Art Nouveau got its inspiration from nature. The Bauhaus got its inspiration from engineering.
P. J. O'Rourke
Writing is a kind of performing art, and I can't sit down to write unless I'm dressed. I don't mean dressed in a suit, but dressed well... →
Peter O'Toole
My reputation for writing quickly and effortlessly notwithstanding, I am strongly in favor of intelligent, even fastidious revision, which is, or... →
Joyce Carol Oates
I consider tragedy the highest form of art.
There should really not be anything gratuitous in a work of art. Sometimes what seems as if it's gratuitous may be a passage in which a character... →
I think all art comes out of conflict. When I write I am always looking for the dramatic kernel of an event, the junctures of people's lives when... →
My mum is a big collector of art.
Agnes Obel
Art is essentially communication. It doesn't exist in a vacuum. That's why people make art, so other people can relate to it.
Conor Oberst
Art is basically communication, and I think everyone who's a music lover has had that experience where a record or a recording has kept you... →
In art, at a certain level, there is no 'better than.' It's just about trying to operate for yourself on the most supreme level... →
Frank Ocean