“All great art has madness, and quite a lot of bad art has it, too.” — William Saroyan Copy Share Image
I'd need an incredibly talented make up artist to make me look natural! — Donatella Versace Copy Share Image
I've achieved what every artist wants, which is that some of their work will outlive them. — George Michael Copy Share Image
Artists who have won fame are often embarrassed by it; thus their first works are often their best. — Ludwig van Beethoven Copy Share Image
A painter with prestige among painters is bound to be discovered sooner or later. — Harold Rosenberg Copy Share Image
“People going to see the Mona Lisa, not to look at it, but because it's the Mona Lisa” — Paul Pope Copy Share Image
The great artist, whether he be musician, painter, or poet, is known for this absolute unexpectedness. — Loren Eiseley Copy Share Image
Painting is, I think, inevitably an archaic activity and one that depends on spiritual values. — Bridget Riley Copy Share Image
The power of daring anything their fancy suggest, as always been conceded to the painter and the poet. — Horace Copy Share Image
Art shouldn't be only the aesthetics we hang on the wall, but a dynamic to shape the society. — Genco Gulan Copy Share Image
Beauty is for the artist something outside all orders of rank, because in beauty opposites are tamed; the highest sign of power,… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
As an artist you can use your own discomfort and neuroses and difficulties and at least transform them into something else. Without… — Steve Toltz Copy Share Image
Marketing of art is, and to my mind has always been, trendy. Unfortunately, that doesn't mean there is any real long-term value.… — Oliver $ Copy Share Image
I wanted to be an honest writer and show my ugliness as much as I showed my hopes or goodness. And that… — Jewel Copy Share Image
There used to be rather serious firewalls between the artist and the buying public - the gallery, the publisher. And technology demolishes… — Jonathan Franzen Copy Share Image
I think you have to control the materials to an extent, but it's important to let the materials have a kind of… — Keith Haring Copy Share Image
You learn about yourself when you're collecting art. You learn what you're capable of. After all, we're not speaking about pennies-we're speaking… — Laurence Graff Copy Share Image
In sharp contrasts to traditional art, modern art does not hide the fact that it is something made and produced: on the… — Theodor Adorno Copy Share Image
A painter can hang his pictures, but a writer can only hang himself. — Edward Dahlberg Copy Share Image
My first love is art, and I see a lot of things in an artistic way. — Robert Carlyle Copy Share Image
