Art is great only when it bears the stamp of the individual. — Ignacy Jan Paderewski Copy Share Image
The thing about art is that life is in no danger of being meaningless, — Robert Genn Copy Share Image
A picture is first of all a product of the artist's imagination, it must never be a copy. — Edgar Degas Copy Share Image
That's what all painting is about, it”s space and light occupied by human presences. — Leon Kossoff Copy Share Image
I didn't have time to be anybody's muse; I was too busy rebelling against my parents and learning to be an artist. — Leonora Carrington Copy Share Image
The ability to portray people in still life and in motion requires the highest measure of intuition and talent. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
My parents were New Yorkers, and I was conceived in Los Angeles. My father was a makeup artist to Clint Eastwood and… — Michele Lee Copy Share Image
Perhaps art is a quest for the perfect, or even the imperfect. Reality always falls short on both sides. — Anna Deavere Smith Copy Share Image
The safest way to avoid the world is through art; and the safest way to be linked to the world is through… — Randall Jarrell Copy Share Image
The poster art over the years, art with social critique in it, has always been trying to make that point - that… — Eric Drooker Copy Share Image
Really the truth is just a plain picture. A plain picture of, let's say, a tramp vomiting in the sewere. You know,… — Bob Dylan Copy Share Image
When one studies the structure of the universe, it becomes clear that the sciences are as aesthetic as the arts, and the… — Edward J. Fraughton Copy Share Image
When you think of painting as painting it is rather absurd. The real world is before us - glorious sunlight and activity… — Wayne Thiebaud Copy Share Image
“The words of the Quran all seemed strangely familiar yet so unlike anything I had ever read before,’ he told us. He… — Kristiane Backer Copy Share Image
The function of art is to bring people into greater touch with reality, and yet our movie houses and family rooms are… — Edward Albee Copy Share Image
I always wanted to play music, but my family was more interested in handing me paints and markers. Art was always my… — Kathleen Hanna Copy Share Image
When I heard that there were artists, I wished I could some time be one. If I could only make a rose… — Lucy Larcom Copy Share Image
Color is the keyboard, the eyes are the harmonies, the soul is the piano with many strings. The artist is the hand… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
