No art is less spontaneous than mine. What I do is the result of reflection and the study of the great masters. Edgar Degas artgreatmaster Change image and share on social
Deals are my art form. Other people paint beautifully on canvas or write wonderful poetry. I like making deals, preferably big deals. That's how I get my kicks. Ed Koch artbeautifullybig Change image and share on social
I have a very broad-minded family. Acting is an art, and we understand that. Esha Gupta actartbroad Change image and share on social
I don't feel like literature has the power to alienate. I think that's something people feel if they don't connect with a work of art. But I don't think a work of art can actively reject the person who's looking at it or reading it. Eleanor Catton activelyalienateart share on social
I was 18, at art school, and saw this cute boy playing banjo. I was obsessed. I taught myself how to play. I listened to a lot of country and just messed around. The second song I wrote on the banjo was 'Good to Be a Man.' That what's got me signed. Elle King artbanjoboy share on social
It's an art to live with pain... mix the light into gray. Eddie Vedder artgraylight Change image and share on social
I always said God was against art and I still believe it. Edward Elgar artgod Change image and share on social
Poetry is the art which is technically within the grasp of everyone: a piece of paper and a pencil and one is ready. Eugenio Montale artgrasppaper Change image and share on social
The question of the value of nationality in art is perhaps unsolvable. Edward Hopper artnationalityquestion Change image and share on social
Every mind which has given itself to self-expression in art is aware of a directing agency outside its conscious control which it has agreed to label 'inspiration'. Norman Lindsay agencyagreeart Change image and share on social