The term bohemian has a bad reputation because it's allied to myriad clichés, but Parisians originally adopted the term, associated with nomadic… — Sarah Thornton Copy Share Image
I think that the artists who don't get involved in preaching messages probably are happier - but you see, I have to… — Nina Simone Copy Share Image
When I was fifteen, I dreamed of living in the big city, as many a young person does if he is artistic… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
Having kids is a full-time job. And I don't know any woman who isn't constantly fighting between the exquisite selfishness required to… — Liz W. Garcia Copy Share Image
“I believe that art is the highest expression of the human spirit. ~ I believe that we yearn to transcend the merely… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
“Now while it's hanging in the gallery I pine for it. But once it's on my own wall, perhaps it will be… — Karin Fossum Copy Share Image
“Ambivalence and contradiction energize nearly every figure Michaelangelo carved, from the adolescent Madonna of the Stairs onward...But the four allegories atop the… — Eric Scigliano Copy Share Image
The artist himself is often surprised at the finished work of art. He cannot tell 'how it happened', nor could he repeat… — John F. Carlson Copy Share Image
“A sculpture of the magnificent shape of God. Oh, admittedly it was a shallow rendering of That Which Cannot Be Named; but… — Laird Barron Copy Share Image
Like most artists and musicians, I considered myself detached from the political life. But I had an insight that maybe we would… — Gilberto Gil Copy Share Image
For me, drawing is a way of navigating the imagination, and it remains the fundamental vehicle of my practice. Drawing allows me… — Shahzia Sikander Copy Share Image
I don't mean that if you're a Christian, walking close to God, you will immediately gain celebrity. you may fail as an… — Cliff Richard Copy Share Image
A lot of the artists that are coming out right now are sticking to the formula of guns, drugs, money, all that… — John Cena Copy Share Image
“as those old engravings of the ‘Cenacolo,’ or that painting by Gentile Bellini, in which one sees, in a state in which… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
One of the fine moments in 1940s film is no longer than a blink: Bogart, as he crosses the street from one… — Manny Farber Copy Share Image
Entertainment must be a satisfying emotional experience, a stirring of the heart. We need all kinds of young men and women. Those… — Hedda Hopper Copy Share Image
In the future, you won't buy artists' works; you'll buy software that makes original pieces of 'their' works, or that recreates their… — Brian Eno Copy Share Image
I'm compelled to paint nearly every day. I just felt like making a painting, went out and bought paints and a canvas.… — David Johansen Copy Share Image
“Bourgeois do not even suspect that we serve them our hearts. The race of gladiators has not died: every artist is one.… — Gustav Flaubert Copy Share Image
Representational painters: place your works in a larger context. Give your work not only breadth but breath. Do not 'copy' what you… — Joshua L. Goldberg Copy Share Image
I honestly believe that sound commercialism is the best test of true value in art. People work hard for their money and… — Berton Braley Copy Share Image
I think there's a lot of similarity between what people try to do with religion with what they want from art. In… — Brian Eno Copy Share Image
I don't really feel like a rock artist, but I guess in the small category of the world of music genres, that's… — Courtney Barnett Copy Share Image
I think there should be a reworking of the value structure of art. The value is when the artist makes a first… — Lawrence Weiner Copy Share Image
I'm not an Internet artist, I didn't get discovered on the Internet - I got discovered pushing my mix tapes on the… — Tyga Copy Share Image
“To my mind the most interesting thing in art is the personality of the artist; and if that is singular, I am… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
You're like a witness. You're the one who goes to the museum and looks at the paintings. I mean the paintings are… — Julio Cortazar Copy Share Image
Worry, about the 'thousand and one' details entailed. My one-track mind has to be relieved of these worries completely or I cannot… — E. J. Hughes Copy Share Image
To love something as an artist ... means to be shaken not by its ultimate value or lack of value, but by… — Robert Musil Copy Share Image
I intend to do a large painting of the cliff at Etretat, although it is terribly bold of me to do so… — Claude Monet Copy Share Image
It takes a great deal of time and thought to install work carefully. This should not always be thrown away. Most art… — Donald Judd Copy Share Image
As a fan and collector of 'MAD' magazines as a kid, I am well aware that my art is unworthy. I remain… — Jake Tapper Copy Share Image
“You can draw!" I exclaimed. "Yeah," his voice echoed from the kitchen. "I mean really draw [...]" "I told you I would… — Jennifer Echols Copy Share Image
What's going on in the game today... it's data vs. art - that's what it comes down to for me. Art being… — Joe Maddon Copy Share Image
Acting is a general thing; it's not like being a primary artist like a painter or writer which stands the test of… — Tom Hollander Copy Share Image
The work of art is born of the artist in a mysterious and secret way. From him it gains life and being.… — Wassily Kandinsky Copy Share Image
“Our time and attention is scarce. Art is not that important to us, no matter what we might like to believe… Our… — Tyler Cowen Copy Share Image
We used to say that inside Cecil Beaton there was another Cecil Beaton sending out lots of little Cecils into the world.… — Alan Jay Lerner Copy Share Image
I like to paint and spend a lot of time doing art. For me, it's about hearing yourself and putting it out… — Daniel Zovatto Copy Share Image
There's this thing called compulsory licensing law that allows artists through the record companies to take your music at will without your… — Prince Copy Share Image
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