While all artists are not chess players, all chess players are artists. — Marcel Duchamp Copy Share Image
Most people think an artist tries to be original, but originality is the last thing that develops in the artist. — Lukas Foss Copy Share Image
A still photographer is a mechanic. He's not an artist, despite all you read. — Antony Armstrong-Jones Copy Share Image
I was an artistic dilettante for a while, in photography and collage and the visual arts. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We are the two great painters of this era; you are in the Egyptian style, I in themodern style. (to Pablo Picasso) — Henri Rousseau Copy Share Image
It is the glory and good of Art, That Art remains the one way possible Of speaking truth, to mouths like mine… — Robert Browning Copy Share Image
I get a lot from great '90s artists like Juliana Hatfield, The Pixies, and bands like That Dog and The Breeders. — Margaret Cho Copy Share Image
“I went over to the painting and looked closely. It had changed in my absence, something paintings liked to do.” — Peter Heller Copy Share Image
My work always tried to unite the true with the beautiful; but when I had to choose one or the other, I… — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
She has form," he said to himself, as he walked away through the grove - "that cannot be denied to her; but… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“It is not possible to have schools for painting; there are only painters. Schools have no use except for discerning the analytic… — Gustave Courbet Copy Share Image
“But what is extraordinary is that Modigliani's models resemble each other; it is not a matter of an assumed style or some… — Ilya Ehrenburg Copy Share Image
As we get further into our career we're figuring out how to become more efficient as artists, and doing so many different… — Black Thought Copy Share Image
I'm an old guy, and I was protesting during the Vietnam War. We killed fifty Asians for every loyal American. Every artist… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
The fate of our times is characterized by rationalization and intellectualization and, above all, by the 'disenchantment of the world.' Precisely the… — Max Weber Copy Share Image
The people who fund the arts, provide the arts, and research the arts have all produced a consensus about the value of… — Munira Mirza Copy Share Image
A work of art does not need an explanation. The work has to speak for itself. The work may be subject to… — Louise Bourgeois Copy Share Image
