Artistic Quotes

855 Artistic quotes by 700 unique authors

Hope is a feeling that life and work have meaning. You either have it or you don't, regardless of the state of the world that… — Vaclav Havel
We don't make glamorous movies today. Everything now is very realistic, artistic - and depressing. When is the last time you you saw a wonderful… — Edith Head
But every great scripture, whether Hebrew, Indian, Persian, or Chinese, apart from its religious value will be found to have some rare and special beauty… — Lafcadio Hearn
To those supporters who were told that I abandoned them, that is untrue. I abandoned greed, corruption, and compromise, never you, and never the artistic… — Lauryn Hill
In an artwork you're always looking for artistic decisions, so an ashtray is perfect. An ashtray has got life and death. — Damien Hirst
No amount of skillful invention can replace the essential element of imagination. — Edward Hopper
The Taliban's acts of cultural vandalism - the most infamous being the destruction of the giant Bamiyan Buddhas - had a devastating effect on Afghan… — Khaled Hosseini
I like characters. I like spirited characters whether they exist in fiction or real life. Whether they're the invention of artistic people or directors, musicians.… — Marc Jacobs
I've only been interested in the artistic side of life. — Elton John
The writer, when he is also an artist, is someone who admits what others don't dare reveal. — Elia Kazan
Children also have artistic ability, and there is wisdom in there having it! The more helpless they are, the more instructive are the examples they… — Paul Klee
Artistic temperament sometimes seems a battleground, a dark angel of destruction and a bright angel of creativity wrestling. — Madeleine L'Engle
Carole King's second album, 'Tapestry,' has fulfilled the promise of her first and confirmed the fact that she is one of the most creative figures… — Jon Landau
I've put in as many as 40 weeks a year on stage. It is lonely and restricted, as all artistic life must necessarily be. — Lillie Langtry
I couldn't love a woman who inspired me to be totally disinterested. If I fell in love with a woman for an artistic reason, or… — Yves Saint Laurent
Very few people possess true artistic ability. It is therefore both unseemly and unproductive to irritate the situation by making an effort. If you have… — Fran Lebowitz
I cannot exist as a solo artist. — Courtney Love
I need three million dollars to make a low-budget, intellectual, artistic, exciting, erotic movie with a great soundtrack. — Ray Manzarek
I'm enamored with the art world. Anytime you look at anything that's considered artistic, there's a commercial world around it: the ballet, opera, any kind… — Steve Martin
An artist must possess Nature. He must identify himself with her rhythm, by efforts that will prepare the mastery which will later enable him to… — Henri Matisse
It is only after years of preparation that the young artist should touch color - not color used descriptively, that is, but as a means… — Henri Matisse
I would like to recapture that freshness of vision which is characteristic of extreme youth when all the world is new to it. — Henri Matisse
The best feeling in the world is when your child comes up to you and lays their head in your lap, for no other reason… — Marlee Matlin
Every production of an artist should be the expression of an adventure of his soul. — W. Somerset Maugham
Genius is eternal patience. — Michelangelo

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