I am selfish, but that's an attribute that all artists possess. — Robert Mapplethorpe Copy Share Image
“Art is in the eye of the beholder, and everyone will have their own interpretation.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There are artists who think they have to be on top all the time. I think that would be exhausting. — Natalie Imbruglia Copy Share Image
“A magician with decreasing practice sessions will give defective performances.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
The most mesmerizing of artists is always like one who was merely drawing in the sand and people came to watch. — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
I believe there is little to gain by exchanging opinions with other artists concerning either the ideology of art or technical methods. — Yves Tanguy Copy Share Image
Now that we do not have priests and philosophers any more, artists are the most important people in the world. — Gerhard Richter Copy Share Image
Artists change how we see the world - and that can have value in the way people do business. — John Maeda Copy Share Image
When you're a Chicago artist, to play Lollapalooza, that's not a normal thing. It's artists on a path to a certain place… — Chance The Rapper Copy Share Image
My mother and father are very involved with music. It's completely part of their soul. They have an incredible record collection, all… — P. J. Harvey Copy Share Image
We had been reading about these beatniks who hung out or lived in Greenwich Village, and we wanted to find out what… — Richie Havens Copy Share Image
“There are hundreds of thousands of musicians, artists, painters, poets, writers and bricklayers, and we certainly need walls, music and art, but… — Karl Wiggins Copy Share Image
It always makes me sad when I think of how I saw Wagner wasting his vitality, not only by singing their parts… — Anton Seidl Copy Share Image
They[ Lana and Andy Wachowski]are true artists. They really are trying to say something and trying to create something original, and there… — Daryl Hannah Copy Share Image
People writing about me have said that I've influenced a lot of people, and there are some artists who have credited me… — Harvey Pekar Copy Share Image
It was just me in my basement honing my skills, hearing songs on the radio and trying to manipulate them and then… — Clinton Sparks Copy Share Image
It could be that all awful dictators are frustrated artists - Mao with his poetry and Mussolini with his monuments. Stalin was… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
“Thanks to our artists, we pretend well, living under canopies of painted clouds and painted gods, in halls of marble floors across… — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
We have a lot of secondary market problems in the U.K.; it's really bad there. And lots of artists are starting to… — Mick Jagger Copy Share Image
I've been relying very heavily on my instincts as of late, and my songwriting has come to depend on my ability to… — Christine Anderson Copy Share Image
The perfect party for me is having six to 12 people for dinner Friday or Saturday - good, fun friends, a lot… — Sofia Milos Copy Share Image
When I hear other artists talk, they talk about 'How come radio's not playing my song?' Well, you have to look at… — Blake Shelton Copy Share Image
“I thought of the cool, fresh air of the city I'd always dreamed of living in. The art museums and trolleys and… — Heather Demetrios Copy Share Image
“The sense of pleasure you get creating something that doesn’t exist is inexplicable. I can never explain this joy in words. I… — Abhaidev Copy Share Image