#tis

When a young artist is ready, one has to bring him into the limelight. ↗

— Placido Domingo

#bring #him #into #limelight #ready

Conservatism discards Prescription, shrinks from Principle, disavows Progress; having rejected all respect for antiquity, it offers no redress for the present, and makes no preparation for the future. ↗

— Benjamin Disraeli

#conservatism #discards #future #having #makes

There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics. ↗

— Benjamin Disraeli

#kinds #lies #statistics #three

The really magical things are the ones that happen right in front of you. A lot of the time you keep looking for beauty, but it is already there. And if you look with a bit more intention, you see it. ↗

— Vik Muniz

#awesome #beauty #brazil #inspiration #vik-muniz

You can go down the list of great artists and kind of understand that they are products of their environment. Whether it's U2 or Henry Rollins or myself or Johnny Lydon, they're gonna be products of their environment. ↗

— Eddie Vedder

#down #environment #go #gonna #great

I want to light the lights of patriotism. ↗

— Lech Walesa

#light #lights #patriotism #want

I believe people may have a predisposition for artistic creativity. It doesn't mean they're going to make it. ↗

— Rita Dove

#believe #creativity #going #i #i believe

I'm never, like I say, I'm never happy, I'm never satisfied, it's never good enough. ↗

— R. Lee Ermey

#good #happy #i #like #never

I'm very proud of my Scottish blood. ↗

— David Duchovny

#i #proud #scottish #very

What part of people is resistant to an artist doing more than one thing? Is it somehow perceived as greedy? Anyone who has that weird volition to become an actor probably has a weird volition to do lots of other creative things - to write, to play music, to paint, to cook. ↗

— Minnie Driver

#anyone #artist #become #cook #creative