Artist Quotes · Page 239

The mere drawing and painting world of the pattern designer and the applied artist must become a world that builds again.

— Walter Gropius

“Michael used to draw self-portraits with nightmares hidden in his curls.”

— Janet Fitch

Original thought, original artistic expression is by its very nature questioning, irreverent, iconoclastic.

— Salman Rushdie

If the gag is complicated, you spend more time thinking about the way you're drawing it.

— Sergio Aragones

I had tried to come up with a superhero comic, but it didn't work 'cause I wasn't a superhero artist, and I…

— Trina Robbins

“They had painted in a grand rush to keep intact the purity of their first impression, the mood in which the motif…

— Irving Stone

Happy are the painters, for they shall not be lonely. Light and colour, peace and hope, will keep them company to the…

— Winston Churchill

Classic art was the art of necessity: modern romantic art bears the stamp of caprice and chance.

— Max Eastman

We wanted to meet him, for though we were neither of us naive people we had not wholly lost our belief that…

— Robertson Davies

I always say I write because I have questions, not because I have answers. It's true that you begin the conversation -…

— Jacqueline Woodson

You have to be a little bit cautious when the market gets quite strong because there's a tendency to anoint a genius…

— Larry Gagosian

I think the real exciting part about becoming a solo artist is that you get to really decide on what your new…

— Tiffany Hwang

There are so many people who have a training in art history; and if you've spent time looking at old art, you…

— Laura Belem

I'm not mannerist. I don't think I'm interested in mannerism. If I ever use it in a way, or if manner is…

— Julian Schnabel

I always liked doing all sorts of different things. As a kid growing up, I was always drawing and painting - always…

— Rob Zombie

In '89, I got a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. That's when I started to get into group shows.…

— Glenn Ligon

I think artists are entitled to their songs. I'm very vocal and I understand that not everybody's gonna like me; it's not…

— Jean Grae

“The personality of the artist leaks through their work. God included. He reveals himself through nature, as the Scriptures testify.”

— John Eldredge

A strong work of art really leaves people speechless. They feel a little angry because they don't understand it.

— Michael Heizer

As you grow older you realize that art has an enormous effect. It's frightening sometimes to think of the effect that we…

— Andy Goldsworthy

As artists, you always want to push yourself. There's always new territory.

— Tatiana Maslany

There's certain types of music where the artist sells the song - where it doesn't really matter what's going on with the…

— Jessica Origliasso

“The artist, to my way of thinking, is a monstrosity, something outside nature.”

— Gustave Flaubert

In this artistic world, you might as well find a way to work with somebody that you have admiration for.

— Johan Renck

“James Montgomery Flagg emerged almost overnight as America’s preeminent poster artist. As”

— Deborah Solomon

There has been a genuine willingness from many in the arts sector to try to understand people who are not within the…

— Munira Mirza

If you don't trust your own judgment as an artist, as someone who has contributed to a work of art, then why…

— David Nutter

That's the most important thing in art: to be aware, pay attention, be inspired - but it should come ultimately from you.

— Zoe Kravitz

Delhi has statues and busts of so many politicians. But what about our artistes?

— Gulzar

Of course, you have to have a good reputation, especially as an artist, as a musician, so that other musicians would like…

— Airto Moreira

I cannot be convinced that great artists are moralists. Art is first appearances, then meaning.

— Camille Paglia

Perhaps the male has become an artist in the creation of many hidden ways of killing himself.

— Herb Goldberg

I'm a bit of a strange human being - I love to work. I love art. I love self-expression.

— David Harbour

Lemon Tree is well worth seeing as a first-class artistic achievement bridging two civilizations.

— Andrew Sarris

Songwriting is such an intricate part of me as an artist and as a person; I couldn't just let someone else do…

— Shakira

“Painting it's a blind man profession. Painter is painting not what he sees but what he feels.”

— Pablo Picasso

To all appearances, the artist acts like a mediumistic being who, from the labyrinth beyond time and space, seeks his way out…

— Marcel Duchamp

I suspect that money is a far greater distraction for the artist than hunger.

— J. D. Salinger

The biggest lesson I've learned about drawing is that it takes time. Which is really annoying.

— Sarah Cooper

Art changes all the time, but it never "improves." It may go down, or up, but it never improves as technology and…

— Alfred Kazin