"Sometimes being a friend means mastering the art of timing. There is a time for silence. A time to let go and allow people to hurl themselves into their own destiny. And a time to prepare to pick up the pieces when it's all over." - Octavia ButlerTweet
"An artist is never ahead of his time but most people are far behind theirs." - Edgard VareseTweet
"I don't have anything to say about other people's art and their work." - Dolly PartonTweet
"People discuss my art and pretend to understand as if it were necessary to understand, when it's simply necessary to love." - Claude MonetTweet
"Gossip is the art of saying nothing in a way that leaves practically nothing unsaid." - Walter WinchellTweet
"The art of interpretation is not to play what is written." - Pablo CasalsTweet
"Any authentic work of art must start an argument between the artist and his audience." - Rebecca WestTweet
"An artist cannot fail it is a success to be one." - Charles Horton CooleyTweet
"Oh yeah, I mean every fighter has got be dedicated, learn how to sacrifice, know what the devotion is all about, make sure you're paying attention and studying your art." - Marvin HaglerTweet
"At the beginning of the 20th century, the ambition of the great painters was to make paintings that were like music, which was then considered as the noblest art." - Brian EnoTweet