When I was young, I wanted to be a writer or painter. I was always writing stories, and I excelled at drawing. My teachers encouraged my art work. When I was 9 or 10, I began learning piano and started writing music. Bat for Lashes artbegindraw share on social
Books are my art. The movie is someone else's art. But it's great marketing for books. Barry Eisler artbookgreat Change image and share on social
Art is parasitic on life, just as criticism is parasitic on art. Harry S Truman artcriticismlife Change image and share on social
We shall seek first to tell the truth rather than to study the subtle art of adjusting it to the circumstances of time and person. Vincent McNabb adjustartcircumstance Change image and share on social
The goal of art was the vital expression of self. Alfred Stieglitz artexpressiongoal Change image and share on social
The artist must create a spark before he can make a fire and before art is born, the artist must be ready to be consumed by the fire of his own creation. Auguste Rodin artartistbear Change image and share on social
I'm for mechanical art. When I took up silk screening, it was to more fully exploit the preconceived image through the commercial techniques of multiple reproduction. Andy Warhol artcommercialexploit Change image and share on social
Thought is more important than art. To revere art and have no understanding of the process that forces it into existence, is finally not even to understand what art is. Amiri Baraka artexistencefinally Change image and share on social
The notes I handle no better than many pianists. But the pauses between the notes ah, that is where the art resides. Artur Schnabel arthandlenote Change image and share on social
There is no prejudice that the work of art does not finally overcome. Andre Gide artfinallyovercome Change image and share on social
