The business of art lies just in this, -- to make that understood and felt which, in the form of an argument,… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
I think it would be very good if writers and artists take a stand in electoral politics. They've got the ability to… — Jimmy Breslin Copy Share Image
“When things get tough, this is what you should do: Make good art. I’m serious. Husband runs off with a politician —… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
The important thing about Dada, it seems to me, is that Dadaists despised what is commonly regarded as art, but put the… — Hans Arp Copy Share Image
That's what the best art does, it starts the conversation. What you may see in a scene or a line isn't what… — Misha Green Copy Share Image
I think as a mature artist, you're probably always trying to undo the compromises of one's self [in general]. It's not necessarily… — Kate Bush Copy Share Image
I think so much of art is unconscious anyway, the artist doesn't know the real reason they're doing it. They're just kind… — Eric Drooker Copy Share Image
You can describe [Portrait of the Artist as a Shadow of His Former Self] as a manifesto of sorts. I saw it… — Kerry James Marshall Copy Share Image
He made his colours, built his stretchers, plastered his canvas, painted his pictures, carpentered his frames, and painted them. 'Too bad I… — Irving Stone Copy Share Image
“Well, every art requires appreciation, doesn't it? I mean people who paint, sculpt, or write books want an audience. that's the reason… — Margaret Powell Copy Share Image
The people I am afraid of are the ones who look for tendentiousness between the lines and are determined to see me… — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
I think about that 'empty' space a lot. That emptiness is what allows for something to actually evolve in a natural way.… — Meredith Monk Copy Share Image
The habit of collecting, of attachment to things, is an essential human trait. But Western civilization put collecting on a pedestal by… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
I'd been asked by Takashi Murakami to collaborate on something, which was an honor for me. I was really pleased. And then… — Hiroshi Fujiwara Copy Share Image
I spent maybe a week all day every day working on the wall, my first legal wall because I was just so… — Alec Monopoly Copy Share Image
Life is a Canvas. Every action of ours is a stroke of paint and at the end, how beautiful our painting is… — RVM Copy Share Image
“Judging your early artistic efforts is artist abuse. This happens in any number of ways: beginning work is measured against the masterworks… — Julia Cameron Copy Share Image
In rock n' roll, we don't sell records at all like we used to. Yet the artist still has to pay to… — Duff McKagan Copy Share Image
Most of my work is very temporary, very provisional. You can take it with you or you can leave it. Which is… — Jack Pierson Copy Share Image
Ring sense is an art, a gift from God that flows out of a fighter like a great painting flows out of… — Ray Arcel Copy Share Image
A true priest is aware of the presence of the altar during every moment that he is conducting a service. It is… — Constantin Stanislavski Copy Share Image
Reality cannot be photographed or represented. We can only create a new reality. And my dilemma is how to make art out… — Alfredo Jaar Copy Share Image
A great painting or symphony or play, doesn't diminish us, but enlarges us, and we, too, want to make our own cry… — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
All writing, all art, is an act of faith. If one tries to contribute to human understanding, how can that be called… — Truman Capote Copy Share Image
It's, 'Honey, where's the peacock outfit? What about my leather pants?' You have to swat them clean with a brush. And when… — Bebe Buell Copy Share Image
The feat of superbly imitating a muscle, as Michelangelo did, or a face, as Raphael did, created neither progress nor a hierarchy… — Fernand Leger Copy Share Image
“Or like just another manipulative pseudopomo Bullshit artist who’s trying to salvage a fiasco by dropping back to a metadimention and commenting… — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
“Models need to be judged by what they eliminate as much as by what they include—like stone carving, the art is in… — John H. Miller Copy Share Image
A painting is above all a product of the artist's imagination, it must never be a copy. If, at a later stage,… — Edgar Degas Copy Share Image
No doubt, it is useful for an artist to know all the forms of art which have preceded or which accompany his.… — Pablo Picasso Copy Share Image
A lot of people seem to think that art or photography is about the way things look, or the surface of things.… — Nan Goldin Copy Share Image
I think artists sometimes go back to something when we never should, for many different reasons. You hear a lot of stories… — Gza Copy Share Image
“I have always tried for quality in everything I do. I don't have a problem with that; I have a problem with… — Reinhold Messner Copy Share Image
Art is not supposed to change the world, to change practical things, but to change perceptions. Art can change the way we… — JR Copy Share Image
“It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They… — Doug Dandridge Copy Share Image
An artist’s work is almost entirely inquiry based and self-regulated. It is a fragile process of teaching oneself to work alone, and… — Teresita Fernandez Copy Share Image
Within two weeks of working with her, I realized how good she was for the role because she was absolutely with it… — Albert Finney Copy Share Image
Typically, in France, someone in my position should keep their mouth shut. I'm an entertainer, operating in the realm of pop, and… — Christine and the Queens Copy Share Image
I love poetry. It's at the heart of everything I do. Poetry transforms what we call language, and uses language as the… — Ashley Bryan Copy Share Image
In collage you're doing it in stages so you're not actually doing it right there. You first of all draw it on… — Paula Rego Copy Share Image
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