Take a martial art or a sport, something that gives you a skill, engages the body, and allows you the possibility of being great - or at least being active. You'll find your confidence. Without it, you're nothing. It's the remedy for everything. Jason Statham activeartbody share on social
If you practice an art, be proud of it and make it proud of you It may break your heart, but it will fill your heart before it breaks it; it will make you a person in your own right. Maxwell Anderson artbreakfill Change image and share on social
To send light into the darkness of men's hearts - such is the duty of the artist. Robert Schumann artistdarknessduty Change image and share on social
To support myself as a kid, I was a model at art schools around Boston. Rene Ricard artbostonkid Change image and share on social
Art, unlike the trades in the artistic capacity of fashion and food, can literally be anything. It can be the negation of itself and conceptually not present. Richard Phillips artartisticcapacity Change image and share on social
When you think about Dada and the great moments in Modern Art, it's always the sense of when you're not sure that art is most likely to be occurring. Richard Phillips artdadagreat Change image and share on social
Art owes its origin to Nature herself... this beautiful creation, the world, supplied the first model, while the original teacher was that divine intelligence which has not only made us superior to the other animals, but like God Himself, if I may venture to say it. Giorgio Vasari animalartbeautiful share on social
It may well be, of course, that America's pop culture is on balance better than our high art. I don't think so, but you can certainly make a case that the best of it aspires to a degree of aesthetic and emotional seriousness that is directly comparable to all but the very greatest works of high art. Terry Teachout aestheticamericaart share on social
For me acting is a passion and an art, and always will only be that. I don't have any rules when it comes to acting. I'll do anything. But it depends on the script. Either I'll have passion for the project or I won't. It's got to fuel me. Shailene Woodley actartdepend share on social
I am deeply spiritual; I revel in those things that make for good - the things that we can do to shed a little light, to help place an oft-dissonant universe back in tune with itself... Long live art, long live friendship, long live the joy of life! Jessye Norman artbackdeeply share on social