That terrible mood of depression of whether it's any good or not is what is known as The Artist's Reward.Ernest Hemingway
Every man lives in two realms: the internal and the external. The internal is that realm of spiritual ends expressed in art, literature, morals, and religion. The external is that complex of devices, techniques, mechanisms, and instrumentalities by means of which we live.Martin Luther King Jr.
The thing about hip-hop today is it's smart, it's insightful. The way they can communicate a complex message in a very short space is remarkable.Barack Obama
Art is not a treasure in the past or an importation from another land, but part of the present life of all living and creating peoples.Franklin D. Roosevelt
The atmosphere of orthodoxy is always damaging to prose, and above all it is completely ruinous to the novel, the most anarchical of all forms of literature.George Orwell
An actor is supposed to be a sensitive instrument. Isaac Stern takes good care of his violin. What if everybody jumped on his violin?Marilyn Monroe
