In the 'west' success is defined in purely material terms. He with the most money wins... We should question, speak out and… — Mark A. Brennan Copy Share Image
I'm always trying to challenge everyone to raise the game on the artistic level. We are supposed to be the best. Make… — Michael W. Smith Copy Share Image
When I was a little girl my parents always told me do everything you want in an artistic way. If you want… — Melanie Laurent Copy Share Image
I have always had a deep belief that every movie, every artistic expression, is political. Don't be fooled. Even ones that we… — Jake Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
Cartooning is an artistic commitment that requires the full attention and passion of the artist on every level; one should not get… — Chris Ware Copy Share Image
It took me a long time to get to where I am, but I am here and it is everywhere I want… — Princess Nokia Copy Share Image
Art is a thing where, the least likely thing that you think is going to be art, is precisely the thing that… — Richard Phillips Copy Share Image
The artistic side of our family was very important because one person encourages the other. It was a vey enlightening place to… — Dave Davies Copy Share Image
Artistic qualities that once seemed undeniable don't seem so now. Sometimes these fluctuations are only fickleness of taste, momentary glitches in an… — Jerry Saltz Copy Share Image
Personally, I see little distinction between an artistic mentality and criminality. You couldn't possibly create a compelling story without some wickedness or… — Russell Smith Copy Share Image
Well, I definitely have an artistic side to me as well. I write, I act, I draw. With that artistic mind I… — Vinny Guadagnino Copy Share Image
My mother actually left American in 1929 to be part of an alternative community of bohemians around her then father-in-law who was… — Anne Waldman Copy Share Image
New York is the place that made my and other artists' dreams come true by giving us a chance to realise our… — Yayoi Kusama Copy Share Image
My parents are artists; in their world, in the world of modern artists, you are supposed to just go into your studio… — Lena Dunham Copy Share Image
I think that the audience should not be able to tell if it is real or not real - it should be… — Vilmos Zsigmond Copy Share Image
There's been no nepotism in my acting artistic life, but I think it's been pretty clear in my writing life. I knew… — Aya Cash Copy Share Image
The character I created, 'Commissario Brunetti,' who appears in all my books, shares similar reading, artistic and musical tastes with me. Subconsciously,… — Donna Leon Copy Share Image
The people who are competing business-wise out there want what other successful labels and artists have. I don't want what they have;… — Joe Nichols Copy Share Image
Adult movies with any artistic credit are released in the last quarter of the year and expected to gird for battle for… — Alexander Payne Copy Share Image
The percentage of Indian kids doing some sort of artistic work is much higher than in the general population - painting, drawing,… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
On many days my primary artistic struggle is, in fact, photography because it is harder to do good work with that. I… — Teju Cole Copy Share Image
The thing is, if you're going to take the artistic path, you sort of have to make peace with the idea or… — Lela Loren Copy Share Image
It is impossible not to react to the current state of affairs through personal action and artistic production. We have been at… — Casey Spooner Copy Share Image
Before I was a parent I was struck by Rilke, who, as you know, didn't go to his daughter's wedding because he… — Robert Bly Copy Share Image
I recommend that you should work actively... and study the artistic structures of Rubens, Rembrandt, Titian, Watteau, Poussin, and other painters, even… — Kazimir Malevich Copy Share Image
I sort of gave up on this whole human adventure a long time ago, divorced myself from it emotionally. It gives me… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
Giving style” to one’s character - a great and rare art! It is exercised by those who see all the strengths and… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Climbing is an artistic, creative thing; it's about being spontaneous, traveling, seeing the world, hanging out. It's a balance of setting goals… — Chris Sharma Copy Share Image
Time and rhythm are the most important elements in music. If both aren't well conceived, organized, and executed, no amount of notes… — Anthony Davis Copy Share Image
People love a conflict. Artistic conflict is not like that at all. It's just wanting your own space, it's not wanting what… — Grant Hart Copy Share Image
I don't mind being sexy, but on my terms. To this day, I love sexuality. I love the art of sexuality. I… — Helen Mirren Copy Share Image
You know, with the funeral home, that is my artistic outlet where I can paint and play with science and bodies and… — Phaedra Parks Copy Share Image
I like characters. I like spirited characters whether they exist in fiction or real life. Whether they're the invention of artistic people… — Marc Jacobs Copy Share Image
I feel that this is my artistic home, and I'm very happy to be a California artist together with many others who… — Esa-Pekka Salonen Copy Share Image
My parents weren't in the arts, but we grew up in Balmain, which at that time was an artistic, bohemian suburb of… — Rose Byrne Copy Share Image
Viggo Mortensen had the biggest impact on me in terms of approach, dedication, intention, and artistic outlook, and I'm nowhere close to… — Orlando Bloom Copy Share Image
The literary critic, or the critic of any other specific form of artistic expression, may detach himself from the world for as… — Clive James Copy Share Image
I wanted to be a visual artist because I grew up around a lot of painters and photographers and had a very… — Jared Leto Copy Share Image
According to the perverse aesthetics of artistic guilty pleasure, certain books and movies are so bad - so crudely conceived, despicably motivated… — Walter Kirn Copy Share Image
The cumulative effect of the Romantic theory of creativity, as played out in the context of belief in the virtue of the… — John Walford Copy Share Image
