The primary distinction of the artist is that he must actively cultivate that state which most men, necessarily, must avoid: the state of being alone. —James Baldwin More about this quote Tags: alone art artist Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
If art can reveal the truth, art can also lie. An artist can be not only divinely inspired, but diabolically inspired. —George Bernard Shaw More about this quote Tags: truth evil art divine Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade themselves they have a better idea. —John Ciardi More about this quote Tags: humor art modern art Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
It is the function of art to renew our perception. What we are familiar with we cease to see. The writer shakes up the familiar scene, and, as if by magic, we see a new meaning in it. —Anaïs Nin More about this quote Tags: writing perception art familiar seeing Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
There are moments when art attains almost to the dignity of manual labor. —Oscar Wilde More about this quote Tags: art labor dignity Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
You are going to have to give and give and give, or there’s no reason for you to be writing. You have to give from the deepest part of yourself, and you are going to have to go on giving, and the giving is going to have to be its own reward. There is no cosmic importance to your getting something published, but there is in learning to be a giver. —Anne Lamott More about this quote Tags: importance writing art giving Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
A poem is never finished, only abandoned. —Paul Valéry More about this quote Tags: art completion finishing Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
In certain kinds of writing, particularly in art criticism and literary criticism, it is normal to come across long passages which are almost completely lacking in meaning. —George Orwell More about this quote Tags: writing meaning art criticism Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Adding sound to movies would be like putting lipstick on the Venus de Milo. —Mary Pickford More about this quote Tags: history art movies sound Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
A painting in a museum hears more ridiculous opinions than anything else in the world. —Edmond de Goncourt More about this quote Tags: art opinions painting paintings Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The artist doesn't have time to listen to the critics. The ones who want to be writers read the reviews, the ones who want to write don't have the time to read reviews. —William Faulkner More about this quote Tags: time writing art criticism Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
We've heard that a million monkeys at a million keyboards could produce the complete works of Shakespeare; now, thanks to the Internet, we know that is not true. —Robert Wilensky More about this quote Tags: writing art internet Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
There is no abstract art. You must always start with something. Afterward you can remove all traces of reality. —Pablo Picasso More about this quote Tags: reality art abstract art Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I think on-stage nudity is disgusting, shameful and damaging to all things American. But if I were 22 with a great body, it would be artistic, tasteful, patriotic and a progressive religious experience. —Shelley Winters More about this quote Tags: perspective art age shame nudity Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
There are painters who transform the sun to a yellow spot, but there are others who with the help of their art and their intelligence, transform a yellow spot into the sun. —Pablo Picasso More about this quote Tags: intelligence skill art painting Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email