In every artistic activity a new world is created, the cosmos, a world enlightened and free. — Nikolai Berdyaev Copy Share Image
Some folks believe that hardship breeds artistic creativity. I don't buy it. One can put up with poverty for a while when… — David Byrne Copy Share Image
A book is worth a few francs; we Germans can afford to destroy those. We all may not appreciate artistic merit, but… — Paul Scofield Copy Share Image
Words have their own hierarchy, their own protocol, their own artistic titles, their own plebeian stigmas. — Jose Saramago Copy Share Image
The arts community still has a long lasting cynicism of the importance, or the artistic value, of comedy. Comedy is just farting… — Rowan Atkinson Copy Share Image
Artists usually don't make all that much money, and they often keep their artistic hobby despite the money rather than due to… — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
Each man of us is living his own personal work of art, and cannot evade artistic responsibility for his product. — Richard McKenna Copy Share Image
The Steinway piano is the most harmonious implement for musical intention. It completes what is beautiful and artistic. — Yefim Bronfman 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
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 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
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
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
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
My dad said to me the other day, I really am an artistic person. I was shocked as I never saw him… — Robert Pattinson Copy Share Image
It is clear that the building of models is not a purely mechanical process but requires skill of a high order -… — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
NEU!'s music will always ("für immer") be a part of me and I absolutely stand to what we've created. Of course I… — Michael Rother Copy Share Image
I look forward to an America which will reward achievement in the arts as we reward achievement in business or statecraft. I… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
By trying to give an artistic approach through my book I stepped unwillingly into other fields. Like a dentist being asked about… — Sasa Stanisic Copy Share Image
If [Sean] doesn't see me a few days or if I'm really, really busy, and I just sort of get a glimpse… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
Herein lies the real value of education. Advanced education may or may not make men and women more efficient; but it enriches… — William Lyon Phelps Copy Share Image
“That’s why I like to listen to Schubert while I’m driving. Like I said, it’s because all the performances are imperfect. A… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
Patti Callahan Henry’s THE STORIES WE TELL is a lyrical exploration of love and longing, secrets and suspicion, family and friendship, all… — Mary Kay Andrews Copy Share Image
I did my New York debut at 21. It was 'On the Town' at the George Gershwin Theatre. New York is my… — Jesse Tyler Ferguson Copy Share Image
You cannot earn money from any artistic career. You have to spend all the time if you want to develop, and keep… — Nagwa Fouad Copy Share Image
I was a daydreamer as a kid. I want to act because of whatever artistic bone is in my body. I want… — Natalie Dormer Copy Share Image
Mankind is the grandest and surest artist of all, and history as it clarifies is, in pure fact, an artistic process, a… — George Edward Woodberry Copy Share Image
I believe people may have a predisposition for artistic creativity. It doesn't mean they're going to make it. — Rita Dove Copy Share Image
My parents were very supportive of me and my artistic endeavours. My father and mother came to every school play I ever… — Jack Black Copy Share Image
He considers me also a little fragile because artistic. I need to be cared for, like a potted plant. — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
Remember, a word is an invention, a symbol for an idea. Written text began as an artistic representation of a thought or… — Edward J. Fraughton Copy Share Image
The men in my life were wonderful, but they were very artistic and very creative and they were adventurers like myself. So… — James, son of Zebedee Copy Share Image
For designers, the rigidity of an alphabet presents a never-ending artistic challenge: How do you do something new and still preserve the… — Virginia Postrel Copy Share Image
I think you can give a pure artistic product if you understand how to build your own industry. — Nipsey Hussle Copy Share Image
I was thinking what an interesting concept it is to eliminate the writer from the artistic process. If we can just get… — Michael Tolkin Copy Share Image
I believe in irony. And if V-Day has taught me anything, it's that if you go out with artistic, outrageous irony and… — Eve Ensler Copy Share Image
Anytime you look at anything that's considered artistic, there's a commercial world around it: the ballet, opera, any kind of music. It… — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
Yes, I did try acting when I was in high school and I was terrible at it. So I definitely have had… — Dana Spiotta Copy Share Image
The artist must train not only his eye but also his soul, so that it can weigh colours in its own scale… — Wassily Kandinsky Copy Share Image