"One must ease the public into it - that's an art in itself."

Robert Mapplethorpe, American Photographer

Art, Public

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"For his heart was in his work, and the heart giveth grace unto every art."

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, American Poet

Art, Work, Heart, Grace

"Music awaken our soul."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Art, Music, Awaken, Soul, Spirit

"Color is my day-long obsession, joy and torment."

Claude Monet, French Artist

Art, Day, Joy, Obsession

"One writes music because winter is eternal and because, if one didn't, the wolves and blizzards will be at one's throat all the sooner."

David Mitchell, British Novelist

Art, Music, Winter, Nature

"You put butterflies back into my soul and painted their wings with passion and poetry."

Melody Lee, American Poet

Art, Love, Creativity, Inspirational, Passion

"No nude, however abstract, should fail to arouse in the spectator some vestige of erotic feeling, even if it be only the faintest shadow - and if it does not do so it is bad art and false morals."

Kenneth Clark, British Author

Art, Feeling, Morals, Shadow

"Whether I get adequate attention or not, people here do know the work I have been doing systematically and without compromise for over 40 years. I get tired of people making excuses for guys who don't continue the art because they can't make a living."

Bill Dixon, American Musician

Art, Work, People, Attention

"By the time we got to MGM, and Lions Gate the movie was done there was nothing else to say. It was done. Just as at Universal, it was art by committee."

Rob Zombie, American Musician

Art, Time, Committee, Nothing

"Be a good editor. The Universe needs more good editors, God knows."

Kurt Vonnegut, American Author

Art, Editing, Creativity, Skill, Improvement

"Not everyone who loves music can play the tune."

Nora Roberts, American Author

Art, Music, Talent, Skill, Perception

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"I went into photography because it seemed like the perfect vehicle for commenting on the madness of today's existence."

Existence

"My theory about creativity is that the more money one has, the more creative one can be."

Money

"Beauty and the devil are the same thing."

Beauty

"I am obsessed with beauty. I want everything to be perfect, and of course it isn't. And that's a tough place to be because you're never satisfied."

Beauty

"Whenever you make love to someone, there should be three people involved - you, the other person, and the devil."

Love

"You're never going to get anywhere in life if you don't live up to your obligations."

Life

"When I work, and in my art, I hold hands with God."

God

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"For his heart was in his work, and the heart giveth grace unto every art."

"Music awaken our soul."

"Color is my day-long obsession, joy and torment."

"One writes music because winter is eternal and because, if one didn't, the wolves and blizzards will be at one's throat all the sooner."

"You put butterflies back into my soul and painted their wings with passion and poetry."

"No nude, however abstract, should fail to arouse in the spectator some vestige of erotic feeling, even if it be only the faintest shadow - and if it does not do so it is bad art and false morals."

"Whether I get adequate attention or not, people here do know the work I have been doing systematically and without compromise for over 40 years. I get tired of people making excuses for guys who don't continue the art because they can't make a living."

"By the time we got to MGM, and Lions Gate the movie was done there was nothing else to say. It was done. Just as at Universal, it was art by committee."

"Be a good editor. The Universe needs more good editors, God knows."

"Not everyone who loves music can play the tune."

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"I went into photography because it seemed like the perfect vehicle for commenting on the madness of today's existence."

"I just hope I can live long enough to see the fame."

"I just try to live my life and do my thing."

"I've never lied. I think I've lived a moral life."

"My theory about creativity is that the more money one has, the more creative one can be."

"Beauty and the devil are the same thing."

"I am obsessed with beauty. I want everything to be perfect, and of course it isn't. And that's a tough place to be because you're never satisfied."

"Whenever you make love to someone, there should be three people involved - you, the other person, and the devil."

"You're never going to get anywhere in life if you don't live up to your obligations."

"When I work, and in my art, I hold hands with God."