Artistic Quotes - Page 4

• To send light into the darkness of men's hearts - such is the duty of the artist.

  Robert Schumann

  Inspiring, Art, Men

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• Inspiration is an awakening, a quickening of all man's faculties, and it is manifested in all high artistic achievements.

  Giacomo Puccini

  Inspiring, Art, Inspiration

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  I am seeking, I am striving, I am in it with all my heart.

  Vincent Van Gogh

  Life, Beautiful, Art

  Vincent van Gogh, Mark Roskill (1997). “The Letters of Vincent Van Gogh”, p.148, Simon and Schuster

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• The more I think about it, the more I realize there is nothing more artistic than to love others.

  Vincent Van Gogh

  Love, Life, Romantic

  "Mary Engelbreit's Words To Live By". Book by Mary Engelbreit, 1999.

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• The practice of peace and reconciliation is one of the most vital and artistic of human actions.

  Nhat Hanh

  Forgiveness, Peace, Practice

  Thich Nhat Hanh (2005). “Wisdom from Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life”, p.36, Peter Pauper Press, Inc.

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• Gay people are the sweetest, kindest, most artistic, warmest and most thoughtful people in the world. And since the beginning of time all they've ever been is kicked.

  Little Richard

  Gay, Thoughtful, People

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  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

  Art, Creativity, Fire

  Southwestern Art Vol. 6, p. 20, 1977.

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• But there's a difference between having artistic interests and being psychotic. That's more than a fine line of differentiation, and I do see that a bit too much.

  Crispin Glover

  Differences, Differentiation, Lines

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.

  Scott Adams

  Love, Inspirational, Life

  Scott Adams (2007). “Stick to Drawing Comics, Monkey Brain!: Cartoonist Explains Cloning, Blouse Monsters, Voting Machines, Romance, Monkey G ods, How to Avoid Being Mistaken for a Rodent, and More”, p.438, Penguin

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• Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Inspirational, Life, Beautiful

  Henry Ward Beecher (1868). “Norwood: Or, Village Life in New England”, p.69

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• Painting is easy when you don't know how, but very difficult when you do.

  Edgar Degas

  Art, Experience, Painting

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• Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.

  Thomas Merton

  Art, Fools Day, Finding Yourself

  Thomas Merton (2005). “No Man is an Island”, p.35, Shambhala Publications

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  Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.

  Pablo Picasso

  Inspirational, Motivational, Leadership

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.

  Pablo Picasso

  Life, Motivational, Music

  "LIFE", Vol. 57, nr. 11, (p. 9), September 11, 1964.

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• The first time with artistic endeavors is, if it's working, it was your idea, and if it's not, it's somebody else's idea.

  Tom T. Hall

  Ideas, Firsts, Endeavor

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• Encourage your kids' artistic side. Toughen up everything else.

  Michael Madsen

  Encouragement, Kids, Sides

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The survival of artistic modes in which we recognize ourselves, identify ourselves and place ourselves will survive as long as humanity survives.

  M. H. Abrams

  Long, Humanity, Survival

  "Honored literary scholar M.H. Abrams continues his labors (of love)". Interview with Linda Grace-Kobas, news.cornell.edu. June 11, 1999.

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• Our photographs are filthier and our stories are more disgusting. We make no effort to be artistic.

  Al Goldstein

  Effort, Stories, Photograph

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• Irish is the prominent nationality in the family, but beyond that, I really don't know. I see a lot of artistic or creative influence coming through on my mother's side.

  William T. Wiley

  Mother, Creative, Sides

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• We don't want other people poking into our artistic pie.

  Neville Marriner

  Pie, People, Want

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• When business executives are making the artistic decisions and don't understand animation, things can go awry.

  Don Bluth

  Decision, Animation, Executives

  Interview with Kenneth Plume, www.ign.com. June 14, 2000.

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• Artistic development is a thing of the past, sadly.

  David Coverdale

  Past, Development

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• Blanche is written with a terrible authority, the authority that comes from artistic necessity when the writer is compelled to write by his demon, rather than by his agent or promoter.

  Paul Bailey

  Writing, Agents, Demon

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• When you're a kid with artistic yearnings brought up in the Bronx, you don't get fed up too easily.

  Daniel Libeskind

  Kids, Bronx, Feds

  "You've got to have faith" by Jonathan Glancey, www.theguardian.com. August 4, 2004.

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• In the commercial theater, I've been pretty fortunate. The producers that I've worked with have allowed me to define the artistic integrity, the artistic limits of the work.

  Trevor Nunn

  Integrity, Limits, Theater

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