Every work of art needs a spine – an underlying theme, a motive for coming into existence. It doesn't have to be… — Twyla Tharp Copy Share Image
The function of the artist is the mythologization of the culture and the world. In the visual arts there were two men… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
As we saw in the Queen's Speech, anti-social behaviour - a phenomenon that I believe to be a genuine worry that is… — Kamal Ahmed Copy Share Image
Tiny slices, no frosting, forty-five minutes on the StairMaster: These are the conditions, variations on a theme of vigilance and self-restraint that… — Caroline Knapp Copy Share Image
The life of reality is confused, disorderly, almost always without apparent purpose, whereas in the artist's imaginative life there is purpose. There… — Sherwood Anderson Copy Share Image
America is the world's living myth. There's no sense of wrong when you kill an American or blame America for some local… — Don DeLillo Copy Share Image
The true treasure lies within. It is the underlying theme of the songs we sing, the shows we watch and the books… — Radhanath Swami Copy Share Image
Beginning writers are often advised to 'write what you know,' and since I knew about quilters - their quirks, their inside jokes,… — Jennifer Chiaverini Copy Share Image
“Love for the beauty of the soul. I shall love you always. When the flower of life has gone, ever I shall… — Laurel A. Rockefeller Copy Share Image
Just as a chemist "isolates" a substance from contaminations that distort his view of its nature and effects, so the work of… — Rudolf Arnheim Copy Share Image
“I began to write fiction on the assumption that the true enemies of the novel were plot, character, setting and theme, and… — John Hawkes Copy Share Image
I get thousands of letters, and they give me a feeling of how each book is perceived. Often I think I have… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
I'm a New Zealand actor, and I really want to be doing our stuff here, and our stuff includes plays from overseas.… — Peter Hambleton Copy Share Image
A good theme - like the 'Pink Panther' or 'Baby Elephant Walk' - can work all the way through the picture, which… — Henry Mancini Copy Share Image
Besides my fast and slooow songs, I further divide my work into three main song types: the ballad or story song, the… — David Massengill Copy Share Image
The use of neuroscientific data to help resolve phenomenological questions is proving a common theme in much contemporary thinking about the mind.… — David Papineau Copy Share Image
A novel, even a social realist one, can't simply be a comprehensive rendering of what is. A novel requires a special angle… — Chang-Rae Lee Copy Share Image
I don't really analyze my stuff when I write. I write about stuff that I'm interested in, that I'm feeling at that… — Spike Lee Copy Share Image
The situation is not good with the record companies. It's just not working out, so I don't plan to record until it's… — Irene Cara Copy Share Image
I wouldn't say that 'The Fabric of the Cosmos' is a book on cosmology. Cosmology certainly plays a big part, but the… — Brian Greene Copy Share Image
[Robert] Ford had the idea that through fame he would receive some personal validity, but he didn't. I feel that these are… — Brad Pitt Copy Share Image
The aim of great books is ethical: to teach what it means to be a man. Every major form of literary art… — Russell Kirk Copy Share Image
A novel must work as a story because no one's going to get to the other themes if you don't entertain the… — Robert Cormier Copy Share Image
Where no interest is takes in science, literature and liberal pursuits, mere facts and insignificant criticisms necessarily become the themes of discourse;… — Madame de Stael Copy Share Image
When men talk about the agony of being men, they can never quite get away from the recurrent theme of self-pity. And… — Pat Conroy Copy Share Image
The great European novel started out as entertainment, and every true novelist is nostalgic for it. In fact, the themes of those… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
In terms of 'Solaris,' I didn't really think about the religious aspect an awful lot. There's one scene at a dinner party,… — Natascha McElhone Copy Share Image
Most horror films fail to scare me. I think The Ring plays more as a psychological thriller. It's smarter, there's more character… — Martin Henderson Copy Share Image
Our theme for this year's festivities, Dreams and Challenges of Asian Pacific Americans, speaks to the many generations of Asian Pacific Americans… — Lucille Roybal-Allard Copy Share Image
While it's true that some writers, when taking on love and war, find the task too big, or only succeed in one… — Meg Wolitzer Copy Share Image
I once heard some idiot on the radio saying that all great art has suffering as its dominant theme, and that the… — Bart Yates Copy Share Image
If I were making paintings of a bowl of fruit it would still be viewed through some sort of political lens, because… — Kehinde Wiley Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, many talented people in Hollywood find their values and politics do not reflect the content they create, and many movie themes… — Allen Covert Copy Share Image
I think of a plot, I think of an idea, and then I wonder, How can I get that onto the stage?… — Alan Ayckbourn Copy Share Image
All music is rehash. There are only a few notes. Just variations on a theme. Try to tell the kids in the… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
The people are phenomenal. You know my theme is 'Make America Great Again' and I think it can be greater than ever… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
When I start on a book, I have been thinking about it and making occasional notes for some time... So I have… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
Whatever question arose, a swarm of these drones, without having finished their buzzing on a previous theme, flew over to the new… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
Above these universal themes 'Truth Will Set U Free' is also a song composed for those who were born gay. I am… — Corey Hart Copy Share Image
Her theme was happiness: what it was; what it was not; where we might find it, where not; and how, if found,… — Mary Lavin Copy Share Image
![“[Robert] Ford had the idea that through fame he would receive some personal validity, but he didn't. I feel that these are not the main themes, but certainly themes that are at play in this film [Assassination of Jesse James].” quote by Brad Pitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/ca2/brad-pitt-1608_assassination_robert-ford-had-the-idea-that-through-fa_1992479.jpg)
