Great Art Quotes - Page 15

• People don't really have a relationship with great writing or great production or great art direction or great direction. They just sort of admire it.

  Steven Moffat

  Art, Writing, People

  "The Man Who Revitalized 'Doctor Who' And 'Sherlock'". "Fresh Air" with David Bianculli, www.npr.org. May 3, 2012.

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• Is it the obligation of great art to be continually interesting? I think not.

  Susan Sontag

  Art, Thinking, Interesting

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• Great art is cathartic; it is always moral.

  Joyce Carol Oates

  Art, Moral, Art Is

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• Great art changes you.

  Wendy Beckett

  Art

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• It is the mark of great art that its appeal is universal and eternal.

  Clive Bell

  Art, Mark, Appeals

  Clive Bell (1958). “Art”, Perigee

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• I believe in the power of great art to transcend geographical boundaries, political differences and even the restrictions of time.

  Armand Hammer

  Art, Believe, Political Differences

  Armand Hammer, Neil Lyndon (1988). “Hammer”, Perigee

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• The lives great artists live and the books they write are two very different things.

  Michael Cunningham

  Book, Writing, Artist

  Michael Cunningham (2014). “The Snow Queen: A Novel”, p.111, Macmillan

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• Great art is more than a transient refreshment. It is something which adds to the permanent richness of the soul's self-attainment. It justifies itself both by its immediate enjoyment, and also by its discipline of the inmost being. Its discipline is not distinct from enjoyment but by reason of it. It transforms the soul into the permanent realization of values extending beyond its former self.

  Alfred North Whitehead

  Art, Writing, Self

  Alfred North Whitehead (1997). “Science and the Modern World”, p.202, Simon and Schuster

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• I like Simon Cowell - look at how many great artists have come out of the U.K. because of him.

  George Benson

  Artist, Looks, Great Artist

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• When I have a creative block, I take walks. I like to see what shapes stick out - so many legs rushing by at once, it can seem abstract. I don't need to see great art to get stirred up. Music does that for me more easily.

  Caio Fonseca

  Art, Block, Rushing

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• What underlies great science is what underlies great art, whether it is visual or written, and that is the ability to distinguish patterns out of chaos.

  Diana Gabaldon

  Art, Patterns, Chaos

  "AUTHOR INTERVIEW - Accidental Tourist / Diana Gabaldon reveals the inspiration for her popular time-travel series" by Alix Madrigal, www.sfgate.com. January 26, 1997.

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• I steal from every single movie ever made. I love it - if my work has anything it's that I'm taking this from this and that from that and mixing them together. If people don't like that, then tough titty, don't go and see it, all right? I steal from everything. Great artists steal; they don't do homages.

  Quentin Tarantino

  Motivational, Movie, Artist

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• Great artists have no country.

  Alfred de Musset

  Life, Country, Artist

  Alfred de Musset, Paul de Musset (1908). “Comedies, tr. by Raoul Pellissier, E. B. Thompson, Mary H. Dey”

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• Your life is a work of art, and in the end, the underlying theme of great art is bravery and hope and love.

  Garrison Keillor

  Art, Bravery, And Love

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• I was an artist, but not a self-proclaimed great artist, just a common man who was working in a form of art which is universal.

  Jack Kirby

  Art, Men, Self

  Source: www.tcj.com

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• I think one of the things you have to have is a respect for the camera, a real respect, and a real love for it, and to really, when I say take it seriously, quote 'seriously', I mean not patronize it. It's a big mistake to patronize it and think it's a third rate medium, because it's not, it's a great art form.

  Anthony Hopkins

  Art, Mistake, Real

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• I used to say that I wanted to make great art with people I love. Now I have an addendum to that goal: to get things on the air.

  Amy Poehler

  Art, Air, People

  Source: www.elle.com

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• Great art is not instant. It comes from experience, it comes from a place within. If you're trying to generate material, then you're going to generate stuff. It's not going to be great, it's just going to be stuff.

  Keenen Ivory Wayans

  Art, Trying, Stuff

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

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  Always keep your ego in check and not be afraid to listen. Listening is a great art form.

  Clint Eastwood

  Art, Ego, Listening

  "Clint Eastwood Describes His Near-Death Experience, Says 'American Sniper' Is Anti-War (Exclusive)". Interview with Stephen Galloway, www.hollywoodreporter.com. March 16, 2015.

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• A great artist can really enter the logic of any particular mazurka and fully understand the language of Chopin's music.

  Rafal Blechacz

  Artist, Logic, Language

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• I suggest that the great art belongs to all people, all the time--that indeed it is made for the people, by the people, to the people.

  Maya Angelou

  Art, People, Made

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• I love great journalism. I appreciate it. I love good news stories. I love great books. I love great articles. I appreciate them so much, and they've been part of my education as a woman.

  Angelina Jolie

  Book, News Stories, Appreciate

  "Countdown" with Keith Olbermann, www.nbcnews.com. May 25, 2007.

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• In all great arts, as in trees, it is the height that charms us; we care nothing for the roots or trunks, yet it could not be without the aid of these.

  Marcus Tullius Cicero

  Art, Roots, Tree

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• Im happy to say that at 62, I think Ive reached that point where stuff doesnt bother me as much, and my gratitude level has gone way up, especially having gone through the loss that Ive had, and losing so many of the great artists that I was close to. They taught me how to see it with a grain of salt and a lot of humor and perspective.

  Bonnie Raitt

  Gratitude, Loss, Artist

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• Saw has been a unique experience in that Ive had the opportunity to work with some really great artists, and everyone has contributed in so many different ways, in all of the different departments of a film crew.

  Tobin Bell

  Unique, Opportunity, Artist

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