Virgola Art Quotes

A true artist would see his family starve, rather than work at anything other than his art. ~ Anonymous

Art is the creation of forms symbolic of human feeling. ~ Susanne Katherina Langer

Maybe in that earlier phase I was painting the woman in me. Art isn't a wholly masculine occupation, you know. ~ Willem De Kooning

I would prefer to have one comfortable room well stocked with books to all you could give me in the way of decoration which the highest art could supply. ~ John Bright

Art boy is obviously intimidated. You're like the sun and he's squinting up at you, barely able to see because of your blinking radiance ~ Jody Gehrman

Art is unquestionably one of the purest and highest elements in human happiness. It trains the mind through the eye, and the eye through the mind. As the sun colors flowers, so does art color life. ~ John Lubbock

There's the dual challenge of wanting to speak from an authentic place, and then being able to be honest about it. Even in the most mannered art, I think that's what people value, is a voice that comes from a real place. ~ John Darnielle

This is the time for every artist in every genre to do what he or she does loudly and consistently. It doesn't matter to me what your position is. You've got to keep asserting the complexity and the originality of life, and the multiplicity of it, and the facets of it. This is about being a complex human being in the world, not about finding a villain. This is no time for anything else than the best that you've got. ~ Toni Morrison

I hear you're losing weight again, Mary Jane. Do you ever wonder who you're losing it for? ~ Alanis Morissette

In every landscape should reside jewels of abstract art waiting to be discovered. ~ Melissa Brown

Art itself is female - it is full of graciousness, cadence, color, rhythm. It's full of love and grace. ~ Juan Gabriel

You begin with the possibilities of the material. ~ Robert Rauschenberg

I owe them gods
a bottle of whiskey
and a bullet each ~ Elancharan Gunasekaran

If it be knowledge or wisdom one is seeking, then one had better go direct to the source. And the source is not the scholar or philosopher, not the master, saint, or teacher, but life itself - direct experience of life. The same is true for art. Here, too, we an dispense with the masters. ~ Henry Miller

In all history, art has been the food of the poor, ~ Cameron Jace

Do not copy nature too much. Art is an abstraction. ~ Paul Gauguin

Lies are the religion of slaves and masters. Truth is the god of the free man. ~ Maxim Gorky

If size mattered, the elephant would be king of the jungle. ~ Rickson Gracie

So, I'm not on a diet. I'm on a journey with Jesus to learn the fine art of self-discipline for the purpose of holiness. ~ Lysa TerKeurst

Now that spring is no longer to be recognised in blossoms or in new leaves on trees, I must look for it in myself. I feel the ice of myself cracking. I feel myself loosen and flow again, reflecting the world. That is what spring means. ~ David Malouf

Art history is less explosive than the rest of history, so it sinks faster into the pulverized regions of time. ~ Robert Smithson

The truth is, the more one knows about Art, the more one values Entertainment. ~ Jessica Zafra

In 1857, Bizet departed for Rome and spent three years there. He studied the landscape, the culture, Italian literature and art. Musically he studied the scores of the great masters. At the end of the first year he was asked to submit a religious work as his required composition. As a self-described atheist, Bizet felt uneasy and hypocritical writing a religious piece. Instead, he submitted a comic opera. Publicly, the committee accepted, acknowledging his musical talent. Privately, the committee conveyed their displeasure. Thus, early in his career, Bizet displayed an independent spirit that would be reflected in innovative ideas in his opera composition.
[The Pearl Fishers - Georges Bizet, Virginia Opera] ~ Georges Bizet

You do not deserve most of what has happened or will. But there is something I can offer you. Whoever you are. Out there. As lonely as it gets, you are not alone. There is another kind of love.
It's the love of art. Because I believe in art the way other people believe in god.
In art I've met an army of people - a tribe that gives good company and courage and hope. In books and painting and music and film. This book? It's for you. It's water I made a path through. I'm not speaking out of my asshole when I say this.
Come in. The water will hold you. ~ Lidia Yuknavitch

Any person whom seeks to live a historical existence must devote their efforts to learning about the world, care about people and nature, and seek to express their thoughts in the artistic methodology most appropriate to their particular talent. A person cannot fake self-awareness or imitate an artistic nature. A person must honestly earn a heightened level of conscious awareness. ~ Kilroy J. Oldster

At no other time or place in human history have social conflicts been so richly diverse, so vigorously articulated, so eloquently manifest in art and literature or adressed with such directness by the political system and the media. ~ Ramachandra Guha

Why not fall in love with an artist? Otherwise there are no letters, pictures, paintings and songs for you when you wake up. ~ Darnell Lamont Walker

Most cowgirls are natural storytellers, their art honed by years of practice ... It serves as entertainment; it also preserves the humor and value of a unique way of life. ~ Teresa Jordan

I am a horrible visual artist. I can't fix a car, sew, knit, cook, etc. Statistically, there is more I don't do than do. ~ Carrie Brownstein

Building a professional relationship on respect as opposed to affection is a very good idea. Running your art projects the way you'd run a dry-cleaning business is also a really good idea. You shouldn't go into work like you're going on a date, like you're hanging out with friends. ~ Penn Jillette

A lot of people do what their families do. Imagine if everyone in the family is a doctor and they decide to become an actor. Then people have to make those choices for themselves and their art and what they believe in. ~ Zoe Kravitz

Melissa was still deep in conversation with Toby. For no good reason, they were arguing about the very important art of making the perfect cup of tea. ~ Kat Green

It's always been my philosophy to try to make art out of the everyday and ordinary ... it never occurred to me to leave home to make art. ~ Sally Mann

I really wanted to get into this art school about two years before I started working at the Grille. I applied and waited. But when the acceptance letter arrived, my heart had done some changing so that being molded by God was far more exciting than the acceptance.... I changed in the meantime. The thing that was so important to me when I first wanted it wasn't as vital when it happened. God had changed my heart in the process." (Buck) ~ Alice J. Wisler

The truth is that you have to fight your way through brutal, ugly realities in order to find that moment of clarity, that one slant of light or shift in emotion that yields unexpected art. That's just as true for life as it is for crime scene photography. ~ Maggie Ybarra

You are surrounded by beauty, the wonder of Creation, art, your music and culture, the sounds of laughter and love, of whispered hopes and celebrations, of new life and transformation, of reconciliation and forgiveness. These also are the results of your choices and every choice matters, even the hidden ones. ~ Wm. Paul Young

I have to laugh when people ask me if I do alternative, herbal, acupuncture or holistic medicine. 'No,' I reply. 'We do state-of-the-art medicine. In other words, we find the biochemical, nutritional and environmental causes and cures rather than blindly drugging everything. Sure, herbs are gentler, safer and more physiologic than drugs and holistic medicine attempts to incorporate many diverse modalities, etc. But there is no substitute for finding the underlying biochemical causes and cures. This is real medicine. This is where medicine should and would have been decades ago, if it had not been abducted by the pharmaceutical industry. ~ Sherry A. Rogers

The greatest art in marriage is not when you are loved; but when you love. Most definitely when you love, you will be loved. ~ Mapogo Chuene

I think impersonation is a great art. It's something that I enjoy doing, in a frivolous and lighthearted way. But I don't flatter myself to think I'm an impersonator. ~ Andrea Riseborough

Art is running away without ever leaving home. ~ Twyla Tharp