#artwork

I always try to treat the book itself as the artwork. I don't want you to stop while you're reading one of my books and say, 'Oh! What a gorgeous illustration!' I want you to stop at the end of the book and say, 'This is a good book. ↗

— Chris Raschka

#children-s-book #children-s-literature #illustration #inspiration #kid-s-book

It's a tough thing to know that when you're making your album, you're going to end up collaborating with, say, Wal-Mart, on your artwork. That just sucks. And the pressure behind getting the numbers real fast is, to me, dizzying. ↗

— Ben Folds

#artwork #behind #collaborating #dizzying #end

In an artwork you're always looking for artistic decisions, so an ashtray is perfect. An ashtray has got life and death. ↗

— Damien Hirst

#always #artistic #artwork #ashtray #death

I have been asked to collaborate with fashion houses using my artwork, which I will probably do. ↗

— Helmut Lang

#asked #been #collaborate #fashion #houses

I have thousands of tapes, and photos and fliers, letters, posters, artwork - basically everything that ever happened, I kept. I'm not a hoarder, though. I'm sort of a librarian. ↗

— Ian MacKaye

#basically #ever #everything #happened #i

Being creative is my idea of heaven. I'm just incredibly fortunate that I can do it in artwork. Watercolor is what I started out with. What I love about watercolor is that a lot of happy accidents occur. ↗

— Jane Seymour

#accidents #artwork #being #creative #fortunate

The mystical poetry of William Blake's artwork also forms the basis for the album cover. ↗

— Bruce Dickinson

#album cover #also #artwork #basis #blake

(The Mona Lisa), that really is the ugliest portrait I’ve seen, the only thing that supposedly makes it famous is the mystery behind it,” Katherine admitted as she remembered her trips to the Louvre and how she shook her head at the poor tourists crowding around to see a jaundiced, eyebrow-less lady that reminded her of tight-lipped Washington on the dollar bill. Surely, they could have chosen a better portrait of the First President for their currency? ↗

— E.A. Bucchianeri

#artwork #da-vinci #funny #george-washington #humor

I enjoy being involved in making the artwork for albums and stupid stuff like that. ↗

— Frank Ocean

#artwork #being #enjoy #i #involved

I enjoy singing my songs in front of people. I enjoy being involved in making the artwork for albums and stupid stuff like that. ↗

— Frank Ocean

#artwork #being #enjoy #front #i