The practice of peace and reconciliation is one of the most vital and artistic of human actions. Votes: 4
Nhat HanhArtistic expression, sex, and truth are the only things that really matter. Votes: 3
John FruscianteArtistic accounts involve severe abbreviations of what reality will force upon us. Votes: 3
Alain de BottonArtistic talent is far more common than the talent to nurture artistic talent. Votes: 3
Stephen KingArtistic inevitability lies in the complete adequacy of the external to the emotion. Votes: 3
T. S. EliotThe Literary and Artistic heritage of humanity should be used for partisan propaganda purposes. Votes: 3
Gil J WolmanEvery human is an artist. The dream of your life is to make beautiful art. Votes: 3
Miguel Angel RuizArtistic creativity is a whirlpool of imagination that swirls in the depths of the mind. Votes: 3
Robert TothArtistic vision comes from a mind clear enough to fall in love with what we see. Votes: 3
Chogyam TrungpaArtistic growth is, more than it is anything else, a refining of the sense of truthfulness. Votes: 3
Willa CatherTo send light into the darkness of men's hearts - such is the duty of the artist. Votes: 3
Robert SchumannWriting is very much a playground - an artistic playground. It's the most fun thing I do. Votes: 3
Shania TwainI think you're all mad. But that's part and parcel of being an artistic genius, isn't it? Votes: 3
Charles de LintIllusions are art, for the feeling person, and it is by art that we live, if we do. Votes: 3
Elizabeth BowenI'm not a boy now. I'm a man, I hope. I hope I've had my artistic bar mitzvah somewhere. Votes: 3
Jeremy PivenThe more I think about it, the more I realize there is nothing more artistic than to love others. Votes: 3
Vincent Van GoghI've always loved the experience of working together with other people toward an artistic goal. Votes: 1
Trey AnastasioThe Bauhaus fights imitation, inferior craftsmanship and artistic dilettantism Votes: 0
Walter GropiusResearch is not a systematic occupation but an intuitive artistic vocation. Votes: 0
Albert Szent-GyorgyiThey were rebellious through their artistic expression and their uplifting spirits Votes: 0
Evan MeekinsEthnic, cultural, artistic and culinary diversity. LA...a feast for the senses. Votes: 0
Yasmine BleethWe shall have to remove everything that strangles artistic and scientific creativeness. Votes: 0
Alexander DubcekEvery individual decision is nothing but coincidence, every artistic decision is coincidence. Votes: 0
NotoA win by an unsound combination, however showy, fills me with artistic horror Votes: 0
Wilhelm SteinitzAll the essentials of humanity's artistic treasures can be found in New York. Votes: 0
Claude Levi-StraussSakura: Never figured you for the artistic type. Sai: Looks can be decieving. Votes: 0
Masashi KishimotoA win by an unsound combination, however showy, fills me with artistic horror. Votes: 0
Wilhelm SteinitzWas it confusing because it was artistic, or artistic because it was confusing? Votes: 0
Joyce Carol OatesListen! There was never an artistic period. There was never an art-loving nation. Votes: 0
James WhistlerThe Philadelphia Museum of Art is a house of artistic and intellectual prostitution Votes: 0
Albert C. BarnesEvery type of purely direct concrete description bears the mark of artistic portrayal. Votes: 0
Max WeberTheater people work by instinct. I've never known a really calculated artistic decision. Votes: 0
John GoodwinI think education and intelligence (are) important, but not art. Not artistic education... Votes: 0
BrassaiVarnishing is the only artistic process with which Royal Academicians are thoroughly familiar. Votes: 0
Oscar WildeYou know, my movies are important on an economic basis, on an artistic basis. Votes: 0
Harvey WeinsteinI am seeing strength in the ability of artistic expression to change our future. Votes: 0
Ian Somerhalder... at no point have I yet found artistic truth and theological truth at variance. Votes: 0
Dorothy L. SayersThe formal artistic gesture is already expressed in the act of taking the photograph. Votes: 0
Luigi GhirriIn literary and art criticism there are two criteria, the political and the artistic. Votes: 0
Mao ZedongIt is impossible to be truly artistic without the risk of offending someone somewhere. Votes: 0
Wayne Gerard TrotmanLove trumps everything. Love's decision will not always be kind to your artistic life. Votes: 0
Vinita Hampton WrightNature is a beautiful divine force of artistic expression infusing love into our souls. Votes: 0
Leta B.Ads represent the main channel of intellectual and artistic effort in the modern world. Votes: 0
Marshall McLuhanBecoming artistic directors is an enormous responsibility and not one that we take lightly. Votes: 0
Cate BlanchettOriginality is what distinguishes art from craft. It is the yardstick of artistic greatness. Votes: 0
H. W. JansonLemon Tree is well worth seeing as a first-class artistic achievement bridging two civilizations. Votes: 0
Andrew SarrisIt is fatal to one's artistic life to talk about something this is in process. Votes: 0
Denise LevertovI really want to do more mature, artistic, twisted, edgy films. That is my goal. Votes: 0
Lucas GrabeelI know of no substitute whatever for the force and beauty of an artistic process. Votes: 0
Henry JamesMy whole family is very artistic - my uncles are all actors and theatre directors. Votes: 0
Morena BaccarinArt should never try to be popular. The public should try to make itself artistic. Votes: 0
Oscar WildeWhen you're artistic director of a program, you present the music you want to present. Votes: 0
Stanley CrouchMandelstam was an artistic genius, the sort that any century produces only a handful of. Votes: 0
Christian WimanFor all of us, self-briefing before going out or starting a project sharpens artistic wit. Votes: 0
Robert GennThe artistic temperament is particularly unhelpful if it is just that, with no end product. Votes: 0
Nick HornbyIn committing to artistic growth, you have to refine your skills to support your instincts. Votes: 0
Linda RonstadtEvery artistic form reflects the dynamism that is constantly building up the life of feeling. Votes: 0
Susanne Katherina LangerWhat I love about design is the artistic and scientific complexity that also becomes useful... Votes: 0
Michelle ObamaRelease and regulate the flow of your inborn creative energy to reach your artistic potential. Votes: 0
Nita LelandWhen theres no sense of possessiveness or ownership in the artistic process, great things happen. Votes: 0
Paul BudnitzI never start anything with a really overt, political, or even exactly artistic mission statement. Votes: 0
Lena DunhamMy overall artistic goal is to marry graphic design with comic books and traditional storytelling. Votes: 0
Jonathan HickmanWell, I was always cast as an artistic homicidal maniac. But at least I was artistic! Votes: 0
Donald SutherlandThere's only so much artistic output that I can actually expel at any one given time. Votes: 0
Karl UrbanThere's a real rebirth in the artistic community to stand up for what you believe in. Votes: 0
Kenneth EhrlichNow art should never try to be popular. The public should try to make itself artistic. Votes: 0
Oscar WildeI think what we do best, in the artistic world, are the things where we're handicapped. Votes: 0
Charlotte RamplingThe artistic capability of reinforced concrete is so fantastic - that is the way to go. Votes: 0
Oscar NiemeyerThere are two kinds of success. One is musical or artistic and the other is commercial. Votes: 0
John McLaughlinIt's funny, growing up there was never anybody around me with any kind of artistic bent. Votes: 0
Nick OffermanThe base of artistic pursuit is ambivalence and complexity. And that's what I try to do. Votes: 0
Fernando PerezI was an artistic dilettante for a while, in photography and collage and the visual arts. Votes: 0
Thomas F. WilsonVisuals are as artistic as sounds, so being serious about both isn't a contradiction to me. Votes: 0
Dee Dee RamoneIn every artistic activity a new world is created, the cosmos, a world enlightened and free. Votes: 0
Nikolai BerdyaevMany of us persons of the tinted persuasion care about human rights and artistic freedom too. Votes: 0
Salman RushdieThere are a lot of young, well-educated, artistic people out there that like to be entertained. Votes: 0
Tim HeideckerI live an artistic double life: one of classical realism and the other of aesthetic exploration. Votes: 0
Alton TobeyTrue artistic renewal does not mean being stripped of fetters. It means moving into new fetters. Votes: 0
Tawfiq al-HakimThe Window is not without a certain visual spell that makes it a first-rate artistic achievement. Votes: 0
Andrew SarrisI wanted something where I could have the clearest and most unfiltered artistic and creative voice. Votes: 0
David Alan GrierThe Grammys are supposed to be awards for artistic excellence⦠Iggy Azaleaâs not excellent, Votes: 0
Azealia BanksI don't like to sit and bask in my own awards. Awards represent artistic death to me. Votes: 0
Paula ColeThe great moral teachers of humanity were in a way artistic geniuses in the art of living. Votes: 0
Albert EinsteinWhat the study of history and artistic creation have in common is a mode of forming images. Votes: 0
Johan HuizingaBeauty is the vocation bestowed on the artist by the Creator in the gift of artistic talent. Votes: 0
Pope John Paul IIThere are many kinds of movies in Hong Kong. Some are commercial and others are more artistic. Votes: 0
Andy LauThe artistic desire reveals itself in dark form - in karaoke bars [or] trolling on the Internet. Votes: 0
Young-Ha KimAn hour or two of learning from the masters is usually enough to recharge my artistic batteries. Votes: 0
James DeanLots of men are like that, their artistic leanings never go beyond a weakness for shapely thighs. Votes: 0
Louis-Ferdinand CelineThe fewer limitations the artist imposes on his work, the less chance he has for artistic success. Votes: 0
Aleksandr SolzhenitsynOur photographs are filthier and our stories are more disgusting. We make no effort to be artistic. Votes: 0
Al GoldsteinI have no conscience at all -- least of all an artistic conscience. All I have is nerves. Votes: 0
Ryūnosuke AkutagawaWhen I wake up I just make it happen. My dreams come true- that is the artistic practice. Votes: 0
Hiroshi SugimotoI have no conscience at all -- least of all an artistic conscience. All I have is nerves. Votes: 0
Ryūnosuke AkutagawaI think that purity creates not only a higher level of artistic vision but a purer work ethic. Votes: 0
Nick OffermanThere's a very fine line between being artistic and being a dickhead - it's like love and hate. Votes: 0
Peter HookWith each film, i need an artistic challenge so I don't get bored! I like to tackle challenges. Votes: 0
Roman PolanskiThe artistic process in digital art is very much the same as for making other kinds of paintings. Votes: 0
Buffy Sainte-MarieArt is food for the soul, and an artistic climate is a healthy climate because it breeds empathy. Votes: 0
Amanda PalmerOne can be a technical master - full of craftsmanship, but not in most senses an artistic master. Votes: 0
Oliver $Anyone can sit down and write some boring artistic song. Pop music is the hardest [stuff] to write. Votes: 0
Britney SpearsI never thought Jazz was meant to be a museum piece like other dead things once considered artistic. Votes: 0
Miles DavisI'm often painted as the bad guy, and the artistic part of me wants to hand out the brush. Votes: 0
Criss JamiI think the world that I grew up in was like being in this sort of magical artistic garden. Votes: 0
Kehinde WileyI have complete artistic control, and I just do my best album every time and trust it to fate. Votes: 0
Susannah McCorkleWhen you're a kid with artistic yearnings brought up in the Bronx, you don't get fed up too easily. Votes: 0
Daniel LibeskindI don't like these commercial films I do. I'd far prefer to do more artistic films, more cult films. Votes: 0
Shu QiHe considers me also a little fragile because artistic. I need to be cared for, like a potted plant. Votes: 0
Margaret AtwoodI know it's an artistic cliche, but every time I look at my past work, I want to projectile vomit. Votes: 0
Rich BurlewI'm a horrible drawer. I have no artistic ability in my hands. Votes: 3 Katharine McPhee
Every artistic expression is either influenced by or adds something to politics. Votes: 4 Dario Fo
I have as much artistic freedom in my television work as I have in my films. Votes: 3 Ted Kotcheff
I think you're all mad. But that's part and parcel of being an artistic genius, isn't it? Votes: 3 Charles de Lint
In the commercial theater, I've been pretty fortunate. The producers that I've worked with have allowed me to define the artistic integrity, the artistic limits of the work. Votes: 3 Trevor Nunn
The market kills more artistic passion than anything else. Votes: 3 Robert James Waller
The artistic process seems to be mythologized quite a lot into something far greater than it actually is. It is just hard labor. Votes: 3 Nick Cave
Artistic talent is a gift from God and whoever discovers it in himself has a certain obligation: to know that he cannot waste this talent, but must develop it. Votes: 4 Pope John Paul II
Your attitude is more important than the events happening around you. Artists develop a syndrome taught in art schools. It is a malady titled, 'Artistic Temperament'... rudeness, excuses, slovenliness, laziness, clutter, addictions, non-commercial attitudes, un-professionalism... and a good reason for failure. Votes: 5 Jack White