What a designer does is he makes things possible that you didn't imagine could exist before, and it makes the world a… — Paula Scher Copy Share Image
I think... it is somehow very useful, and maybe even essential, for a fine artist to have to somehow make his peace… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
I think of my life as divided between a lot of different periods. I grew up in the country, but as I… — Reed Krakoff Copy Share Image
Malevich, Lissitsky, Kandinsky, Tatlin, Pevsner, Rodchenko… all believed in the social role of art… Their works were like hinged doors, connecting activity… — John Berger Copy Share Image
If you would learn to write, it is in the street you must learn it. Both for the vehicle and for the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
I was always an emotional, tearful kid. As a child I was really focussed on my fine art - I took it… — Marissa Nadler Copy Share Image
The client isn't quite satisfied and then the prostitute is always unsatisfied but is doing it just to make ends meet. And… — Eric Drooker Copy Share Image
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I have two last pieces of advice. First, being pre-approved for a credit card does not mean you have to apply for… — Stephen Colbert Copy Share Image
The song "This Is Not Surreal," was inspired by a painter I love, Frida Kahlo. She really did suffer for her art.… — Lindi Ortega Copy Share Image
A good print is really essential. I want to take strong documentary photographs that are as good technically as any of the… — Mary Ellen Mark Copy Share Image
The animal merely makes a bed, which he warms with his body, in a sheltered place; but man, having discovered fire, boxes… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
My goal, if I was going to do art, fine art, would have been to become Picasso or greater. That always sounds… — Kanye West Copy Share Image
Some people have been kind enough to call me a fine artist. I've always called myself an illustrator. I'm not sure what… — Norman Rockwell Copy Share Image
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The division between the useful arts and the fine arts must not be understood in too absolute a manner. In the humblest… — Jacques Maritain Copy Share Image
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I didn't want to be criticized for taking low-quality photographs, so I tried to reach the best, highest quality of photography and… — Hiroshi Sugimoto Copy Share Image
I take pleasure in working with the non-art photographs that reside in public archives, essentially authorless and owned by the world itself,… — Michael Light Copy Share Image
Initially I explored the tension between illustration and fine art when I first encountered miniature painting in my late teens. Championing the… — Shahzia Sikander Copy Share Image
The fine arts, both in those who cultivate and those only who admire them, open and expand the mind to great ideas.… — Joel Barlow Copy Share Image
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In fine arts, when you make a painting, it's just a painting. But if you make a painting in the entertainment industry,… — Andrew W.K Copy Share Image
Painting is a fine art: not merely because it gives us trees and faces and lovely things to see, but because paint… — James Elkins Copy Share Image
When I first became interested in photography, I thought it was the whole cheese. My idea was to have it recognized as… — Edward Steichen Copy Share Image
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