I don't think we have to be jerks to make good art either, but somehow we as a society have romanticised that… — Marielle Heller Copy Share Image
Much of the way we understand the world is through images. That's what I think good art does - it teaches you… — Trevor Paglen Copy Share Image
The mark of all good art is not that the thing done is done exactly or finely, for machinery may do as… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
I say that the art of sculpture is eight times as great as any other art based on drawing, because a statue… — Benvenuto Cellini Copy Share Image
The art market is global now, and there's becoming more of an international consensus about what constitutes good art. — Larry Gagosian Copy Share Image
All that is good in art is the expression of one soul talking to another, and is precious according to the greatness… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
I think good art should always be entertaining, or at least give pleasure of some sort. And my chief goal as a… — Kenneth Oppel Copy Share Image
My mother was an artist, and I was fairly good at art as a child. I was always the best drawer in… — Natalie Babbitt Copy Share Image
“The desire to make art begins early. Among the very young this is encouraged (or at least indulged as harmless) but the… — David Bayles Copy Share Image
Writing can be bad and still be part of something good. That 'art' is really 'artifact,' Exhibit A, Exhibit B, of something… — Chris Kraus Copy Share Image
John Cougar Mellencamp - I didn't like him in the beginning. I liked some of the stuff around the 'Scarecrow' period. I… — Robert Hilburn Copy Share Image
“All of that art-for-art’s-sake stuff is BS,” she declares. “What are these people talking about? Are you really telling me that Shakespeare… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
Sometimes directors come to me when I have to play some horrible thing, scary or hysterical or crying; they ask, 'Did you… — Kristine Opolais Copy Share Image
One of the things my career as an artist might say to young artists is: The things that are close to you… — Sally Mann Copy Share Image
The man who has honesty, integrity, the love of inquiry, the desire to see beyond, is ready to appreciate good art. He… — Robert Henri Copy Share Image
“I have this -- here’s this thing where it’s going to sound sappy to you. I have this unbelievably like five-year-old’s belief… — david foster wallace Copy Share Image
It is the glory and good of Art, That Art remains the one way possible Of speaking truth, to mouths like mine… — Robert Browning Copy Share Image
I think TV promulgates the idea that good art is just art which makes people like and depend on the vehicle that… — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
All good art is seditious, but the people in authority can never recognise it. I think when you mention sedition, artists are… — Michael Leunig Copy Share Image
I do have that mindset - that most good art comes from some turmoil, from someone trying to come to some equilibrium,… — Ben Folds Copy Share Image
A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent upon arriving. A good artist lets his intuition lead him wherever… — Laozi Copy Share Image
The longer I live, Dorian, the more keenly I feel that whatever was good enough for our fathers is not good enough… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“There's no such thing as good art or bad art. Art is popular or unpopular. What is banned in Boston may be… — Ron Brackin Copy Share Image
Working with a good artiste is always a pleasure. If you get a reaction from your co-star, then you get the space… — Nithya Menen Copy Share Image
To be a good artist / letterer / designer / guitar player it takes practice. A lot of it. More than you… — Jessica Hische Copy Share Image
Good science and good art are always about a condition of awe. I don't think there is any other function for the… — Derek Walcott Copy Share Image
But I'm interested in the Barnes Collection in Philadelphia. I hear there are some of the worst Matisses there. I like seeing… — Jemima Kirke Copy Share Image
In dark times, the definition of good art would seem to be art that locates and applies CPR to those elements of… — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
When I propose a candidate for a job I don't do it because the person in question is the best but because… — Jo Nesbo Copy Share Image
“As I see it, Christians should make good art, that shows forth truth & beauty for all, or make art that is… — Dustin Kensrue Copy Share Image
“Thus discernment, artistic or otherwise, is a critical skill, and yet it can be something we take for granted, in part because… — Kevin Simler Copy Share Image
It's that same quality I've been talking about. It's neither contrived, nor surprising and smart, not baffling, not witty, not interesting, not… — Gerhard Richter Copy Share Image
I think that to be a good artist, you have to have ideas as well as manual skills. It's a blend of… — Michael C. McMillen Copy Share Image
“But from the Parthenon and the Timaeus a specious logic leads to the tyranny which, in the Republic, is held up as… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
“When things get tough, this is what you should do: Make good art. I’m serious. Husband runs off with a politician —… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
Art is not and never has been subordinate to moral values. Moral values are social values; aesthetic values are human values. Morality… — Herbert Read Copy Share Image
Life is sometimes hard. Things go wrong, in life and in love and in business and in friendship and in health and… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
Some people act as though art that is for a mass audience is not good art, and I think this has been… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
I think that's what really separates me in the world of fashion is I have a real understanding of actual clothes and… — Scott Schuman Copy Share Image
I think you have a lot of really good artists today. You have your Beyonce, Usher, Nicki Minaj and the like. But… — Aretha Franklin Copy Share Image
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