Being an artist is dragging your innermost feelings out, giving a piece of yourself, no matter in which art form, in which medium. Henry Rollins American Musician More Henry Rollins Quotes 1
Thought is more important than art. . . . To revere art and have no understanding of the process that forces it into existence, is finally not even to understand what art is. Imamu Amiri Baraka American Writer More Imamu Amiri Baraka Quotes 1
Playing a Fender is an art itself. They're always going out of tune. Ritchie Blackmore English Musician More Ritchie Blackmore Quotes 1
All my life as an artist I have asked myself: What pushes me continually to make sculpture? I have found the answer. art is an action against death. It is a denial of death. Jacques Lipchitz Polish Sculptor More Jacques Lipchitz Quotes 1
I grew up with art from the innocent age of ten - with art, but with no sense of identity. John Lone American Actor More John Lone Quotes 1
Even in literature and art, no man who bothers about originality will ever be original: whereas if you simply try to tell the truth (without caring twopence how often it has been told before) you will, nine times out of ten, become original without ever having noticed it. C. S. Lewis British Author More C. S. Lewis Quotes 1
Art is nothing but the expression of our dream; the more we surrender to it the closer we get to the inner truth of things, our dream-life, the true life that scorns questions and does not see them. Franz Marc German Artist More Franz Marc Quotes 1
Good art however "immoral" is wholly a thing of virtue. Good art can NOT be immoral. By good art I mean art that bears true witness, I mean the art that is most precise. Ezra Pound American Poet More Ezra Pound Quotes 1
We have art in order not to die of the truth. Friedrich Nietzsche German Philosopher More Friedrich Nietzsche Quotes 1
I do like to write nasty songs. It's a useful weapon to have, and it's cathartic as well, because I create art out of anger, something positive out of something negative. Lisa Marie Presley American Musician More Lisa Marie Presley Quotes 1
Music is an art that expresses the inexpressible. It rises far above what words can mean or the intelligence define. Its domain is the imponderable and impalpable land of the unconscious. Charles Munch French Musician More Charles Munch Quotes 1
Black literature is taught as sociology, as tolerance, not as a serious, rigorous art form. Toni Morrison American Novelist More Toni Morrison Quotes 1
Life is the art of being well deceived; and in order that the deception may succeed it must be habitual and uninterrupted. William Hazlitt English Critic More William Hazlitt Quotes 1
For art to exist, for any sort of aesthetic activity to exist, a certain physiological precondition is indispensable: intoxication. Friedrich Nietzsche German Philosopher More Friedrich Nietzsche Quotes 1
The highest art is always the most religious, and the greatest artist is always a devout person. Abraham Lincoln American President More Abraham Lincoln Quotes 1
When I think of art I think of beauty. Beauty is the mystery of life. It is not in the eye it is in the mind. In our minds there is awareness of perfection. Agnes Martin Canadian Artist More Agnes Martin Quotes 1
When thou art at Rome, do as they do at Rome. Miguel de Cervantes Spanish Novelist More Miguel de Cervantes Quotes 1
You should trust any man in his own art provided he is skilled in it. Edward Coke English Businessman More Edward Coke Quotes 1
I'm very manipulative towards directors. My theory is that everyone on the set is directing the film, we're all receiving art messages from the universe on how we should do the film. Jeff Bridges American Actor More Jeff Bridges Quotes 1