Artistic Quotes

855 Artistic quotes by 700 unique authors

Merely corroborative detail, intended to give artistic verisimilitude to an otherwise bald and unconvincing narrative. — W. S. Gilbert
The basis of artistic creation is not what is, but what might be; not the real, but the possible. Artists create according to the same… — Rudolf Steiner
It's always funny to me when people use the phrase 'Best guitar player in the world'. There are too many variables such as technique, uniqueness,… — Steve Vai
My parents weren't artistic, but I was always surrounded by beautiful things. And Mexico is a country which has experienced thousands of years of art… — Carlos Slim
For me, what I do is an artistic expression which is channeled through me. Fashion is just the medium. — Alexander McQueen
There is no such thing as being done with an artistic life. Frustrations and rewards exist at all levels on the path. — Julia Cameron
Judging your early artistic efforts is artist abuse. . . Â Remember that in order to recover as an artist, you must be willing to… — Julia Cameron
In order to create, we draw from our inner well. This inner well, an artistic reservoir, is ideally like a well stocked fish pond... If… — Julia Cameron
I don't want to write a mass before being in a state to do it well, that is a Christian. I have therefore taken a… — Georges Bizet
Pornography is any act that has no artistic merit and causes sexual thoughts...Sounds like almost every commercial on TV to me. — Bill Hicks
This is a glorious biography ... The time is ripe for a new biography of Edith Wharton of this intimacy and on this scale ...… — Unknown Author
Folk melodies are the embodiment of an artistic perfection of the highest order; in fact, they are models of the way in which a musical… — Bela Bartok
The artistic process seems to be mythologized quite a lot into something far greater than it actually is. It is just hard labor. — Nick Cave
Making an album should be an honest experience. It shouldn't be about trying to gauge where popular music is today; it should be about artistic… — Scott Weiland
I decided honestly that comic art is an art form in itself. It reflects the life and times more accurately and actually is more artistic… — Unknown Author
As readers can probably tell from my books, I love the outdoors. I love to hike, kayak, and swim. I also love to read (which… — Sharon Creech
I forsee a marked deterioration in American musicand a host of other injuries to music in its artistic manifestations, by virtue—or rather by vice—of the… — John Philip Sousa
Whatever prestige the bourgeoisie may today be willing to grant to fragmentary or deliberately retrograde artistic tentatives, creation can now be nothing less than a… — Gil J Wolman
The Literary and Artistic heritage of humanity should be used for partisan propaganda purposes. — Gil J Wolman
I never thought that the music called "jazz" was ever meant to reach just a small group of people, or become a museum thing locked… — Miles Davis
A good cook is not necessarily a good woman with an even temper. Some allowance should be made for artistic temperament. — Marcel Boulestin
You may be a geek. You may have geek written all over you. You should aim to be the geek they will never forget. Don’t… — Bruce Sterling
I have an artistic temperament, which is a really tragic thing. — Heather O'Neill
My dad was an engineer and so I had this picture of science and technology and pursuits of the mind as being more impressive than… — Scott McCloud
I am talking about societies drained of their essence, cultures trampled underfoot, institutions undermined, lands confiscated, religions smashed, magnificent artistic creations destroyed, extraordinary possibilities wiped… — Aime Cesaire

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