Artist Quotes · Page 206

An artist is a man who tries to express the inexpressible.

— Alvin Langdon Coburn

“Art is the lie that tells the truth”

— Cris Beam

“Writing is the only way to run away from home, without ever leaving.”

— Shannon L. Alder

“Does it not occur to people that I might be artificial by nature?”

— Maurice Ravel

“Life is an empty canvas, we have to paint it every moment of life”

— elvis laren

From the words of juan gris himself, I am cubism, I am life its self.

— Juan Gris

Being a critic is a terrific method for killing your love of art.

— David Toop

In a pinch, I could always get work in pictures as a makeup artist.

— Lana Wood

My whole career I've been interested by the distinction between an emotional and an intellectual response to an artwork.

— Janet Echelman

I think that time moves slower in painting. And maybe that accounts for a lot of the anxiety around painting in the…

— Joe Bradley

You don't decide to paint. It's like getting hungry and going to the kitchen to eat. It's a need, not a choice.

— Leonora Carrington

Visual tonics such as 'timed creativity' need to be introduced to refresh and refurbish the muse.

— Robert Genn

Art is recuperation from time. I lie back convalescing upon the prospect of a harvest already at hand.

— R. S. Thomas

Typically, my advice to young artists is not to wait for someone to allow you to do the thing. Just do the…

— Daveed Diggs

There is no such thing as failure for an artist, unless failure is the refusal to attempt, the unwillingness to dream.

— Laurence Overmire

In common with Michelangelo and Rembrandt I am more interested in the line, its rise and fall, than in color

— Edvard Munch

Art is a beautiful world to get into. Once you are there, it is very difficult to get out of it. Like,…

— Dimple Kapadia

I really enjoy writing and producing for other artists. Some people save their best songs for their own albums. I'd rather give…

— Missy Elliot

[Performing artists] are making greater percentages. People are going to live events more and it's a big success story for everyone -…

— Russell Simmons

My background is in painting but in school in the sixties, like many artists of that time, I believed that painting was…

— William Wegman

I am an artist, and I will always be working. But a film should match my personality and should be primarily based…

— Hema Malini

All works, no matter what or by whom painted, are nothing but bagatelles and childish trifles... unless they are made and painted…

— Caravaggio

There are situations where I'm uncomfortable saying, "I'm a hip-hop artist." In some circles, the response is like, "Oh, OK, so... you…

— Pharoahe Monch

“I hope the artist who illustrates this work will take care to do justice to his portrait. Mr. Clive himself, let that…

— William Makepeace Thackeray

First thought is best in Art, second in other matters.

— William Blake

You are to draw not reality, but the appearance of reality!

— William Morris Hunt

The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery.

— Francis Bacon

“But then, no artist is normal; if he were, he wouldn’t be an artist.”

— Rory Noland

A life well lived is the most exquisite work of art.

— Erwin McManus

“An artist, if you’d really like to know who’s fucking your wife.”

— Pella Grace

To be really artful, though, you have to be subjective and so singular.

— Sylvester Stallone

Any great art is meant to illuminate the human condition.

— Sterling K. Brown

It's so fine and yet so terrible to stand in front of a blank canvas.

— Paul Cezanne

Anything is good painting material once you get to know it.

— David Milne

“Art is always to an extent about trying to create order out of chaos.”

— Will Gompertz

I made it easier for many artists to play in certain areas.

— Norman Granz

Art is partly communication, but only partly. The rest is discovery.

— William Golding

I'm inspired by many artists whose language I don't understand.

— Yasmine Hamdan

I love doing logos. I've been a graphic artist all my life.

— Tim Allen

The fact that no one understands you doesn't mean you're an artist.

— Anonymous