A lot of my work has been about stuff I've been frightened of: cliffs, explosions, meteorites, that kind of stuff. I would… — Cornelia Parker Copy Share Image
I mean, making art is about objectifying your experience of the world, transforming the flow of moments into something visual, or textual,… — Barbara Kruger Copy Share Image
“In making art you need to give yourself room to respond authentically, both to your subject matter and to your materials. Art… — David Bayles Copy Share Image
I'm making entertainment, but I'm making art. This is my art. Hopefully, it's profitable, hopefully it makes money, but at the end… — Morgan Spurlock Copy Share Image
I think making art is something where you think you know, you also know you don't know and you hope - all… — Eric Fischl Copy Share Image
Making art is complicated because the categories are always changing. You just have to make your own art, and whatever categories it… — Frank Stella Copy Share Image
I like making art that's useful to people who have a harder road. Art is a tool to get through it; it's… — John Cameron Mitchell Copy Share Image
What gets me excited by the process of making art is how unrelated elements get fused, which is a formal process. The… — Jordan Wolfson Copy Share Image
“Promoting my first novel has been a vulnerable experience. I know many artists and for the first time, I truly understand the… — Pádraig O'Gorman Copy Share Image
When you think about fascism and right-wing governments, oftentimes people think about European history, but it's been flaring up on and off… — Torrey Peters Copy Share Image
I was in the emergency room twice with heart palpitations and panic attacks. As one of my actor friends pointed out: your… — Lori Lansens Copy Share Image
I embrace the middle ground, because curiously it has more edge to it than the cutting edge. It has been a weirdly… — Grayson Perry Copy Share Image
“If you make art, people will talk about it. Some of the things they say will be nice, some won’t. You’ll already… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
The thing about writing or making art is that I'm not thinking about that stuff while I'm doing it. Like the driver's… — Chelsea Martin Copy Share Image
The greatest opportunities for creative transformation are often lodged in our discontents. Art is an alchemical process that feeds on emotional energy.… — Shaun McNiff Copy Share Image
“Forgiveness. The ability to forgive oneself. Stop here for a few breaths and think about this because it is the key to… — Ann Patchett Copy Share Image
I have dedicated a significant portion of my time and artistry to making art that addresses various forms of oppression, including white… — Vivek Shraya Copy Share Image
I have no idea of what it's going to look like when I start a piece. Making art is like having a… — Nick Bantock Copy Share Image
If you read a book by a cis woman, there's a full range of people doing things for all sorts of different… — Torrey Peters Copy Share Image
“There's another wonderful Italian expression: l'arte d'arrangiarsi-the art of making something out of nothing. The art of turning a few simple ingredients… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
The fact that biological, or atural rules might help in the creation of a computer generated work of art is interesting, but… — Steven Levy Copy Share Image
“But I think that what it comes down to is this: we haven't stopped doing astronomy for the same reason we haven't… — James Geach Copy Share Image
To me, success is making a positive difference through art - making art that affects the world and that changes the way… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When you think about alien intelligences making art, you then have to think about what art is and how bound up it… — David Grinspoon Copy Share Image
I think that democracy has a lowest common denominator thing going on, so it might be the best of a bad bunch… — Grayson Perry Copy Share Image
People talk about making art films - experimental films. I can make an art film every day of the week. Nothing to… — Carlo Ponti Copy Share Image
Why do we make records? Because we want to say something. Why are you in art? Because you want to say something.… — Patrick Stump Copy Share Image
I always think of my films within the context of where aesthetics meet economics. That's the nature of making art - not… — Ira Sachs Copy Share Image
When you are making art with someone, you often combine. Creating something with someone is unmatched. There's so much ego that goes… — E. R. Fightmaster Copy Share Image
I am making art. It's not a job that you've gotta show up to and fill in your slot. This is a… — El-P Copy Share Image
Making lyrics feel natural, sit on music in such a way that you dont feel the effort of the author, so that… — Stephen Sondheim Copy Share Image
Our work should be a reflection of society, and if you're not concerned with including all of society, then I don't really… — Sasheer Zamata Copy Share Image
It's the way I enjoy making art - I like sitting down and making five beats; I enjoy that process. I can… — J. Cole Copy Share Image
The Internet really does create this dimension around the music that's always in relation to what else is happening at the moment.… — Alan Palomo Copy Share Image
What's interesting about making art is that you take everything you know about it and you bring it up to that point,… — Julian Schnabel Copy Share Image
The nature of making music and making art, what motivates me is that it's interesting. It's interesting to listen, to really listen… — Emily Haines Copy Share Image
I think it's harder than ever to be an artist. I think that you end up, especially as a middle-aged person, you… — Dana Spiotta Copy Share Image
I like that feeling when you’re making art, that you’re taking the energy out of your body and putting it into a… — Kiki Smith Copy Share Image
I'm making art and making decisions and editing things. I don't live my life to broadcast it into the art world; I… — Frances Stark Copy Share Image
With Gnaw I was thinking about traditional sculpture, about carving. I was also interested in figurative sculpture. I put those two ideas… — Janine Antoni Copy Share Image
