I grew up in Rome, in actually what I would say was a liberal, open-minded family. My father was an architect and my mother was a teacher of art history, so it was sort of intellectual, and maybe a bit much for me when I was a child. Frida Giannini architectartbite share on social
Before I was ever a baker, I was a teacher. Or, at least, that is what I thought I was going to be. After O-levels, I went to art school in Wallasey on the Wirral, and my mate Cavan and I did a teacher training course. Paul Hollywood artbakercavan share on social
Ballet is an incredibly difficult, beautiful art form that takes a lot of training, a lot of time, and a lot of hard work. Sutton Foster artballetbeautiful Change image and share on social
The drama may be called that part of theatrical art which lends itself most readily to intellectual discussion: what is left is theater. Robertson Davies artcalldiscussion Change image and share on social
Art distills sensation and embodies it with enhanced meaning in a memorable form - or else it is not art. Jacques Barzun artdistillembody Change image and share on social
In art, the hand can never execute anything higher than the heart can imagine. Ralph Waldo Emerson artexecutehand Change image and share on social
In seeking wisdom thou art wise; in imagining that thou hast attained it - thou art a fool. Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield artattainfool Change image and share on social
I am a great lover of art, in many forms: paintings, objets, textiles. I don't have the talent for painting, but I have a very good sense of colour, a love of visual beauty. Jacqueline Bisset artbeautycolour Change image and share on social
I just really wanted to do art, except when I was taking those photographs of people I would make the clothes that I would photograph them in so I could control the whole thing. Stephen Sprouse artclothecontrol Change image and share on social
These guys are just flying through the air and I'm capturing them in the split second and putting it into a work of art, via clay to the bronze. Richard MacDonald airartbronze Change image and share on social