The real art is not to come up with extraordinary clever words but to make ordinary simple words do extraordinary things. To use the language that we all use and to make amazing things occur. Graham Swift amazeartclever Change image and share on social
The act of writing surprises me all the time. A miraculous thing happens when you have an idea and you want to convert it into words... and then you start to create a work of art, and that's another miracle, and it remains mysterious to the writer, or to this writer anyway. Janette Turner Hospital actartconvert share on social
Poetry is emotion put into measure. The emotion must come by nature, but the measure can be acquired by art. Thomas Hardy acquireartemotion Change image and share on social
Poetry is an art, the easiest to dabble in, but the hardest to reach true excellence. J. G. Stedman artdabbleeasy Change image and share on social
All art becomes history as soon as it is made, so it is inevitably part of a tradition. It doesn't matter a toss if it is in paint or in film; it is all art. Gary Hume artfilmhistory Change image and share on social
Love-making is an art which must be studied. Ivor Novello artlovemake Change image and share on social
In an ever-changing technological landscape, where today's platforms are not tomorrow's platforms, the key seems to be that any one of these spaces can use a dose of humanity and art and culture. Ze Frank artchangeculture Change image and share on social
Now, the language that had grown up and formed itself on those principles is what one is dealing with, and the problem is to bring a work of art in that medium into another medium formed on different principles and heard and understood in a different way. Robert Fitzgerald artbringdeal share on social
All different forms of human expression, art, science, are going to become expanded, by expanding our intelligence. Ray Kurzweil artexpandexpression Change image and share on social
The women I know are smart, interesting people who aren't just there to service the men's stories, so I don't know why our art continues to do that. Carrie Coon artcontinueinterest Change image and share on social