Art Quotes (5086 Quotes)

Evidently the arts, all the visual arts, are becoming more democratic in the worst sense of the word.

It's unfortunate that people haven't been forward-thinking enough to come up with a commerce model for file sharing that makes sense, There must be at least a dozen ways that they could make a ton of money, and pay the artists money, as well.

The value of art is not beauty, but right action.

Diplomacy is the art of saying "Nice doggie" until you can find a rock.

It's an art form getting the scheduling in place with the travel, use of the building. Those folks that do the scheduling earn their money.

We have a different variety of artists. We're working with a lot of dancers who are also acrobats, a band of 11 musicians and six singers. And we're using the arena in a different way.

The more you participate in our common endeavors, the more successful your work in the factory, mine, wharf or village, in an economic institute or in the arts, in commerce or administration, the sooner we will be where we all want to be.

The defining function of the artist is to cherish consciousness.

But all art is sensual and poetry particularly so. It is directly, that is, of the senses, and since the senses do not exist without an object for their employment all art is necessarily objective. It doesn't declaim or explain, it presents.

Shall we have recourse to the art of printing But this has not destroyed property or aristocracy or corporations or paper wealth in England or America, or diminished the influence of either on the contrary, it has multiplied aristocracy and diminished democracy.

All art is communication of the artists' ideas, sounds, thoughts without that no one will support the artist.

In just over a year Napster has attracted a community of more than 20 million music fans who are sampling music, discovering new artists, buying CDs and sharing their passion for their favorite artists in our chat rooms.

Yes, I am a thorough republican. No other form of government is so favorable to the growth of art.

Well, in any art there are a lot of technical things that you can get to like.

Usually people like to categorise artists. With my films, I categorise people: if I know which one of my movies you like, I can tell which kind of a person you are.

This temperamental disposition towards an art that was earnest and devoted to things as they are was corroborated by the experience of having been born and brought up in Northern Ireland and of having lived with that place even though I have lived out of it for the past quarter of a century.

What we do is look for high standards of excellence in the arts.

Our focus is strictly on getting a quality game. Building a schedule is really an art. We're looking at a number of different possibilities.

We must infuse our lives with art. Our national leaders must be informed that we want them to use our taxes to support street theatre in order to oppose street gangs. We should have a well-supported regional theatre in order to oppose regionalism and

The present government is very insistent that business sponsorship should replace government sponsorship of the arts. Business sponsorship won't happen unless you make tax concessions, which they won't.

The web, then, or the pattern, a web at once sensuous and logical, an elegant and pregnant texture: that is style, that is the foundation of the art of literature.

Yeah, the industry has always been both the enemy and the best friend of the artist. They need each other. That's the bottom line.

I'm still an artist. I'm never gonna do a shit movie, because I've got my modeling to support me.

Barbara and I have been active in the art world for many years, and we believe it is important to support learning in the arts. Additionally, we are avid collectors and have lent and donated many paintings and sculptures to museums. Personally, with the e

I believe education in music, theater, dance, and the visual arts is one of the most I believe that as a part of the educational process, each child should have access to a music education program. That is part of a well-rounded education and can provide so much joy, now and in the future.

All of journalism is a shrinking art. So much of it is hype. The O.J. Simpson story is a landmark in the decline of journalism.

The government will argue that staying the conduct remedies pending appeal will have further anti-competitive effects. The burden then would be on Microsoft to show that those remedies would have such a dramatic effect on their business that it would be inequitable to have them go into effect before the appeal. The outcome of the two arguments depends on art as well as science.

Art raises its head where creeds relax.

It's tough in the Hip Hop industry to continue to create, because the powers that be want a throw away art. They didn't think Rap Music would even last. So instead of trying to get rid of rap music, because everyone benefits from it, they try to get rid of seasoned rappers, at a point in their careers when they finally know the ins and outs of the business aspect of their careers. You see what Prince did when he realized that he didn't own anything, he put slave on his cheek. He came to a point in his career where he was educated enough to be wiser in his choices and realized his true leverage power.

Rumors travel fast in Cuba. Artists know I'm there before I get there. It's not hard to find the artists but it is hard to see everything.

In these times in America I am very moved and grateful that the Gish Prize has chosen to support diversity, controversy, complexity, and non-conformity. I am a collaborative artist, and I accept this recognition on behalf of the courageous artists who have opened and challenged new worlds and old, in a body of work that has created shared space on a divided planet.

But... watching Steven Barnes taught me to treat my life like an art form.

At the University of Maryland, my first year I started off planning to major in art because I was interested in theatre design, stage design or television design.

Art is the close scrutiny of reality and therefore I put on the stage only those things that I know happen in our society.

Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known.

Wilder touches all the bases... in some kind of shorthand way. Now that's art.