Artistic Quotes · Page 7

Originality is what distinguishes art from craft. It is the yardstick of artistic greatness.

— H. W. Janson

Playing chess is more athletic than artistic. Champions are more concerned with victory than beauty: it's war with occasionally graceful kicks.

— Jennifer Shahade

If you look at how great artists of the past, like Beethoven, for example dealt with art and morality, you see that…

— Tariq Ramadan

I thought about how to film something, how to take pictures of it and how to mix it all together. And I…

— Steven Sebring

I look at everything in an artistic way.

— Tony Curtis

I can feel my father's spirit within me. I can feel similarities within us from the artistic perspective from being a musician.…

— Ziggy Marley

To those supporters who were told that I abandoned them, that is untrue. I abandoned greed, corruption, and compromise, never you, and…

— Lauryn Hill

To me, very much of what is artistic is people's very creative and inventive ways out of impossible situations.

— James Taylor

My view is that "A Small Oak Tree Runs Red" is about putting people 'on the record,' who otherwise would have been…

— Harry Lennix

My mother was an artist, and I was fairly good at art as a child. I was always the best drawer in…

— Natalie Babbitt

What I want to try to prove is that artistic games, when done properly, can still be a commercial success. By doing…

— Jenova Chen

But every great scripture, whether Hebrew, Indian, Persian, or Chinese, apart from its religious value will be found to have some rare…

— Lafcadio Hearn

We need emotional outlets in this country, and the more artistic people we develop the better it will be for us as…

— Eleanor Roosevelt

Behind the criticism of fashion as an artistic medium is a highly ideological prejudice: against markets, against consumers, against the dynamism of…

— Virginia Postrel

I think it[3D] should be used as a new artistic form, not as a gimmick, not to impress you but the existence…

— Ang Lee

I'm constantly doing new stuff, and I want it to be received really well. Who knows what's ego, what's business, what's artistic.…

— Robbie Williams

I love stepping onto the ice knowing I can create whatever I want or am feeling that day. It inspires me to…

— Tara Lipinski

Humor may be defined as the kindly contemplation of the incongruities of life, and the artistic expression thereof.

— Stephen Leacock

Writing is very much a playground - an artistic playground. It's the most fun thing I do.

— Shania Twain

In reggae I have a model of artistic excellence and possibility that is challenging and inspiring. The poem remains a demanding thing…

— Kwame Dawes

By denying its musical and artistic merit, hip hop's critics get to have it both ways: they can deny the legitimate artistic…

— Michael Eric Dyson

Creativity and artistic endeavors have a mission that goes far beyond just making music for the sake of music.

— Herbie Hancock

Artistic expression, sex, and truth are the only things that really matter.

— John Frusciante

I think the artistic process comes from disorder. When you are happy, it's not always a feeling that you can identify. It's…

— Amanda Harlech

I think I was born an artist. But the key is that I have a mom that encouraged and supported my artistic…

— Julia Stiles