I think that most great artists who are extremely known, as I am, would intimidate a lot of people. I don't want… — Ray Charles Copy Share Image
The great artist, whether he be musician, painter, or poet, is known for this absolute unexpectedness. — Loren Eiseley Copy Share Image
Painting, which is essentially a rhythmic harmony of coloured spaces. Realism was the death of art. Great art should come from the… — Arthur Wesley Dow Copy Share Image
I've always told the musicians in my band to play what they know and then play above that. Because then anything can… — Miles Davis Copy Share Image
I know that some of the great painters and some of the great artists didn't even start to 'peak', as you say,… — Joe Perry Copy Share Image
Genuinely great humour recognises the world it's describing and yet we are also called into question by it. That's what great art… — Simon Critchley Copy Share Image
It has been said that great art is the night thought of man. It may emerge without warning from the soundless depths… — Loren Eiseley Copy Share Image
That experience of touching down in a totally foreign place is like having a blank canvas: You begin with nothing, but stroke… — Edwidge Danticat Copy Share Image
When I have a creative block, I take walks. I like to see what shapes stick out - so many legs rushing… — Caio Fonseca Copy Share Image
Great art has dreadful manners. The greatest paintings grab you in a headlock, rough up your composure, and then proceed in short… — Simon Schama Copy Share Image
All great art originates from the innocent child within us expressing itself through the wisdom, experience and skill of an adult. — Richard Schmid Copy Share Image
Great art speaks a language which every intelligent person can understand. The people who call themselves modernists today speak a different language. — Marshall McLuhan Copy Share Image
The great artists represent you. The great products represent you. They don't tell you who you are. But with them, you require… — Andrew Loog Oldham Copy Share Image
The great art of giving consists in this the gift should cost very little and yet be greatly coveted, so that it… — Baltasar Gracian Copy Share Image
Well, first of all it's entertainment. That stops us becoming too pretentious or thinking we're great artists. — Richard Thompson Copy Share Image
If they're [his clients] not temperamental, I don't want them. It's in the nature of a great artist to be that way. — Sol Hurok Copy Share Image
The city as a center where, any day in any year, there may be a fresh encounter with a new talent, a… — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
Experiment is necessary in establishing an academy, but certain principles must apply to this business of art as to any other business… — Robert Menzies Copy Share Image
Flaubert spoke true: to succeed a great artist must have both character and fanaticism and few in this country are willing to… — Cyril Connolly Copy Share Image
If that one is already a great artist, who knows how to educe from a small piece of wood the face of… — Nicholas of Cusa Copy Share Image
For me it's a dedication to your real interests. It's an ability to be open-minded. Without an open-minded mind, you can never… — Martha Stewart Copy Share Image
With the way music is going right now, it's difficult for an r&b singer to make real music. If it's not with… — Tony Sunshine Copy Share Image
Against expectations I was charmed by Gehry's Edgemar development, which housed the Santa Monica Museum of Art, and positively awed by the… — Leon Krier Copy Share Image
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