Quotes About Passion

Art collecting has traditionally been the domain of wealthy individuals in search of rewards beyond the purely financial.

There is no art without intoxication. But I mean a mad intoxication! Let reason teeter! Delirium!

I never graduated, but I was kind of floating between journalism and art, because neither one wanted to claim me, as a cartoonist.

My plan was to never get married. I was going to be an art monster instead.

Performance became part of my art in a way - expressing things and emotion.

When I sing, I have to live in that moment, so my audience can feel that. That is my reason for doing art.

It's really, really hard to make it as a fine-art photographer exclusively.

I grew up doing martial arts, and it's one of these things where I always kind of liked acting, but I was never real serious about it.

I've been involved in mixed martial arts since 1997 when I first started working for the UFC.

I feel like I've gotten to the point where when I get tired of making art I can make a smooth transition into making music and vice versa. There is always something to do.

Thou art a dreaming thing, A fever of thyself.

First I went to C.W. Post and I was a psychology and theater major and then I transferred to NYU's Tisch School of the Arts as a drama major.

Wild above rule or art, enormous bliss.

O delicious kiss, Why thou so sudden art gone? Lost in the moment thou art won?

To me, figure skating is an art form, and that's what I always try to bring in, even to my competitive programs.

If you want to make [your own way in music] it as a player, which is very difficult, as Art Blakey said to me, "We're blessed to have the opportunity to do this." So just keep that in mind.

Cooking hasn't yet been accepted as the art form it is. It should be on the level with any of the other art forms.

I will die for the art & what I believe in. The art ain't always gon' be polite.

I went to the Brit School for the performing arts in Croydon at 14, picking music as my main subject, and I'm so glad I did. I knew lots of people who'd gone there, so I always had my mind set on it.

Ya wanna be an artist? Make art!

Just so [becoming a chef ] that I could support my art habit. You know? I mean, this is - this is something where you've been literally given an opportunity to put the world on pause for a second.

I always loved the idea of learning martial arts, but it wasn't until I was in my 20s that I really started doing it and taking up karate.

People should practice an art in order to make their souls grow and not to make money or become famous. Paint a picture. Write.

Money is completely boring to me. It means nothing, except it feeds my art. Every penny I make goes back into the Haus of GaGa. My Haus of GaGa is something like Andy Warhol's Factory.