It was never my goal to capitalize on punk. I could never make it as a commercial artist. I didn't back then… — Raymond Pettibon Copy Share Image
Since I started making art, I've always had some kind of project that was really about and for other people, because I… — Miranda July Copy Share Image
When you make work, your goal might not be first and foremost to have as many people as possible see it, but… — Jim McKay Copy Share Image
“This is a message from your heart Your most devoted body part Taking blood and making art This is a message from… — Kina Grannis 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
Making an art out of your technological life is the way to solve the problem of technology...Art is anything that you can… — Robert M. Pirsig Copy Share Image
Making art has first of all to do with honesty. My first lesson was to see objectively, to erase all meaning of… — Ellsworth Kelly Copy Share Image
Making art, being creative, is risky, especially for actors, but everybody on the set is being creative. You're putting yourself out there… — Lynn Shelton Copy Share Image
I think my first experience of art, or the joy in making art, was playing the horn at some high-school dance or… — Robert Pinsky 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
I probably sensed the serious formality of the ceremonies and felt what others were feeling then. Looking back, I'd guess that it… — Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook Copy Share Image
Over the years, in making art, I have constantly explored issues dealing with space, time, light, and society. I am particularly interested… — Olafur Eliasson Copy Share Image
When we even use the term 'specialized world,' we already have a problem! We're making art; they are making art... these worlds… — Jennifer Higdon Copy Share Image
“I know that life is busy and hard and that there's crushing pressure to just settle down and get a real job… — Shauna Niequist 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
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
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
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
“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
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
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
I'm purposeless. I'm making art because I want you to look at that painting and I want it to affect you in… — Pat Steir 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
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
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
I find it so much easier to be creatively free at night. Daytime is for sleeping. Nighttime is the best time for… — Mark Ryden 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
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
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 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
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
If I'm in the business of making artwork that is designed on some level to sell a product, then I have to… — John Dyer Baizley 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
The thing with making your art your business is: It's a business. You can't sit around waiting for the muse, especially when… — Noah Hawley Copy Share Image
“Emotional labor is the hard work of making art, producing generosity, and exposing creativity. Working without a map involves both vision and… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
A lot of artists give up because it's just too damn hard to go on making art in a culture that by… — Cheryl Strayed Copy Share Image
That's what I like about the idea of the aesthetic experience, the idea of both enjoying looking at works of art and… — Michael C. McMillen Copy Share Image
“I can certainly throw out some observation about the process of creating which may be of use. Firstly, it's the best &… — Clive Barker Copy Share Image
