He had that curious love of green, which in individuals is always the sign of a subtle artistic temperament, and in nations… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
We all have our individual artistic temperaments as well as partisanships in creative directions. And we have strong opinions on the merits… — Wole Soyinka Copy Share Image
Never try to do anything artistic when you're feeling something overwhelming. It's like driving a car: If you're experiencing road rage, pull… — Stephin Merritt Copy Share Image
Everyone likes to hear that their eccentricities and their addictions are simply evidence of their sensitive artistic nature. — Russell Smith Copy Share Image
Anyone can sit down and write some boring artistic song. Pop music is the hardest [stuff] to write. — Britney Spears Copy Share Image
“No one can discover you until you do. Exploit your talents, skills and strengths and make the world sit up and take… — Rob Liano Copy Share Image
Dance, one of the oldest forms of artistic expression, requires only the human body for its realization. — Igor Youskevitch Copy Share Image
Yes, thanks to God... my life has a goal, much more important than my artistic activities, that is the struggle against Leukemia. — Jose Carreras Copy Share Image
The true, prescriptive artist strives after artistic truth; the lawless artist, following blind instinct, after an appearance of naturalness. The one leads… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Privacy is important to me. But it's not just about sticking two fingers up and saying I don't want anyone to know… — Natalie Dormer Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, moral beauty in art - like physical beauty in a person - is extremely perishable. It is nowhere so durable as… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
To be able to make decisions and see them come to fruition and feel the excitement around them, what it generates within… — Karen Kain Copy Share Image
I'm very excited about dance and love it with a deep passion. I also struggle, tire and become discouraged. But what has… — Anna Halprin Copy Share Image
When I met Miller, for me it wasn't a question of wanting to meet him because it was Arthur Miller; it was… — Simon McBurney Copy Share Image
The wide open nature of any truly creative artistic endeavor is one of its most important virtues, and one of its harshest… — Mike Svob Copy Share Image
Whether it's films or painting or music or writing a book, the greatest experience is being able to express yourself and what… — Rob Reiner Copy Share Image
The national parklands have a major role in providing superlative opportunities for outdoor recreation, but they have other people serving values. They… — Stewart Udall Copy Share Image
The basis of artistic creation is not what is, but what might be; not the real, but the possible. Artists create according… — Rudolf Steiner Copy Share Image
The so-called Christian nations are the most enlightened and progressive ... but in spite of their religion, not because of it. The… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Artistic truth is for me literally the highest truth: art may seize the essence of persons and movements no less truly, and… — Israel Zangwill Copy Share Image
“I fancy my father thought me an odd child, and had little fondness for me; though he was very careful in fulfilling… — Mary Ann Evans Copy Share Image
When reading about what may be described as the lesser celebrated heroic figures of the Harlem Renaissance, we rarely get a definitive… — Aberjhani Copy Share Image
This is a glorious biography ... The time is ripe for a new biography of Edith Wharton of this intimacy and on… — Mark Bostridge Copy Share Image
The freedoms we have in Russia are just leftovers. Freedom of travel, which was completely nonexistent in the Soviet Union; artistic freedom… — Vladimir Voinovich Copy Share Image
The music business - and I guess you could say any artistic endeavor - usually rewards those who are on the leading… — Billy Corgan Copy Share Image
Art came fluidly, so I was able to teach myself many of the things I thought were important by copying and mimicking… — John Dyer Baizley Copy Share Image
I have long been convinced that my artistic ideal stands or falls with Germany. Only the Germany that we love and desire… — Richard Wagner Copy Share Image
I take great pride in the artistic development of cartoons. Our characters are made to go through emotions. — Walt Disney Copy Share Image
It's probable that in the artistic hierarchy birds are the greatest musicians existing on our planet. — Olivier Messiaen Copy Share Image
The artistic taste of the Catholic priests is appalling and I am most anxious to have a Catholic church in which everything… — Giles Gilbert Scott Copy Share Image
I don't need legitimization to take part in Israeli productions; I am a good actress. To work in Israel is a financial… — Mili Avital Copy Share Image
I'm always looking for something that tells me a little bit about what it means to be human. That's how I measure… — Martin Donovan Copy Share Image
Even this artistic life, which we know is not real life, appears to me to be so alive and so vital that… — Vincent Van Gogh Copy Share Image
I received my training at an art academy, so what I produce is art. That's what is artistic about my photographs. — Thomas Ruff Copy Share Image
I've put in as many as 40 weeks a year on stage. It is lonely and restricted, as all artistic life must… — Lillie Langtry Copy Share Image
I would like to tell you that I wrote my book to push back artistic boundaries. But I didn't. I wrote it… — Gideon Defoe Copy Share Image
To me, very much of what is artistic is people's very creative and inventive ways out of impossible situations. — James Taylor Copy Share Image
Usually the intention of the artistic effect is too sophisticated for most people to understand, sort of like a joke that they… — Billy Corgan Copy Share Image
I don't like these commercial films I do. I'd far prefer to do more artistic films, more cult films. — Shu Qi Copy Share Image
If you forget the words to your own song, you can always claim artistic license. Forget the words to the national anthem… — Lyle Lovett Copy Share Image