The artist must be a philosopher. Socrates the skilled sculptor, Jean-Jacques [Rousseau] the good musician, and the immortal Poussin, tracing on the… — Jacques-Louis David 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
For example, we have developed an artistic and a literary culture. Nevertheless, the ideals of technological culture remain underdeveloped and therefore outside… — Paul Virilio 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
Artistic form is congruent with the dynamic forms of our direct sensuous, mental, and emotional life; works of art are projections of… — Susanne Katherina Langer Copy Share Image
Cooking is an art, but all art requires knowing something about the techniques and materials. Using modernist techniques, you get more control,… — Nathan Myhrvold Copy Share Image
The first five minutes in Gramacho is really overwhelming because all of your senses are being attacked. Visually, too, because your eyes… — Vik Muniz Copy Share Image
There has to be a balance between your mental satisfaction and the financial needs of your company. (But) I always remember that… — Alexander McQueen Copy Share Image
Certainly I enjoy the outré and I enjoy artistic comics and surrealism in comics very much. But the decision I made and… — Michael Kupperman Copy Share Image
When we of the so-called better classes are scared as men were never scared in history at material ugliness and hardship; when… — William James Copy Share Image
We must win rulers; political, economic, scientific, artistic personalities. They are the engineers of souls. They mold the souls of men. Winning… — Richard Wurmbrand Copy Share Image
It may be that the only reason childhood memories act on us so strongly is that, being the most remote we possess,… — Gene Wolfe Copy Share Image
Saying that a great genius is mad, while at the same time recognizing his artistic worth, is like saying that he had… — James Joyce Copy Share Image
Our parents more or less just kind of wanted us to pursue our passions. Whatever they would have been, they would have… — John Cusack Copy Share Image
There's something about having an artistic outlet that is so important to the human mind and development. It's as important as any… — Ingrid Michaelson Copy Share Image
My wife's an architect, so she definitely has a very high-risk artistic profession, and she gets the idea that you're really sensitive,… — Matthew Weiner Copy Share Image
When I wrote the opera, I made a deal with myself that for at least an hour a day I would work… — Rufus Wainwright Copy Share Image
I think a lot of awesome stuff is coming out with smaller presses. Small presses don't have to have huge board meetings… — Kevin Sampsell Copy Share Image
Perhaps the meaning of all human activity lies in the artistic consciousness, in the pointless and selfless creative act? Perhaps our capacity… — Andrei Tarkovsky Copy Share Image
Very few people possess true artistic ability. It is therefore both unseemly and unproductive to irritate the situation by making an effort.… — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
The arts alone give direct access to experience. To eliminate them from education - or worse, to tolerate them as cultural ornaments… — Peter Drucker Copy Share Image
When I started Dylan's Candy Bar in 2001, I wanted it to be a place that merged my love of pop culture,… — Dylan Lauren Copy Share Image
I was in a hardcore band that had no melody, no chance of finding any success, and I was just trying to… — Aaron Bruno Copy Share Image
A highly developed moral nature joined to an undeveloped intellectual nature, an undeveloped artistic nature, and a very limited religious nature, is… — Walter Bagehot Copy Share Image
When I started dating I had relationships with people who came from families that weren't at all artistic or whatever, and they… — Laura Dern Copy Share Image
You know, when you choose to make your living as an actor, it's all fine and good to look at it as… — James Spader Copy Share Image
I still hope that more people can create art, even though artistic genres may never be the most popular or money-making genres.… — Jenova Chen Copy Share Image