Artistic Quotes - Page 35

• It is accepted as an axiom by all Americans that the civil power ought to be not only neutral and impartial as between different forms of faith, but ought to leave these matters entirely on one side, regarding them no more than it regards the artistic or literary pursuits of the citizens.

  James Bryce

  Atheism, Citizens, Matter

  James Bryce “The American Commonwealth: Vol. 4: Illustrations and Reflections & Social Institutions”, Jazzybee Verlag

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• All ambitions are lawful except those which climb upward on the miseries or credulities of mankind. All intellectual and artistic ambitions are permissible, up to and even beyond the limit of prudent sanity. They can hurt no one.

  Joseph Conrad

  Hurt, Ambition, Intellectual

  Joseph Conrad (2015). “Joseph Conrad’s Sea Tales - Premium Collection: An Outcast of the Islands, The Nigger of the ‘Narcissus’, A Smile of Fortune, Typhoon and more: Classics of World Literature from One of the Greatest English Novelists (Including Author’s Memoirs, Letters & Critical Essays)”, p.1118, e-artnow

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• One of the things I wanted to do after three, prolonged movies is to do something that was really, kind-of knee-jerk decisions, and artistic instincts and strip down the process to more of a guttural level, and make something that wasn't so manicured and polished; wasn't quite so developed and supported, and just run wild with it and see what happens with it.

  David Gordon Green

  Running, Decision, Three

  Source: collider.com

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• Just selfishly, I wanted to be associated with something as synonymous with cool and cutting edge and artistic as CBGB. People are aware of that, at least, even if nothing else. That's something to be proud of, to be a small part of the association with something like that.

  Johnny Galecki

  Cutting, Cbgb, People

  Source: collider.com

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• I live an artistic double life: one of classical realism and the other of aesthetic exploration.

  Alton Tobey

  Exploration, Realism, Double Life

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• Music is the art... which most completely realizes the artistic idea and is the condition to which all the other arts are constantly aspiring.

  Oscar Wilde

  Music, Art, Ideas

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• Liberty is the chosen
  resort of the artistic
  shopper.

  Oscar Wilde

  Liberty, Resorts, Chosen

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• Ive always been really artistic. I went to an all-girls private Catholic school, and one of their biggest things was musical theater. I became obsessed with that.

  Daniela Bobadilla

  Girl, School, Catholic

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• The true, prescriptive artist strives after artistic truth; the lawless artist, following blind instinct, after an appearance of naturalness. The one leads to the highest peaks of art, the other to its lowest depths.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Art, Depth, Blind

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, John Gage (1980). “Goethe on Art”, p.11, Univ of California Press

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• Time and rhythm are the most important elements in music. If both aren't well conceived, organized, and executed, no amount of notes will make the piece a meaningful artistic experience.

  Anthony Davis

  Meaningful, Important, Elements

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• It would be nice to think that a censor could allow a genuine work of artistic seriousness and ban a titillating piece of sadism, but it would take a miracle to make such a distinction stick.

  Katharine Whitehorn

  Nice, Thinking, Miracle

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• We need emotional outlets in this country, and the more artistic people we develop the better it will be for us as a nation.

  Eleanor Roosevelt

  Country, Creativity, Emotional

  Eleanor Roosevelt (1938). “My Days”

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• In European thought in general, as contrasted with American, vigor, life and originality have a kind of easy, professional utterance. American -- on the other hand, is expressed in an eager amateurish way. A European gives a sense of scope, of survey, of consideration. An American is strained, sensational. One is artistic gold; the other is bullion.

  Wallace Stevens

  Hands, Giving, Gold

  Wallace Stevens, Holly Stevens (1966). “Letters of Wallace Stevens”, p.90, Univ of California Press

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• Being a Catholic, I was drawn to the mystery of the Latin and the smoke and the mirrors and all of that. That part of my disposition definitely did lend itself to finding my way to the back door of some artistic pursuit.

  Susan Sarandon

  Latin, Mirrors, Doors

  Interview with George Saunders, www.interviewmagazine.com. March 27, 2016.

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• What inspires me today is a desire to get closer to an understanding of what my artistic capacities are with the hope of organically sharing my gifts with an audience in the most heightened way I possibly can.

  Mahershala Ali

  Understanding, Inspire, Desire

  "Mahershala Ali: the 'free state of Jones'". Interview with Sam Williams, www.eurweb.com. June 24, 2016.

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• I am working on a list for collaborations and it's just another way to share your artistic talent with other artist.

  Heather Headley

  Artist, Collaboration, Way

  Source: www.ebony.com

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• If you're really going to uncover something as an artist, you're going to come into access with parts of your personality and your psyche that are really uncomfortable to face: your own ambition, your own greed, your own avarice, your own jealousies, and anything that would get in the way of the purity of your own artistic voice.

  Billy Corgan

  Ambition, Artist, Voice

  "A Conversation with Billy Corgan of the Smashing Pumpkins". Interview with Sharon London, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• I want to have conversations, because they give you confidence in your choices. I learned it first on Boyz n the Hood, but it is not a race-based experience - it is part of the artistic process.

  Nia Long

  Race, Giving, Choices

  Source: www.elle.com

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• I love stepping onto the ice knowing I can create whatever I want or am feeling that day. It inspires me to be creative and artistic. It's a great therapeutic outlet to utilize both my heart and body at the same time.

  Tara Lipinski

  Heart, Knowing, Ice

  "Tara Lipinski​: On Dealing with Stress, Using Failure to Fuel Success​​, and How she Keeps her Head Clear". Interview with Robert Piper, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• I've rarely done anything that's overtly self-destructive without consciously knowing what I'm doing. And then of course, the astute journalist jumps forward and says, "Why are you being calculated?" Calculated seems to assume a sinister intent. My intent is always for artistic effect.

  Billy Corgan

  Self, Knowing, Done

  "A Conversation With Billy Corgan Part II". Interview with Sharon London, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• The music business - and I guess you could say any artistic endeavor - usually rewards those who are on the leading edge of where everything is going, but you can't be too far.

  Billy Corgan

  Rewards, Endeavor, Music Business

  "A Conversation With Billy Corgan Part II". Interview with Sharon London, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• Going back to the elementary school days, I was always drawing. I entered a Victory poster competition and won the top award that recognized my artistic instincts.

  Paul Smith

  School, Drawing, Awards

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• Upon graduation, in the yearbook I was voted "Most likely to succeed." which I know was credited to my artistic achievements.

  Paul Smith

  Yearbook, Achievement, Succeed

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• My experience working with lots of creative people is that they don't lose their artistic edge when they lose a fierce level of anguish. They just create from a different place.

  Sharon Salzberg

  People, Creative, Different

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• I love finding something. For me it's not just about the athletic challenge, it's about finding new things. When I'm not doing that in climbing, it manifests itself in other ways. There's the athletic side of it, but it is very much an artistic thing.

  Chris Sharma

  Climbing, Athletic, Challenges

  "Natural Born Climber: Chris Sharma". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. April 7, 2013.

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