Arts Quotes

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I think it's important as a filmmaker, as any person working in the arts, that you've got to try new stuff and challenge yourself and… — Darren Aronofsky
I tried to keep both arts alive, but the camera won. I found that while the camera does not express the soul, perhaps a photograph… — Ansel Adams
To say the word Romanticism is to say modern art - that is, intimacy, spirituality, color, aspiration towards the infinite, expressed by every means available… — Charles Baudelaire
Must we be put to shame by much smaller and poorer countries, by Ireland, France, Austria or Sweden, who have understood that a nation's support… — Theodore Bikel
As an artist I have an even more abiding interest in the compact between the Arts and Government. — Theodore Bikel
I felt I really wanted to back off from music completely and just work within the visual arts in some way. I started painting quite… — David Bowie
I love all of the arts. I love motion pictures. I love stage. I love theater. — Ray Bradbury
Unfortunately, the boards of art institutions tend to be populated with well-meaning supporters of the arts who often lack any business background or appetite for… — Eli Broad
Of all those arts in which the wise excel, Nature's chief masterpiece is writing well. — Andre Breton
One of the things I want to do that's outside the realm of acting and the arts - although both have their place in this… — Jeff Bridges
Civilizations are not remembered by their business people, their bankers or lawyers. They're remembered by the arts. — Eli Broad
Unlike productions in the other arts, all television shows are born to destroy two other shows. — Les Brown
Science has been quite embattled. It's the most important thing there is. An arts graduate is not going to fix global warming. They may do… — Bill Bryson
Whenever I am sent a new book on the lively arts, the first thing I do is look for myself in the index. — Julie Burchill
The genius of our country is improvisation, and jazz reflects that. It's our great contribution to the arts. — Ken Burns
The arts don't exist in isolation. — David Byrne
How do you rebel in a family of rebels? That's the age-old question. I guess I could have by not going into the arts, but… — Nicolas Cage
Acting, the arts in general, is a magnet for the wounded of society. — Robert Carlyle
Speech is human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead: therefore we must learn both arts. — Thomas Carlyle
We learn martial arts as helping weakness. You never fight for people to get hurt. You're always helping people. — Jackie Chan

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