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The only artists I have ever known who are personally delightful are bad artists. Good artists exist simply in what they — Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray
What we do see depends mainly on what we look for. ... In the same field the farmer will notice the crop, the geologists — John Lubbock, The Beauties of Nature and the Wonders of the World We Live in
I mean really, how could an artistic individual stay grounded in the nitty-gritty of how many minutes per pound meat has — E.A. Bucchianeri, Brushstrokes of a Gadfly
Talent & Skills are useless & won’t get you anywhere, without lot of practice, commitment & prioritization — De philosopher DJ Kyos
To make a deliberate falsification for personal gain is the last, worst depth to which either scholar or artist can desc — Dorothy L. Sayers, The Letters of Dorothy L. Sayers. Vol. 1, 1899-1936: The Making of a Detective Novelist
The artist, like the God of creation, remains within or behind or beyond or above his handiwork, invisible, refined out — James Joyce
It is impossible to see how good work might be accomplished by people who think that our life in this world either signi — Wendell Berry, The Art of the Commonplace: The Agrarian Essays
The greater puzzle of universal wisdom and beauty that we have strived to honor through our work includes the profound l — Luther E. Vann, Elemental: The Power of Illuminated Love
My collage opens my heart to endless joy. I am an artist! — Amy Leigh Mercree, Joyful Living: 101 Ways to Transform Your Spirit and Revitalize Your Life
Spirit is a child, the tune of dancing feet its lullaby. — Shah Asad Rizvi
art is risk made visible — Arno Rafael Minkkinen
The trouble is that we have a bad habit, encouraged by pedants and sophisticates, of considering happiness as something — Ursula K. Le Guin, The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas
He was no god, just an artist; and when an artist is a man, he needs a woman to create like a god. — Roman Payne
In the case of Michel Angelo we have an artist who with brush and chisel portrayed literally thousands of human forms; b — Edward Carpenter, The Intermediate Sex: A Study of Some Transitional Types of Men and Women
Bless the poets, the workers for justice, the dancers of ceremony, the singers of heartache, the visionaries, all makers — Joy Harjo, Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings: Poems
Now is not the time for bigots and racists. No time for sexists and homophobes. Now, more than ever, is the time for ART — Kamand Kojouri
Time and death: It's the ultimate vision of an artist at the end of everything. It's just what's there. It was not somet — Don DeLillo
Some of the people who hate me love some of the sentences that I have written, until they get to the name of the person — Mokokoma Mokhonoana
The only way to find art is to lose touch with reality. — Christina Strigas, Love & Vodka: A Book of Poetry for Glass Hearts
Caution not spirit, let it roam wild; for in that natural state dance embraces divine frequency. — Shah Asad Rizvi