The average artist, if he chooses, could render an exact drawing of what he sees. Artistic work not only allows but demands… — Edgar Alwin Payne Copy Share Image
Capablanca's play produced and still produces an irresistable artistic effect. In his games a tendency towards simplicity predominated, and in this simplicity… — Mikhail Botvinnik Copy Share Image
The subject of walking is, in some sense, about how we invest universal acts with particular meanings. Like eating or breathing, it… — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
I moved from Boston to Los Angeles, and took every opportunity that came along my way, trusting that God had a great… — Gianna Simone Copy Share Image
For now, I'm supposing that all movements are equal, which they're not, except in this respect: that none of them gives a… — Wilfrid Sheed Copy Share Image
A lot of people who curate in the business, and curate the art, don't really have good artistic sense. They may know… — Q-Tip Copy Share Image
I feel like we want to compartmentalise things and say, 'Well, that's emotional, artistic and subjective, while this is intellectual, objective and… — Shane Carruth Copy Share Image
In the days before machinery men and women who wanted to amuse themselves were compelled, in their humble way, to be artists.… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
There is more in art, with an apology to that much abused word, as applied to photography, than startling display lines, on… — Gertrude Kasebier Copy Share Image
The life's story of great geniuses is a sad one, without much tangible reward, which does not inspire future generations to face… — Joseph Haydn Copy Share Image
An unhurried mind brings the capacity to make wise choices every day - choices of how we use our time, of where… — Eknath Easwaran Copy Share Image
The formation of scales and of the web of harmony is a product of artistic invention, and is in no way given… — Hermann von Helmholtz Copy Share Image
Some are able and humane men and some are low-grade individuals with the morals of a goat, the artistic integrity of a… — Raymond Chandler Copy Share Image
Every age has its storytelling form, and video gaming is a huge part of our culture. You can ignore or embrace video… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
My sisters used to learn dance, and I used to stand behind them and dance. So my guruji suggested that I also… — Madhuri Dixit Copy Share Image
In European thought in general, as contrasted with American, vigor, life and originality have a kind of easy, professional utterance. American --… — Wallace Stevens Copy Share Image
You have to keep people engaged until you get them through the next commercial. I'm not complaining about working in TV, at… — Charlie Hunnam Copy Share Image
Chicago still remains a Mecca of the Midwest - people from both coasts are kind of amazed how good life is in… — Harold Ramis Copy Share Image
Art alone makes life possible - this is how radically I should like to formulate it. I would say that without art… — Joseph Beuys Copy Share Image
I never thought that the music called "jazz" was ever meant to reach just a small group of people, or become a… — Miles Davis Copy Share Image
Of course, we need not be surprised if artistic excellence goes unrecognized on account of being unknown; but there should be the… — Marcus Vitruvius Pollio Copy Share Image
My favorite place in the whole world is Nashville. Because it's my home, it's Music City. It's like, everybody there is so… — Taylor Swift Copy Share Image
Artistic judgments are silly if expressed as dogmas, at least until we get an "artometer" which can measure objectively how many micro-michelangelos… — Robert Anton Wilson Copy Share Image
The stage is the opposite: you are talking loud so you can project to the back row and you know the whole… — Gary Busey Copy Share Image
Any true musician, true artist, knows that when they're in that point of total artistic creation, whether on stage or in the… — Richard Ashcroft Copy Share Image
I like filming in New York a lot myself, but London is accommodating to me; the weather's very good there and the… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
It wasn't just music in The Ramones: it was an idea. It was bringing back a whole feel that was missing in… — Tommy Ramone Copy Share Image
Judging your early artistic efforts is artist abuse. . . Remember that in order to recover as an artist, you must be… — Julia Cameron Copy Share Image
That for me was the big turning point in my artistic life, when my wife and I had our kids. The world… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
If the picture is not an artistic picture, it's show, like television. Television series are very funny, but it's a collective production.… — Alejandro Jodorowsky Copy Share Image
Attempts are found in domains of human performance, such as sports, games, artistic domains, professional domains like medicine and the law, and… — Ernest Sosa Copy Share Image
It is with extreme sadness that we hear of the passing of the leader of the world's Catholics, His Holiness Pope John… — Mohammad Khatami Copy Share Image
It is not easy to build a great brand. It takes leadership to persuade the rest of the company to follow your… — David F. D'Alessandro Copy Share Image
I'm an artist, and I go in the studio and make my music. And then I'll give it to my dad and… — Ashlee Simpson Copy Share Image
For those women sin against God when they rub their skin with ointments, stain their cheeks with rouge, and make their eyes… — Tertullian Copy Share Image
By continually increasing the difficulty of the sport, we are discouraging younger athletes from starting and continuing in the sport. But most… — Svetlana Boginskaya Copy Share Image
Jumping twenty or so years later, Ann Ciccolella, artistic director of Austin Shakespeare, approached me with the idea of staging Anthem. She… — Jeff Britting Copy Share Image
My parents genuinely loved Vienna, and in later years I learned from them why the city exerted a powerful hold on them… — Eric Kandel Copy Share Image
It always felt like you were trying too hard to look like the audience or something. That whole thing about the artistic… — David Bowie 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