Artistic Quotes

855 Artistic quotes by 700 unique authors

Great artistic talent in any direction... is hardly inherent to the man. It comes and goes; it is often possessed only for a short phase… — Hilaire Belloc
I think for anyone who follows the 'artistic life,' a certain amount of selfishness and self-involvement is part of the package. You're probably already disregarding… — David Chase
What is art? A violet. Is that all? An artistic style is a living entity, a continuous process of invention. It can never be imposed… — Octavio Paz
Abstract Expressionism was invented by New York drunks. — Joni Mitchell
The world I feel, within the realm of art, is more genuine than the wrorld of matter. Artistic feeling is not tape measures, spectrographs, or… — Gu Cheng
Connoisseurs think the art is already done. — John Constable
True artistic renewal does not mean being stripped of fetters. It means moving into new fetters. — Tawfiq al-Hakim
Empathy is not merely the basic principle of artistic creation. It is also the only path by which one can reach the truth about life… — Kafu Nagai
It's funny, growing up there was never anybody around me with any kind of artistic bent. — Nick Offerman
Being taken seriously, for a young writer, is a wonderful form of encouragement, but at the same time, I don't think one should ever feel… — Tea Obreht
Appeal to all scholars of stupidity in the world. Come to Italy, this country has the highest rate of morons of the universe, especially among… — William C. Brown
When you are a great scholar of stupidity, logics and marketing, you can do practically everthing, from business to trading, from spiritual research to artistic… — William C. Brown
To present a scientific subject in an attractive and stimulating manner is an artistic task, similar to that of a novelist or even a dramatic… — Max Born
In the commercial theater, I've been pretty fortunate. The producers that I've worked with have allowed me to define the artistic integrity, the artistic limits… — Trevor Nunn
I guess professionally I've left my gender open to artistic interpretation. — Andrej Pejic
Name the book that made the biggest impression on you. I bet you read it before you hit puberty. In the time I've got left,… — Gary Paulsen
All my artistic response comes from American things, and I guess I've always had a weakness for heroic imagery. — Edward Ruscha
I'm focused now, definitely. I absolutely need to show everyone that I'm powerful and strong and can be graceful and artistic, too. — Aly Raisman
I'm an artist, and I go in the studio and make my music. And then I'll give it to my dad and he does what… — Ashlee Simpson
I look at the artistic process as like experiencing the world, channeling it through your personality and sending it back out there. That's the process. — David Sanborn
I often think about image, and image is something that - but in truth, the real artistic process, as I've understood it, is 95 percent… — George Saunders
I've had the thought that a person's 'artistic vision' is really just the cumulative combination of whatever particular stances he has sincerely occupied during his… — George Saunders
My parents were very artistic, but busy. — Katey Sagal
Artistic qualities that once seemed undeniable don't seem so now. Sometimes these fluctuations are only fickleness of taste, momentary glitches in an artist's work, or… — Jerry Saltz
The conductor is the artistic leader and sometimes cultural arbiter of his or her community. It is their leadership that is looked to and should… — Leonard Slatkin

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