It is the business of the artist to uncover the strangeness of truth — Flannery O'Connor Copy Share Image
“For some death is an art, for others it is merely an inevitability.” — Sadie S. Forsythe Copy Share Image
Every artist has a central story to tell, and the difficulty, the impossible task, is trying to present that story in pictures — Gregory Crewdson Copy Share Image
I think this is true for all artists. My senses are very important to me. — Sharon Olds Copy Share Image
My mother was against me being an artist. She just wanted me to marry a rich man. — Yayoi Kusama Copy Share Image
If I painted a picture for you,& you say there's no paint!!You officially lost your imagination — Manotti Street Copy Share Image
A work of art must carry in itself its complete significance and impose it upon the beholder even before he can identify… — Henri Matisse Copy Share Image
Shading is more like copying. And certainly I do copy, but I'm making drawings, and I'm not trying to make them with… — Ellsworth Kelly Copy Share Image
Often times, if you're a bit of a crossover artist, audiences see you as only one thing. — Tituss Burgess Copy Share Image
Artists die twice. First creatively. Then physically. The second one is the easiest. — Sylvester Stallone Copy Share Image
When an artist is in the strict sense working, he of course takes into account the existing tastes, interests and capacity of… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
“Be committed to creating a life’s work, not a season. If you get overexcited and rush everything for fear of missing out,… — Rebecca Campbell Copy Share Image
There is a special aura about artists who take their visions to the highest pinnacles of success ... I get very excited… — Bill Aucoin Copy Share Image
“Practical affairs task the human brain throughout the day. At night, the mind takes a deserved hiatus to consider the impossible and… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
Tardiness is next to wickedness in a society relentless in its consumption of time as both a good and a service--as tweet… — Lewis H. Lapham Copy Share Image
My major was Fine Arts and Education thinking I would become an Art Teacher. I couldn't visualize myself as an art teacher,… — Mark Mothersbaugh Copy Share Image
If you're an impressionistic painter and you want to paint expressionism, you've got to change. You've got to figure out a way… — Tobin Bell Copy Share Image
When you don't have to depend upon your creative work for money, you'll never really have to compromise... Knowing that is hugely… — Hanya Yanagihara Copy Share Image