagination supplies more than… — Joshua Reynolds Copy Share Image
I've had a period of drawing on canvas in black - with some of my early images coming thru -, think the… — Jackson Pollock Copy Share Image
The realization that reason and anti-reason, sense and nonsense, design and chance, consciousness and unconsciousness, belong together as necessary parts of a… — Hans Richter Copy Share Image
When you're young and starting out, a lot of artists think they know exactly who they are. There are others who come… — Aldous Harding Copy Share Image
If you want to live your life in a creative way, as an artist, you have to not look back too much.… — Steve Jobs Copy Share Image
“... Blake is a ready-made patron saint for those wanting to elevate their marginality, dissent, and queerness into strength. The relative futility… — Andrew Elfenbein Copy Share Image
My question about my art and my music has always been, 'Am I good, or am I good because?' I'm not the… — K'naan Copy Share Image
An artist must possess Nature. He must identify himself with her rhythm, by efforts that will prepare the mastery which will later… — Henri Matisse Copy Share Image
I do think more should be done for people from less financially secure backgrounds to come into the arts and feel comfortable… — Jamie-Lee O'Donnell Copy Share Image
I think the biggest way of connecting with people is through your music and kind of saying what you want to say… — Chris Young Copy Share Image
The sculptor who deals with form seeks to imprison beauty in a marble statue that will withstand the ravages of time during… — Max Heindel Copy Share Image
As a street artist, I'm used to sharing my stuff with the public. It's a communal experience. I've learned not to be… — Shepard Fairey Copy Share Image
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