The painter who feels obligated to depict his subjects as uniformly beautiful or handsome and without flaws will fall short of making art. Joyce Maynard art uniformly fall Change image and share on social
What makes art powerful is a flash of recognition, a frightening encounter with something familiar about the human condition. Joshua Oppenheimer flash condition frighten Change image and share on social
I got into figure skating for the art of it, as well as the sport, and how much I love it. And, you know, I do everything that I want. I march to my own drummer. Sometimes people have an issue with that, and I can't control it. Johnny Weir art march figure share on social
Irresponsibility is part of the pleasure of all art; it is the part the schools cannot recognize. James Joyce irresponsibility part school Change image and share on social
The artist one day falls through a hole in the brambles, and from that moment he is following the dark rapids of an underground river which may sometimes flow so near to the surface that the laughing picnic parties are heard above. Cyril Connolly party underground flow share on social
Literature is the art of writing something that will be read twice; journalism what will be grasped at once. Cyril Connolly art literature journalism Change image and share on social
A great thing happening now in art is that artists are using the figure, the body, clothing, life. Issey Miyake art clthe great Change image and share on social
All humanity is passion; without passion, religion, history, novels, art would be ineffectual. Honore de Balzac history novel ineffectual Change image and share on social
The highs, the lows, the peaks, the valleys, whatever, it's all going to go into the art, whether I'm singing or acting or whatever. Jill Scott act sing high Change image and share on social
My mother's a genius. She just kept feeding me art on whatever we had; paper plates, silver platter, didn't matter. You know, she just kept feeding it to me. So we went to see all kinds of theater. We would go to the art museum pretty much every Sunday, and I would watch her. She let me know that art was supposed to touch. Jill Scott platter silver paper share on social