Cookery is a wholly unselfish art: as 'art for art's sake' it is unthinkable. A man may sing in his bath every… — Andre Simon Copy Share Image
What the really great artists do is they're entirely themselves. They're entirely themselves, they've got their own vision, they have their own… — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
[Stanley] Kubrick was a great artist and a perfectionist. He always wanted the exact right thing. He did a million takes. Everything… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
The need to be a great artist makes it hard to be an artist. The need to produce a great work of… — Julia Cameron Copy Share Image
There were some extremely good teachers there that were great artists really in their own right. It was actually very hard to… — Graham Coxon Copy Share Image
The thing I'm obsessed with is really great bad paintings. I have a storage locker full of them and I want to… — Jennifer Coolidge Copy Share Image
It's often the case that great artists - people like Bruce Springsteen - tend to pick up the subterranean rumblings of profound… — Wayne Swan Copy Share Image
Recently, the Germans have developed a tendency to prefer the so-called first (youthful) style of great artists to their mature works. Could… — Franz Grillparzer Copy Share Image
I have great artistry, I can spin well, I have good footwork, and I can jump. I can do the quad jump,… — Jeremy Abbott Copy Share Image
I studied Hitchcock and Josef von Sternberg under Richard Dillard at Hollins, and that year under his tutelage just completely rewired my… — Adam Ross Copy Share Image
While one should always study the method of a great artist, one should never imitate his manner. The manner of an artist… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
You can't get anywhere without incredible passion, because if you're an entrepreneur, there's gonna be a lot of bumps in the road.… — Trip Hawkins Copy Share Image
I think being an artist is having the courage to be original. Many great artists, including Picasso, have all been influenced by… — James Rosenquist Copy Share Image
I have never really been a great artist. I have been a human being that has loved art, which is not the… — Josephine Baker 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
Human nature is not amenable to prediction based on the trends or tendencies prevailing at the time. It is amenable to startling… — Maurice Saatchi Copy Share Image
Life has to keep going, so you can either be a victim the rest of your life and let it drag you… — Jeff Ross Copy Share Image
People have libraries at home, they have bookshelves, they have CDs. And they sort of try, people try to bring great artists… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
I think I can see people wanting to hear more music-music now as opposed to all hip-hop. You know, which I have… — Nickolas Ashford Copy Share Image
In short, [Coltrane's] tone is beautiful because it is functional. In other words, it is always involved in saying something. You can't… — Cecil Taylor Copy Share Image
I was told David Letterman and Kaufman had heart attacks on the same day: David Letterman's heart attack was at a hospital… — Howard Stern Copy Share Image
In my naïvety, I thought people who were in rock 'n' roll bands were great artists, and it was a huge shock… — Bruce Dickinson Copy Share Image
I really tried to work out hard to emulate the look and feel of the character, and did my best to represent… — Daniel Cudmore Copy Share Image
The integrity of being an artist for Frank Stella means going into the unknown.A great artist is somebody who's not scared to… — Frank Stella Copy Share Image
To me, I would much rather be part of a healthy industry than being the only player in a dead industry. There… — John Lasseter Copy Share Image
As nearly as possible in the spirit of Matthew Salinger, age one, urging a luncheon companion to accept a cool lima bean,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The interesting thing about this is I don't know what my vision [ in Salome the play and Salomaybe] is yet about.… — Al Pacino Copy Share Image
But Zarathustra made it clear in which direction the answer lay; it is towards the artist-psychologist, the intuitional thinker. There are very… — Colin Wilson Copy Share Image
A great artist can look at an old woman, portray her exactly as she is... and force the viewer to see the… — Robert A Heinlein Copy Share Image
Excellence in art is to be attained only by active effort, and not by passive impressions; by the manly overcoming of difficulties,… — George Stillman Hillard Copy Share Image
I'm speaking of the pursuit of excellence in all things. All things! Presence of mind and devotion to craft. A great artist… — Scott Lynch Copy Share Image
There [is] a feeling of recognition, as of meeting an old friend, which comes to us all in the face of great… — Ralph Vaughan Williams 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
Then Martine said: "So yuo will be poor now all your life, Babette?" Poor?" said Babette. She smiled as if to herself.… — Isak Dinesen Copy Share Image
Even after seeing so much bad art in the last few years, it still seems possible that one can be led to… — Diego Cortez Copy Share Image
Persons who would never think of announcing boldly to the world, 'I am a scholar,' 'I am a great artist,' 'I am… — Georgia Harkness Copy Share Image
Cookery is a wholly unselfish art: All good cooks, like all great artists, must have an audience worth cooking for. — Andre Simon Copy Share Image
![“[Stanley] Kubrick was a great artist and a perfectionist. He always wanted the exact right thing. He did a million takes. Everything had to be perfect. I'm an imperfectionist. I don't really care that much about the work. I write quickly. I'm careless. I shoot carelessly.” quote by Woody Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/159/woody-allen-176_art_stanley-kubrick-was-a-great-artist-and-a_432976.jpg)
![“In short, [Coltrane's] tone is beautiful because it is functional. In other words, it is always involved in saying something. You can't separate the means that a man uses to say something from what he ultimately says. Technique is not separated from its content in a great artist.” quote by Cecil Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/279/cecil-taylor-20434_art_in-short-coltrane-s-tone-is-beautiful-be_358656.jpg)
![“The interesting thing about this is I don't know what my vision [ in Salome the play and Salomaybe] is yet about. I'm sensing something and I'm going along with it. It reminds me of a painting, the way Jackson Pollack painted - Jackson Pollack, the great, great artist.” quote by Al Pacino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/aa0/al-pacino-1656_art_the-interesting-thing-about-this-is-i-do_376188.jpg)
![“There [is] a feeling of recognition, as of meeting an old friend, which comes to us all in the face of great artistic experiences. I had the same experience when I first heard an English folksong, when I first saw Michelangelo's Day and Night, when I suddenly came upon Stonehenge or had my first…” quote by Ralph Vaughan Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/6b3/ralph-vaughan-williams-24520_artistic_there-is-a-feeling-of-recognition-as-of_1532348.jpg)
