The real artist, who knew what he was imitating, would be interested in realities and not in imitations; and would desire to… — Socrates Copy Share Image
The best works do not necessarily get to auction. I like to draw, so maybe I give you a little drawing. And… — Marlene Dumas Copy Share Image
...it's almost natural because when you're an artist you know what you want. And then if you're able to mentally turn that… — Lil Wayne Copy Share Image
I think there was a point in the past when I felt that my options as an artist were either to make… — Adrian Tomine Copy Share Image
The spectator, as he walks the gallery, will stop, or pass along. To give a general air of grandeur at first view,… — Joshua Reynolds Copy Share Image
Artists no longer starve in garrets. Some people may think this is not wholly a good thing, that being an artist has… — J. M. Coetzee Copy Share Image
I love feeding off the audience, and to me, what's the point if you're not going to think of the fans. Anyone… — Dido Armstrong Copy Share Image
Every artist has different priorities. Some artists I know don't make as much music as they used to, because social media has… — Mark Kozelek Copy Share Image
Contrary to Warhol's 15 minutes of fame, I think that today in front of insatiable curiosity of the crowd, we would be… — Daniel Buren Copy Share Image
Envision what the end result is supposed to be... what do you want to be when you grow up? Where do you… — Fat Joe Copy Share Image
The arts are suffering amongst public schools, but also, minority theater companies are struggling, and I firmly believe in freedom of expression… — Nelsan Ellis Copy Share Image
When you sketch a shoe but don't have the intention to do a proper shoe, it remains a curvy sketch with no… — Christian Louboutin Copy Share Image
Even though the industry is very big and there's lots of money, when it gets down to it, whether it's a photographer… — Guido Palau Copy Share Image
I have dedicated a significant portion of my time and artistry to making art that addresses various forms of oppression, including white… — Vivek Shraya Copy Share Image
I had a job as an illustrator, and I wanted to change the direction of my work. I moved to the country,… — Brian Froud Copy Share Image
I'm putting my consciousness towards trying to teach people through pictures and sculptures that there's something better in the world. That's what… — Peter M. Brant Copy Share Image
In 1966, while working on a feature about a Picasso exhibition at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, I recorded the pre-opening… — Micha Bar-Am Copy Share Image
When I was doing just the underwater, I don't think people could relate to it at first. Then I added the land,… — Robert Lyn Nelson Copy Share Image
The first piece of art that I ever bought-when I could afford it-was a Warhol sketch from the period when he was… — James Franco Copy Share Image
It's up to the artist to use language that can be understood, not hide it in some private code... obscurity is usually… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
At some point, I'm just of the mind that no art is perfect, and it shouldn't be perfect. I think it's beautiful… — Colman Domingo Copy Share Image
“Having seen this reproduction, one can go to the National Gallery to look at the original and discover what the reproduction lacks.… — John Berger Copy Share Image
Can a great artist be mean-spirited, grasping, harsh to his family, violent in his emotions, vindictive in his hatreds, an all-purpose scoundrel?… — Fred Kaplan Copy Share Image
Art is the only thing you cannot punch a button for. You must do it the old-fashioned way. Stay up and really… — Leontyne Price Copy Share Image
“—if a painting really works down in your heart and changes the way you see, and think, and feel, you don’t think,… — Donna Tartt Copy Share Image
Don't worry if people think you're good. Make this your experience. And find out what makes you unique as an artist. You… — Matt Bomer Copy Share Image
Art is never the voice of a country, it is an even more precious thing, the voice of the individual, doing its… — Eudora Welty Copy Share Image
I think people all over the institution recognize that different ways of understanding are valuable. Artists may think in a different way… — Alan Lightman Copy Share Image
From the start, I've always admired Eminem's thinking. That's the reason I wanted to appear on the Grammys with him when I… — Elton John Copy Share Image
To me, art is not a solitary delight. It is a means of stirring the greatest number of men by providing them… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
The fact that all of us die anyway (the rumor turns out to be true) is a mere detail in the celestial… — Herbert Gold Copy Share Image
Whenever a dope artist comes out of nowhere, the first thing you do is try and compare it to stuff until you… — Bryson Tiller Copy Share Image
Maybe it's easier to have that desire guest-spot-packed album, for example, you're a rapper and you need someone to sing the hook.… — Yukimi Nagano Copy Share Image
This is the emotional thing, you see - you must galvanize people, so they want to be completely alive and live forever,… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
As I paint, I realise, while it's something I do very much by myself, it's very solitary, the creative process feels similar… — Black Francis Copy Share Image
“It's a difficult path that we tread, us Indie self-publishers, but we're not alone. How many bands practicing in their dad’s garage… — Karl Wiggins Copy Share Image
I just love expanding my horizons and growing as an artist. The only way you get to do that is by doing… — Vanessa Hudgens Copy Share Image
More and more in the art world are becoming moralistic, telling artists and critics what they should and shouldn't write, do, or… — Jerry Saltz Copy Share Image
The aim of every artist is to arrest motion, which is life, by artificial means and hold it fixed so that a… — William Faulkner Copy Share Image
Art is the expression of the conviction that we can have a rational relationship with the world and each other. It isn't… — Edward Bond Copy Share Image
