I think no artist can claim to have any access to the truth, or an authentic version of an event. But obviously they have slightly better means at their disposal because they have their art to energize whatever it is they're trying to write about. They have music. Thom Yorke
Every man should follow the bent of his nature in art and letters, always provided that he does not offend against the rules of morality and good taste. Thomas Edward Brown
He has only half learned the art of reading who has not added to it the more refined art of skipping and skimming. Arthur Balfour
If only life could be a little more tender and art a little more robust. Alan Rickman
Seek art from every time and place, in any form, to connect with those who really move you. Martha Beck
Back then, I didn't have a big organization around me. I was just a kid with a guitar, traveling around. My responsibility basically was to the art, and I had extra time on my hands. There is no extra time now. There isn't enough time. Joni Mitchell
There's no being wrong in seeing something in art, only being disagreed with. Jonathan Safran Foer
The art of living does not consist in preserving and clinging to a particular mode of happiness, but in allowing happiness to change its form without being disappointed by the change happiness, like a child, must be allowed to grow up. Charles Morgan
I think of art as the highest level of creativity. To me, it is one of the greatest sources of enjoyment. David Rockefeller
Literature has drawn a funny perimeter that other art forms haven't. Jonathan Safran Foer
Reading is an art form, and every man can be an artist. Edwin Louis Cole
It is a myth that art has to be sold. It is not like stocking a grocery store where people fill a pushcart. Art is a product that has no apparent need. The salesperson builds the need in the mind of the buyer. Jack White
What I'm doing is art - it's low-brow art but there's a magic in that. Kesha
Art allows people a way to dream their way out of their struggle. Russell Simmons
I just like art. I get pure pleasure from it. I have a lot of wonderful paintings, and every time I look at them I see something different. Jack Nicholson
I realize that every picture isn't a work of art. Conrad Hall
To be honest, I sort of feel like 'movie actor' isn't of this time. I love it. But it's a 20th-century art form. Joseph Gordon-Levitt