Artistic Quotes

855 Artistic quotes by 700 unique authors

The artist must create a spark before he can make a fire and before art is born, the artist must be ready to be consumed… — Auguste Rodin
Art is contemplation. It is the pleasure of the mind which searches into nature and which there divines the spirit of which nature herself is… — Auguste Rodin
I'm not artistic nor am I all that creative. — Henry Rollins
Every human is an artist. The dream of your life is to make beautiful art. — Miguel Angel Ruiz
Original thought, original artistic expression is by its very nature questioning, irreverent, iconoclastic. — Salman Rushdie
The miniatures of the Mughal period are really the pinnacle of Indian artistic achievement. And not a single one of those paintings is done by… — Salman Rushdie
Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere. — Carl Sagan
Our culture now wonderfully, alchemically transforms images and history into artistic material. The possibilities seem endless and wide open. — Jerry Saltz
Artists working for other artists is all about knowing, learning, unlearning, initiating long-term artistic dialogues, making connections, creating covens, and getting temporary shelter from the… — Jerry Saltz
Koons's work has always stood apart for its one-at-a-time perfection, epic theatricality, a corrupted, almost sick drive for purification, and an obsession with traditional artistic… — Jerry Saltz
That for me was the big turning point in my artistic life, when my wife and I had our kids. The world got infused with… — George Saunders
I didn't think that a career in theater was very realistic so I thought the only thing I could make money doing and still be… — Liev Schreiber
To send light into the darkness of men's hearts - such is the duty of the artist. — Robert Schumann
Television is the same as the telephone, and the same as the World Wide Web for that matter. People who become obsessed by the peculiarities… — Will Self
Here's something pompous - you take your day and artistically create it, so every moment has an artistic flavor. — William Shatner
Art is the signature of civilizations. — Beverly Sills
Liberty is the possibility of doubting, the possibility of making a mistake, the possibility of searching and experimenting, the possibility of saying No to any… — Ignazio Silone
I think that every artistic venture is a risk, and it has to be that way, so you do as much preparation as you can… — Matt Smith
My personal life and my artistic life do not interfere with each other. — Stephen Sondheim
I've been called many names like perfectionist, difficult and obsessive. I think it takes obsession, takes searching for the details for any artist to be… — Barbra Streisand
Out of all the artistic things I do, music is the most rewarding because it's so hard to write songs. — Gwen Stefani
Every other artist begins with a blank canvas, a piece of paper the photographer begins with the finished product. — Edward Steichen
You know, with the film industry crews, there's an odd mix between a very technical and a very artistic approach to the work, and sometimes… — Kristen Stewart
In New York, I get a tremendous amount of ideas by looking at the paintings and the sculptures, adapting artistic endeavors to crafts. There is… — Martha Stewart
Every article on these islands has an almost personal character, which gives this simple life, where all art is unknown, something of the artistic beauty… — John Millington Synge

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