I design all my sets. With my tour and my album artwork, I co-design that with people who are better at drawing than me. But I've got a good imagination. I went to art school so I understand how to communicate my ideas. Paloma Faith albumartartwork share on social
To me history ought to be a source of pleasure. It isn't just part of our civic responsibility. To me it's an enlargement of the experience of being alive, just the way literature or art or music is. David McCullough aliveartcivic Change image and share on social
Defining art is huge; I feel like it's such a subjective thing. It's more like what's not art. You know what I mean? I think there can be an art in the way people live their lives, and art can be a gift someone gives to somebody. Kathleen Hanna artdefinefeel share on social
No matter what is happening in life or in the world - war, natural disaster, poor health, pain, the death of loved ones - if existence is filled with art, music and literature, life will be fulfilling, a joy. Karen DeCrow artdeathdisaster share on social
Washington, D.C., has everything that Rome, Paris and London have in the way of great architecture - great power bases. Washington has obelisks and pyramids and underground tunnels and great art and a whole shadow world that we really don't see. Dan Brown architectureartbasis share on social
Philosophically considered, the universe is composed of Nature and the Soul. Strictly speaking, therefore, all that is separate from us, all which Philosophy distinguishes as the 'Not Me,' that is, both nature and art, all other men and my own body, must be ranked under this name, 'Nature.' Ralph Waldo Emerson artbodycompose share on social
I wouldn't want to be remembered as the guy who contaminated a perfectly legitimate form of protest art with money and celebrities. Banksy artcelebritycontaminate Change image and share on social
I used language because I wanted to offer content that people - not necessarily art people - could understand. Jenny Holzer artcontentlanguage Change image and share on social
It dawned on me that comics were not an intrinsically limited medium. There was a tremendous amount of things you could do in comics that you couldn't do in other art forms - but no one was doing it. I figured if I'd make a try at it, I'd at least be a footnote in history. Harvey Pekar amountartcomic share on social