Fashion often starts off beautiful and becomes ugly, whereas art starts off ugly sometimes and becomes beautiful. David Bailey artbeautifulfashion Change image and share on social
The essence of all beautiful art, all great art, is gratitude. Friedrich Nietzsche artbeautifulessence Change image and share on social
At work people are expected to be at the beck and call of employers all the time. You have blackberries and other things, and they just don't leave you alone. People have less time just to drop into an art gallery. Jeremy Paxman artbeckblackberry share on social
And really the purpose of art - for me, fiction - is to alert, to indicate to stop, to say: Make certain that when you rush through you will not miss the moment which you might have had, or might still have. Jerzy Kosinski alertartfiction share on social
I feel at various times in my life that I've been at a point where I had to choose between a death sentence and a life sentence. And I want to live. What do I do to live? What do I do to be vital? And the answer is always creativity. The answer is always art. Jodie Foster answerartchoose share on social
Life is like art. You have to work hard to keep it simple and still have meaning. Charles de Lint arthardlife Change image and share on social
I'm continuing to write and love 'Hellblazer.' Also, I'm writing a 'Flashpoint' mini-series ' with art by George Perez - which features Shade the Changing Man and Enchantress. Peter Milligan artchangecontinue Change image and share on social
Art is a subjective thing, and it should be a subjective thing. And the difficulty of subjectivity is that it becomes hugely problematized when you start applying large sums of money to art objects. That's where it all starts to get a bit sticky. Tim Crouch applyartbite share on social
When we hear some beautiful piece of Mozart or admire a wonderful building, we suddenly become present in ourselves. That's unusual nowadays because dishevelment and distraction have become an art form. John O'Donohue admireartbeautiful share on social
It's a melting pot, southern Africa. You find these cultural collisions that result in art and music, and it's pretty amazing. Dave Matthews africaamazeart Change image and share on social