“Good art can come out of thieves, bootleggers, or horse swipes. People really are afraid to find out just how much hardship and poverty they can stand. They are afraid to find out how tough they are. Nothing can destroy the good writer. The only thing that can alter the good writer is death. Good ones don't have time to bother with success or getting rich. Success is feminine and like a woman; if you cringe before her, she will override you. So the way to treat her is to show her the back of your hand. Then maybe she will do the crawling.” PeopleIfsWayArtShowsHandsPovertyRichToughTreatsHorseBotherHardshipFeminineThievesGet RichGood WritersGood ArtCrawlingCringe Author:William Faulkner
“Skating alone is an art. Doing it on a substance? I don't know. That's got to be tough.” KnowsArtToughSubstanceSkating Author:Wayne Gretzky
“Our time and attention is scarce. Art is not that important to us, no matter what we might like to believe... Our love of art is often quite temporary, dependent upon our moods, and our love of art is subservient to our demand for a positive self image. How we look at art should account for those imperfections and work around them. Keep in mind that books, like art museums, are not always geared to the desires of the reader. Maybe we think we are supposed to like tough books, but are we? Who says? Many writers (and art museums) produce for quite a small subsample of the... public.” ThinkingShouldMindBelieveLooksArtImportantBookSelfMatterMightDesireAttentionProduceReaderDemandArt IsToughAccountsNo Matter WhatMoodOur TimeDependentTemporaryMuseumsImperfectionOur LoveScarceSubservientPositive SelfPositive Self Image Author:Tyler Cowen
“Most people say I look mean, and because I play so many tough roles and because of my size and my martial arts background, they think I am, but I'm really not.” PeopleThinkingLooksMeanArtPlayRolesToughSizeBackgroundsMartial Arts Author:Michael Jai White
“Acting is a tough industry. There are a lot of kids out there at drama schools and not a lot of money about, especially as the arts are being cut.” ArtKidsSchoolActingCuttingIndustryDramaToughLots Of Money Author:Phil Daniels
“Just trying to live our lives and figuring out how to turn that into art. It's tough to say that the art was premeditated. Instead you just focused on living. 'How do I want to live? What do I want to do?' Then you figured out how to make that into art.” WantTryingArtTurnsOur LivesToughFocused Author:Casey Neistat
“As far as what made it on there [The Art of Elegance record], it was tough. It's probably one or two songs too long, but I just couldn't (cut any more). That's what I ended up with. I'm really proud of it.” LongArtMadeTwoSongRecordsCuttingProudToughMade ItElegance Author:Kristin Chenoweth
“In this film [The Last King of Scotland] I am the rooky in the cast. Everyone has miles of experience than me and Della is in the same situation, so life imitated art in many ways. I don't think I could be a journalist. I wouldn't make a very good journalist, especially in Washington and working in politics, which I think would be really tough.” ThinkingWayArtWould BeLastsFilmSituationKingsToughVery GoodCastsMilesJournalistScotland Author:Rachel McAdams
“Most of my work is very temporary, very provisional. You can take it with you or you can leave it. Which is a tough sell for art. Because part of what art is supposed to do is make you immortal, either by making it or owning it.” ArtArt IsToughSellsImmortalTemporaryOwning It Author:Jack Pierson
“It's tough to make music and make it your own, and not have somebody call it something you don't agree with but can't control. Sometimes the press doesn't realize how much power they have and how they can shape somebody's life. I think there's a lot of people just trying to make music and get their art out there, and their heads get f**ked by the press calling them this or calling them that.” PeopleThinkingTryingArtSometimesRealizingCallingShapesToughAgreePressesKeds Author:Jim James
“Fairfield Porter who has been my model for art writing all along, said that if the most interesting thing about a work of art is its content, it's probably a failure. I think it's true that if you find yourself thinking about the meaning in an author's message, it's probably not very interesting as art. Obviously, this is a tough concept, because if you withdraw intention.” ThinkingWritingArtInterestingArt IsToughIntentionFinding YourselfVery InterestingMost Interesting Author:David Salle
“I think all kids feel that their lives are tough, and that they've, been given an unfair shake for one reason or another. So I think there's a lot of kids who relate to my story. They also relate to the fact that I got out of it. And I tell them that my refuge from all that was books - the library was my safe place. And the art room was my safe place because there I knew what I was doing.” ThinkingArtBookReasonKidsToughLibraryRefugeUnfair Author:David Small
“I was a creative kid; I wasn't really into sports, and sports in the South are a pretty big deal. It's like a religion down there. It was tough to find my footing, but thankfully, my parents discovered, through a neighbor, this theater called Young Actors Theater and signed me up for the summer program. It really was a gift. Even if a kid doesn't go into acting or the arts like I did, some kids need that environment to find themselves and find what they love to do. I'm so thankful for that theater; it was a big gift to me.” ArtKidsSportsParentActingCreativeEnvironmentSummerToughProgramNeighbor Author:Tony Hale
“I had so many older brothers who beat up on me, so I'm a tough kid. I love mixed martial arts, weapons training, guns, knives, driving fast cars and motorcycles.” ArtKidsCarBrotherWeaponsBeatsTrainingGunToughDrivingMartial ArtsKnivesMotorcycleOlder BrotherFast CarMixed Martial ArtsDriving Fast Author:Kellan Lutz
“Sometimes life is hard. Things go wrong—in life and in love and in business and in friendship and in health and in all the other ways that life can go wrong. And when things get tough, this is what you should do: make good art. . . . Someone on the internet thinks what you’re doing is stupid or evil or it’s all been done before: make good art. Probably things will work out somehow, eventually time will take the sting away, and it doesn’t even matter. Do what only you can do best: make good art.” ThinkingWayShouldArtSometimesMatterHardDoneLife IsEvilCan DoStupidInternetToughWork OutHard ThingsGood ArtLife Is HardSometimes In LifeThings Will Work OutWhen Things Get Tough Author:Neil Gaiman
“Life is sometimes hard. Things go wrong, in life and in love and in business and in friendship and in health and in all other ways that life can go wrong. And when things get tough, this is what you should do. Make good art.” WayShouldArtSometimesHardLife IsToughHard ThingsGood ArtWhen Things Get Tough Author:Neil Gaiman