Artistry Quotes

• Good is a product of the ethical and spiritual artistry of individuals; it cannot be mass-produced.

  Aldous Huxley

  Spiritual, Ethical, Individual

  Aldous Huxley (1956). “The collected works of Aldous Huxley”

  54 Copy quote

  Show source

• A great book provides escapism for me. The artistry and the creativity in a story are better than any drugs.

  Wentworth Miller

  Inspirational, Book, Creativity

  82 Copy quote

• The difference between the forgettable and the enduring is artistry.

  William Bernbach

  Differences, Endure, Forgettable

  11 Copy quote

• Every production of an artist should be the expression of an adventure of his soul.

  W. Somerset Maugham

  Art, Travel, Adventure

  "Cakes and Ale, or, The Skeleton in the Cupboard" by W. Somerset Maugham, (p. 310), 1930.

  12 Copy quote

  Show source

• The true work of art is but a shadow of the divine perfection.

  Michelangelo

  Christian, Art, Shadow Work

  88 Copy quote

• I'm definitely a Polaroid camera girl. For me, what I'm really excited about is bringing back the artistry and the nature of Polaroid.

  Lady Gaga

  Girl, Cameras, Excited

  72 Copy quote

• Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better.

  Andre Gide

  Spiritual, Art, Creative Collaboration

  "The Millionaire Rig Veda" by Timothy James Brearton, (p. 40), 2012.

  41 Copy quote

  Show source

• An artist is a dreamer consenting to dream of the actual world.

  George Santayana

  Dream, Art, Design

  Life of Reason (1905) vol. 4, ch. 3

  36 Copy quote

  Show source

• An artist cannot fail; it is a success to be one.

  Charles Horton Cooley

  Art, Failure, Creative

  49 Copy quote

• 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

  43 Copy quote

  Show source

• Great artists are people who find the way to be themselves in their art. Any sort of pretension induces mediocrity in art and life alike.

  Margot Fonteyn

  Life, Dance, Being Yourself

  "Margot Fonteyn : Autobiography‎" by Margot Fonteyn, (p. 81), 1975.

  175 Copy quote

  Show source

• An artist is a man who says a difficult thing in a simple way

  Charles Bukowski

  Art, Simple, Men

  Charles Bukowski, David Stephen Calonne (2013). “More Notes of a Dirty Old Man: The Uncollected Columns”, p.240, City Lights Books

  32 Copy quote

  Show source

• Don't grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form.

  Rumi

  Inspirational, Spiritual, Wisdom

  Rumi (2015). “Selected Poems”, p.336, Penguin UK

  81 Copy quote

  Show source
• 

  I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.

  Michelangelo

  Life, Art, Creativity

  198 Copy quote

• I've gone through the village of my songwriting and my artistry, and I've gone through lots of different phases, including one where it has been very quiet and abandoned me for a few years.

  Carly Simon

  Years, Gone, Village

  11 Copy quote

• I think a great artist should be able to create any style, any form, anything from rock to pop to gospel to spiritual, just wonderful music where everybody can sing it.

  Michael Jackson

  Spiritual, Artist, Thinking

  FaceBook post by Michael Jackson from Jun 26, 2015

  15 Copy quote

  Show source

• Software is a great combination between artistry and engineering.

  Bill Gates

  Engineering, Combination, Software

  Bill Gates, Janet Lowe (1998). “Bill Gates Speaks: Insight from the World's Greatest Entrepreneur”, p.70, John Wiley & Sons

  12 Copy quote

  Show source

• Software is a great combination between artistry and engineering. When you finally get done and get to appreciate what you have done it is like a part of yourself that you've put together. I think a lot of the people here feel that way.

  Bill Gates

  Thinking, Engineering, People

  "MS-DOS Turns 30: PCMag's Original Interview With Bill Gates". Interview with David Bunnel, in.pcmag.com. February 1, 1982.

  7 Copy quote

  Show source

• Our stories come from our lives and from the playwright's pen, the mind of the actor, the roles we create, the artistry of life itself and the quest for peace.

  Maya Angelou

  Mind, Identity, Roles

  46 Copy quote

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

  Robert Schumann

  Inspiring, Art, Men

  71 Copy quote

• Observe the wonders as they occur around you. Don't claim them. Feel the artistry moving through and be silent.

  Khalil Gibran

  Spiritual, Moving, Compassion

  36 Copy quote

• Irish people are educated not only about artistry but local history.

  Fiona Shaw

  People, Educated, Locals

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

  7 Copy quote

  Show source

• I have never considered myself a poet. I have no interest in poetic artistry.

  Muhammad Iqbal

  Poetic, Poet, Interest

  8 Copy quote

• I'm happy to be a woman but much of it was learned over the course of life. Really thudded into me. You learn it. It's a kind of mastery and artistry. The deeper person underneath the scent of Diptyque Philosykos or whatever is much less gendered. Every person has a range. In fiction, you get to be it all. I'm as much the men in my book as I am the women. I write how I write and there is no mission to stake a claim.

  Rachel Kushner

  Book, Writing, Men

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

  5 Copy quote

  Show source

• It's amazing to see things that are suggested in the book fully developed and so brilliantly realized through the artistry of the designers.

  Suzanne Collins

  Book, Designer

  "'The Hunger Games' Author Suzanne Collins Praises Lionsgate's Adaptation" by Rebecca Ford, www.hollywoodreporter.com. March 01, 2012.

  6 Copy quote

  Show source