Artist Quotes · Page 176

For me, art is a more trustworthy expression of God than religion.

— Rosanne Cash

I always made stuff but never thought, I'm going to be an artist.

— Mark Bradford

“The world doesn't make sense, so why should I paint pictures that do?”

— Pablo Picasso

Im the one to paint a vivid picture no HD

— Drake

Art does not begin with imitation, but with discipline.

— Sun Ra

When things get tough, make good art.

— Neil Gaiman

The history of art is a sequence of successful transgressions.

— Susan Sontag

Art is ruled uniquely by the imagination.

— Benedetto Croce

Every great painting is left incomplete at the point where its completion is obvious.

— Robert Breault

First you draw what you see. Next, you draw what you know, and only then will you know what it is that…

— Robert Beverly Hale

There is no such thing as a dumb poet or a handless painter. The essence of an artist is that he should…

— Algernon Charles Swinburne

It's amazing what you can do with an E in A-Level art, a twisted imagination and a chainsaw.

— Damien Hirst

Art is not entertainment. Art is not luxury goods. Art is culture. It is you and me.

— Paige Bradley

As for the outside world, the artist is confronted by what he sees; but what he sees is primarily what he looks…

— Andre Malraux

I love people where, at the end of the day, they'll pick up a paintbrush and paint clouds. They can physically make…

— Peter Capaldi

Artists are always good for conversation, so long as you want to talk about their art.

— Craig Johnson

If you can see yourself as an artist, and you can see that your life is your own creation, then why not…

— Anonymous

The pop musicians often leave meaning in the dust and substitute it for cartoons. The deeper artists - the grunge artists in…

— Hal Sparks

“Maybe to save money, many people do not paint the outer walls of the private and public buildings. The city will appear…

— Md. Ziaul Haque

It is not a certain conformity of manners that the painting of Van Gogh attacks, but rather the conformity of institutions themselves.…

— Antonin Artaud

I have never found out that there was in my family an artist or anyone interested in the arts or sciences, and…

— Jacob Epstein

The teacher, like the artist, the philosopher, and the man of letters, can only perform his work adequately if he feels himself…

— Bertrand Russell

Most famous artists are created by their work and the idea of them as a character, and if they're smart and ambitious,…

— Dave Hickey

I love the idea of making drawings and seeing them become real. It's really like heaven to be able to draw something…

— Joann Sfar

When I was quite young, I dreamed of being a painter.

— James Gray

If Botticelli were alive today he'd be working for Vogue.

— Peter Ustinov

The big artist .. . keeps a sharp eye on Nature and steals her tools.

— Thomas Eakins

It's a thrill to see the birth of an artist.

— Rene Angelil

For any artist, it is the biggest dream for his work to reach places.

— Devi Sri Prasad

All real works of art look as though they were done in joy.

— Robert Henri

I'm a writer who just happens to draw

— Matt Groening

Great art transcends its culture and touches on that which is eternal.

— Madeleine L'Engle

“The idea becomes a machine that makes art.”

— Sol LeWitt

God takes care of imbeciles, little children and artists.

— Camille Pissarro

All art is solitary and the studio is a torture area.

— Alexander Liberman

“If there is no feeling, there cannot be great art.”

— Ray Bradbury

Dancers are both athletes and artists.

— Margot Fonteyn

In a sick world, it is the first duty of the artist to get well.

— Jean Toomer

If a man treats life artistically, his brain is his heart.

— Oscar Wilde

It's all one to me: opera, painting, drawing, faxes.

— David Hockney