Art Quotes
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Is man no more than this? Consider him well. Thou ow'st the worm no silk, the beast no hide, the sheep no wool, the cat no perfume. Here's three on's are sophisticated. Thou art the thing itself; unaccommodated man is no more than such a poor, bare, forked animal as thou art.
William Shakespeare -
I got into underground comics fairly early on and kind of wandered away from the superhero stuff, but I was an art student and I was drawing a lot as a kid.
Jonathan Lethem
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If it's good art, it's good.
Kenneth Branagh -
I never get over feeling bad about tearing open a beautifully wrapped present. It takes ten seconds to destroy a work of art that took someone ten minutes to accomplish.
Andy Rooney -
I think a lot of making art is listening to yourself.
Kiki Smith -
The 1960s was a heroic age in the history of the art of communication - the audacious movers and shakers of those times bear no resemblance to the cast of characters in 'Mad Men.'
George Lois -
I've taken a lot of risks through the years, but I always followed my instincts and always explored new opportunities. The biggest reward has been having an idea and being able to make it a reality. My passions always lead the way - travel and adventure, fitness, art, and home.
Cynthia Rowley -
We eat up artists like there's going to be a famine at the end.
Yolande Cornelia "Nikki" Giovanni, Jr.
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Of course my moods change, but the average is serenity. I have a firm faith in art, a firm confidence in its being a powerful stream which carries a man to a harbor, though he himself must do his bit too; at all events, I think it such a great blessing when a man has found his work that I cannot count myself among the unfortunate. I mean, I may be in certain relatively great difficulties, and there may be gloomy days in my life, but I shouldn't like to be counted among the unfortunate, nor would it be correct if I were.
Vincent Van Gogh -
Art is the suitcase of history, carrying the essentials. Art is the life buoy of history. Art is seed, art is memory, art is vaccine.
Yann Martel -
People understand what art is supposed to look like, and so it's easy to make something that looks like art but isn't - especially in an abstract form.
Lucien Smith -
I read the art reviews of my work. Some critics understand my art correctly, while some don't. I simply ignore the reviews written by the latter.
Yayoi Kusama -
Even in times when it's difficult to figure out, how do you go forward, art - and books - always help.
Alice Hoffman -
As an actor, you're continually riding the waves of whether you're in or out, getting work or not getting work, and Kazan was really a guy who was condemned into not working and looking to go deep into someplace and just live inside his art.
Bill Pullman
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I wouldn't build a building if it wasn't of interest to me as a potential work of art. Why should I?
Philip Johnson -
I would go there quite frequently. I met and became close with John Szarkowski of the Museum of Modern Art. He was incredibly supportive about me working in color.
William Eggleston -
Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday.
Don Marquis -
There is no greater picture than that of 10,000 smiling children. No brighter music than their clear-ringing laughter. That I, with my small amusements, have created such precious art is my life's proudest achievement.
P. T. Barnum -
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 imposing appropriate discipline.
Eli Broad -
Art isn't something you do or are. It's where you aim, the target you shoot at.
Elizabeth Ashley
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When I'm in New York, my favorite place on the planet is the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Kellie Martin -
In the Year 2000 the discovery of extraterrestrial life will create a revolution in science, art, and pornography.
Conan O'Brien -
In art, truth is a means to an end; in science, it is the only end.
William Whewell -
Don't listen to what anyone tells you about the kind of music you make. Just make it! Be yourself, make your own music, and be totally true to your art. Because it's kind of a selfish thing to be an artist.
William Wyman Sherwood Asia