For more than twenty years by my own work and personal initiative, I have gathered from all the old streets of Vieux… — Eugene Atget Copy Share Image
The artistic process seems to be mythologized quite a lot into something far greater than it actually is. It is just hard… — Nick Cave Copy Share Image
Realism should only be the means of expression of religious genius... or, at the other extreme, the artistic expressions of monkeys which… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
“The ‘Muse’ is not an artistic mystery, but a mathematical equation. The gift are those ideas you think of as you drift… — Roman Payne Copy Share Image
Art should be independent of all clap-trap - should stand alone, and appeal to the artistic sense of eye or ear, without… — James Whistler Copy Share Image
Men like Henry George [ the pioneer of land value taxation] are rare, unfortunately. One cannot imagine a more beautiful combination of… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
My mother encouraged me to be artistic. It was written in a contract at an early age that I would be an… — Kurt Cobain Copy Share Image
Despite some standout events, 2012 was demoralizing. The Met felt adrift, and New York City Opera couldn't claw its way back to… — David Edelstein Copy Share Image
Sculptures created from found materials like ice and thorns, driftwood, and even bleached kangaroo bones all presuppose that artistic design will yield… — Simon Schama Copy Share Image
Poetry is the work of poets, not of peoples or communities; artistic creation can never be anything but the production of an… — Lascelles Abercrombie Copy Share Image
People talk so much to me about the beauty of confidence. They seem to entirely ignore the much more subtle beauty of… — Robert Smythe Hichens Copy Share Image
I think that's what really separates me in the world of fashion is I have a real understanding of actual clothes and… — Scott Schuman Copy Share Image
Being taken seriously, for a young writer, is a wonderful form of encouragement, but at the same time, I don't think one… — Tea Obreht Copy Share Image
My experience working with lots of creative people is that they don't lose their artistic edge when they lose a fierce level… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
But there's a difference between having artistic interests and being psychotic. That's more than a fine line of differentiation, and I do… — Crispin Glover Copy Share Image
The satisfaction of physical needs is indeed the indispensable pre-condition of a satisfactory existence, but in itself it is not enough. In… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Analogy pervades all our thinking, our everyday speech and our trivial conclusions as well as artistic ways of expression and the highest… — George Polya 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
Despite the variety my books reflect my, perhaps foolish, tendency to place artistic above financial concerns; of enjoying the more mature themes… — Sean Michael Wilson Copy Share Image
It can be frightening to turn your back on what others think is right. But I'm not the same as a lot… — Bat for Lashes Copy Share Image
“The human mind’s innate ability to imagine and create ensures that we never remain stalled out in who we are. We constantly… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
Ultimately, the artistic part of architecture has always interested me. — Ma Yansong Copy Share Image
The artist who could disentangle the subtle soul of the image from its mesh of defining circumstances most exactly and 're-embody' it… — James Joyce Copy Share Image
For people who make inventions, whether they make scientific inventions or artistic inventions, they're driven by pretty much the same thing. It's… — Paula Scher Copy Share Image
