I am an artist and a writer, and I do think that one always places oneself in the picture to see where… — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
Talk about painting: there's no point. By conveying a thing through the medium of language, you change it. You construct qualities that… — Gerhard Richter Copy Share Image
“A person of large dreams does not allow other people’s opinion to damper his or her zestfulness. Overcoming fear of making an… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
I remind myself Vincent van Gogh died without having sold a single painting. Like, art is not measured by the trappings that… — Lin-Manuel Miranda Copy Share Image
One curator said he didn't want my work in his gallery because it was so simple even children understood it. I thought,… — Ted Harrison Copy Share Image
People're artists they're doing something, taking a hunk of chaps, giving it some order, some form, and presenting it saying here is… — Peter O'Toole Copy Share Image
I always feel the desire to look for the extraordinary in ordinary things; to suggest, not to impose, to leave always a… — Balthus Copy Share Image
I would love to do musicals, sitcoms and even television talk shows. I think I have the potential. But most importantly, my… — Jamie Park Copy Share Image
Austrian public-opinion pollsters recently reported that those held in highest esteem by most of the people interviewed are neither the great artists… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The thing about covers that's relatively important to remember is that it doesn't matter how good an artist you are: if you… — Neal Adams Copy Share Image
The understanding of the intent of the artist which I can achieve when high sometimes carries over to when I’m down. This… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
Jeffrey Deitch is the Jeff Koons of art dealers. Not because he's the biggest, best, or the richest of his kind. But… — Jerry Saltz Copy Share Image
If you're an artist like a really, really long time, it stops being a performance. I'm not performing anymore. I reveal myself… — Eddie Murphy Copy Share Image
Oil painting did to appearances what capital did to social relations. It reduced everything to the equality of objects. Everything became exchangeable… — John Berger Copy Share Image
I'm a professional artist, that's how I make my living. So I watch the market. There is, it seems to me, a… — Brice Marden Copy Share Image
I paint with a language I can call my own... it takes a ruthless honesty with oneself. If one admires or is… — Scott Kahn Copy Share Image
Art gives us the opportunity to have clarity as well as hope that we might be able to survive a situation, or… — Ntozake Shange Copy Share Image
The collaboration which sometimes follows is seldom based on good will: usually on desire, rage, fear, pity or longing. The modern illusion… — John Berger Copy Share Image
My respect for artists is very high. I think to get the most out of them, you have to liberate them. I… — Gore Verbinski Copy Share Image
This new form of dialogue that is bringing us to the art to which I have dedicated my life, is rooted in… — Alicia Alonso Copy Share Image
The higher the artist, the fewer the gestures. The fewer the tools, the greater the imagination. The greater the will, the greater… — Ben Okri Copy Share Image
“As an artist she finds Dick's work hopelessly naive, yet she is a lover of certain kinds of bad art, art which… — Chris Kraus Copy Share Image
Theatre artists are essentially sort of charlatans and thieves, I mean that's the tradition that we come from, so I have absolutely… — Simon McBurney Copy Share Image
What to paint was a problem for the war artist... the old heroics, the death and glory stuff, were gone forever... the… — A. Y. Jackson Copy Share Image
The passion for art is, as for believers, very religious. It unites people, its message is of common humanity. Art has become… — Francois Pinault Copy Share Image
I'm a Hip Hop artist, but I understand why some people are confused about that because a lot of people have a… — Everlast Copy Share Image
“Here, in this painting, in these (hopefully) creative meditations, you will see teh same sky and the same sun, the same story… — N. D. Wilson Copy Share Image
I'm a huge stadium rock fan, but I'm also a fan of everything from Massive Attack to Peter Gabriel, U2, the Police,… — Tom DeLonge Copy Share Image
Most artists don't understand what they do, and I don't think we have to. Other people do that better - they understand… — Robert Wilson Copy Share Image
The old lessons of submissiveness and fragility made us victims. Women are so much more than that. You can be a businesswoman,… — Beyonce Knowles Copy Share Image
Historically, art has always had a market. When one medieval fiefdom defeated another they would drag back its jewels, gold, tapestries and… — Arne Glimcher Copy Share Image
Obviously businesses do not operate like an artists' commune. Business involves deploying finite resources to achieve goals in a competitive environment to… — John Kao Copy Share Image
The most awful museums are in China. They have magnificent stuff on display and just the worst way of displaying it. They… — Elliott Erwitt Copy Share Image
I don't know if I'll ever feel like I've made it. That is part of the reason why all of us, as… — Cassadee Pope Copy Share Image
The Actors Studio continues to open its doors to any artist in search for growth. I would especially like to see more… — Teresa Ruiz Copy Share Image
You can be zany and funny or you can do something that really has some depth to it and serious, so there's… — Jim Carrey Copy Share Image
I think that I am an artist who proves myself through what I actually do, not what I say. That's why the… — Chappell Roan Copy Share Image
Years later, I figured out why he (Ivan Karp) was such a successful art dealer-this may sound strange, but I believe it… — Andy Warhol Copy Share Image
Who's to say what will one day appear to have been trendsetting? Sometimes artists who receive breathless acclaim initially, seem to conk… — Charles Saatchi Copy Share Image
If you are handed something, it's a blessing and a curse. Look at hip hop artists, they produced everything themselves. Even people… — Michael Winslow Copy Share Image
