I have a preference for writing that deals with domestic issues; even in visual art, I like work that focuses on very… — Carol Windley Copy Share Image
No other creative field is as closed to those who are not white and male as is the visual arts. After I… — Faith Ringgold Copy Share Image
The visual arts must communicate to the human spirit, forcing individuals to reflect on themselves and their existence beyond their own self-interest. — Dean Mitchell Copy Share Image
I wanted to be a visual artist because I grew up around a lot of painters and photographers and had a very… — Jared Leto Copy Share Image
The funny thing is musicians often love to go to see visual art because you've got all these pictures to turn into… — Dar Williams Copy Share Image
Evidently the arts, all the visual arts, are becoming more democratic in the worst sense of the word. — Eugenio Montale Copy Share Image
Photography is the art of anticipation, not working with memories, but showing their formation. As such, it has relentlessly usurped imaginative and… — Peter Schjeldahl Copy Share Image
You cannot own a symphony or a novel in the way you can own a Damien Hirst. As a result there are… — Roger Scruton Copy Share Image
I feel like visual art, the culinary arts, the theatrical arts - the medium changes, the tools that you use to tell… — Black Thought Copy Share Image
I don't think music is the first thing I turn to. For me, I think visual art is more the thing. Sometimes… — Bat for Lashes Copy Share Image
There is no society ever discovered in the remotest corner of the world that has not had something that we would consider… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
John Cage is someone I got into as a visual artist, before I even knew his music. I don't think a lot… — Devendra Banhart Copy Share Image
It present to allow me to ask myself questions about what I'm doing. I think that's what visual art does - it… — Nina Arianda Copy Share Image
I collect art books. I have hundreds and hundreds of them and they get me to start hearing things. Sometimes people look… — Tori Amos Copy Share Image
Art is humanity's most essential, most universal language. It is not a frill, but a necessary part of communication. The quality of… — Ernest L. Boyer Copy Share Image
The art that I make and that I see others make confirms the miracle of being alive. Almost every day I live… — Joseph Plaskett Copy Share Image
I'd been making music that was intended to be like painting, in the sense that it's environmental, without the customary narrative and… — Brian Eno Copy Share Image
Most visual artists, just like most writers, tend to be solitary. While they're doing the art, that is. They may have a… — Eric Drooker Copy Share Image
The primary purpose of the Museum is to help people enjoy, understand, and use the visual arts of our time. — Alfred H. Barr, Jr Copy Share Image
Music is relegated to an underground, relatively obscure group of listeners. It's partly because of the nature of the medium. With a… — David Byrne Copy Share Image
Beyonce is such a visual artist. This was just trying to figure out another side to her that could be fun and… — Bryce Wilson Copy Share Image
When I was really young, I gravitated towards the visual arts first. I feel that's what comes most naturally to me. I've… — John Dyer Baizley Copy Share Image
As a visual arts teacher, I have to keep my mind open. I have explores styles from pointillism to cubism. — St. Lucia Copy Share Image
Israel is a wonderful place to be an artist - a place where imagination flourishes. Israeli culture is refreshingly avant garde -… — Ryan Kavanaugh Copy Share Image
