For art to exist, for any sort of aesthetic activity to exist, a certain physiological precondition is indispensable: intoxication. Friedrich Nietzsche activityaestheticart Change image and share on social
A man is a poet if difficulties inherent in his art provide him with ideas; he is not a poet if they deprive him of ideas. Paul Valery artdeprivedifficulty Change image and share on social
I don't have to work on it. I'm naturally a writer. The rapping and writing, they can go hand-in-hand - but rapping is an art that you have to practice and master, so I worked at it for a long time. Lupe Fiasco arthandlong Change image and share on social
The world of fiction is a sovereign world that comes to life in the author's head and follows the rules of art, of literature. And that is the major difference that is reflected in the form of the work, in its language and its plot. An author invents every aspect of a fiction, every detail. Imre Kertesz artaspectauthor share on social
For thousands of years, we've insisted that art can make us better people. Unless a brief can be fashioned that, by its very nature, art appeals only to the best in people and never the darkness, which defies both logic and intuition, then we have to acknowledge that art can make some of us worse. Steve Erickson acknowledgeappealart share on social
Well to be perfectly frank with you I never created art or have done demonstrations for anyone before myself artistically. I always do it to try to push my own envelope to be the best I can be. Criss Angel artartisticallycreate Change image and share on social
We have long possessed the art of war and the science of war, which have been evolved in the minutest detail. Fredrik Bajer artdetailevolve Change image and share on social
Florence is perhaps best known for being the seat of Renaissance art, and rightly so: A greatest-hits collection of artists passed through its streets - Michelangelo, Leonardo, Botticelli, and Brunelleschi among them. Hanya Yanagihara artartistbotticelli share on social
Anime is intended to have ambiguous features. That's part of the art form. M. Night Shyamalan ambiguousanimeart Change image and share on social
It's kind of funny, with all of the different outlets that come from acting that you could try, I would love to direct and kind of be involved in art direction, too. Imogen Poots actartdirect Change image and share on social