There is nothing more truly artistic than to love people. – Vincent van Gogh
There is nothing more truly artistic than to love people. – Vincent van Gogh
A picture is a secret about a secret, the more it tells you the less you know. – Diane Arbus
A picture is a secret about a secret, the more it tells you the less you know. – Diane Arbus
Autumn seemed to arrive suddenly that year. The morning of the first September was crisp and golden as an apple. – J.K. Rowling
Autumn seemed to arrive suddenly that year. The morning of the first September was crisp and golden as an apple. – J.K. Rowling
life beats down and crushes the soul and art reminds you that you have one – Stella Adler
life beats down and crushes the soul and art reminds you that you have one – Stella Adler
I know great art when someone doesn’t wash their hands after making it. And not only did Duchamp not wash his hands, but he didn’t even flush! – Jarod Kintz
I know great art when someone doesn’t wash their hands after making it. And not only did Duchamp not wash his hands, but he didn’t even flush! – Jarod Kintz
A deadline is negative inspiration. Still, it’s better than no inspiration at all. – Rita Mae Brown
A deadline is negative inspiration. Still, it’s better than no inspiration at all. – Rita Mae Brown
The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding. – Leonardo da Vinci
The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding. – Leonardo da Vinci
Artistic talent is a gift from God and whoever discovers it in himself has a certain obligation: to know that he cannot waste this talent, but must develop it. – Pope John Paul II
Artistic talent is a gift from God and whoever discovers it in himself has a certain obligation: to know that he cannot waste this talent, but must develop it. – Pope John Paul II
Vital lives are about action. You can’t feel warmth unless you create it, can’t feel delight until you play,can’t know serendipity unless you risk. – Joan Erickson
Vital lives are about action. You can’t feel warmth unless you create it, can’t feel delight until you play,can’t know serendipity unless you risk. – Joan Erickson
A man’s work is nothing but this slow trek to rediscover, through the detours of art, those two or three great and simple images in whose presence his heart first opened. – Albert Camus
A man’s work is nothing but this slow trek to rediscover, through the detours of art, those two or three great and simple images in whose presence his heart first opened. – Albert Camus
It is in dialogue with pain that many beautiful things acquire their value. Acquaintance with grief turns out to be one of the more unusual prerequisites of architectural appreciation. We might, quite aside from all other requirements, need to be a little sad before buildings can properly touch us. – Alain de Botton
It is in dialogue with pain that many beautiful things acquire their value. Acquaintance with grief turns out to be one of the more unusual prerequisites of architectural appreciation. We might, quite aside from all other requirements, need to be a little sad before buildings can properly touch us. – Alain de Botton
Deliver me from writers who say the way they live doesn’t matter. I’m not sure a bad person can write a good book. If art doesn’t make us better, then what on earth is it for. – Alice Walker
Deliver me from writers who say the way they live doesn’t matter. I’m not sure a bad person can write a good book. If art doesn’t make us better, then what on earth is it for. – Alice Walker