Arts
- John Churton Collins (1848–1908), English literary critic
- John Collins (Australian musician) (born 1971), bass guitarist for Powderfinger
- John Collins (Canadian musician), of The New Pornographers and The Smugglers
- John Collins (jazz guitarist) (1913–2001)
- John Collins (musician/researcher), musician involved in the West African music scene
- John Collins (poet) (1742–1808), English orator, singer, and poet
- John Collins (director) (born c. 1969), American experimental theater director
- John D. Collins (born 1942), British actor, best known for his role as one of the British airmen in 'Allo 'Allo
- Johnny Collins (1938–2009), British folksinger
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Famous quotes containing the word arts:
“Each of the Arts whose office is to refine, purify, adorn, embellish and grace life is under the patronage of a Muse, no god being found worthy to preside over them.”
—Eliza Farnham (1815–1864)
“No doubt, to a man of sense, travel offers advantages. As many languages as he has, as many friends, as many arts and trades, so many times is he a man. A foreign country is a point of comparison, wherefrom to judge his own.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“But here comes Generosity; giving—not to a decayed artist—but to the arts and sciences themselves.—See,—he builds ... whole schools and colleges for those who come after. Lord! how they will magnify his name!
—One honest tear shed in private over the unfortunate, is worth them all.”
—Laurence Sterne (1713–1768)