I relate to the feeling that Da Vinci was often plagued by the idea that what he did wasn't good enough, that… — David S. Goyer Copy Share Image
Painting is concerned with the ten things you can see: these are darkness and brightness, substance and color, form and place, remoteness… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
I think it's important to make art for a myriad of reasons. The least of which is that I think laughter is… — Natasha Rothwell Copy Share Image
No other creative field is as closed to those who are not white and male as is the visual arts. After I… — Faith Ringgold Copy Share Image
I don't want to be a Michael Moore-style artist, which is not to disparage Michael Moore. But he seems rather unsuccessful at… — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
Actually, you want to go into an area where you're frightened. Otherwise, you're just going to be repainting beautiful paintings, but a… — Alex Katz Copy Share Image
“In other words, art is a realm entirely separated from the interests of real life-a refuge for detached and gifted souls from… — DeWitt Henry Parker Copy Share Image
When Picasso paints as a cubist, putting one tone next to another, the arrangement of planes is fine and the results very… — Aristide Maillol Copy Share Image
The artist who paints the emotions creates an enclosed world... the picture... which, like a book, has the same interest no matter… — Pierre Bonnard Copy Share Image
You kind of notice what's going on in your body, and you can kind of feel a certain tightening, or fear, which… — Jeff Bridges Copy Share Image
I believe that art has been a vehicle for me that's been about enlightenment and expanding my own parameters, to give me… — Jeff Koons Copy Share Image
“You know one thing that Mr. Powell taught me? He taught me that sometimes, art can make you forget everything else all… — Gary D. Schmidt Copy Share Image
I am interested in a political art, that is to say an art of ambiguity, contradiction, uncompleted gestures and uncertain ending -… — William Kentridge Copy Share Image
“To be an artist includes much; one must possess many gift -absolute gifts- which have not been acquired by one's effort. And,… — Kate Chopin Copy Share Image
There is a case for saying that the creation of new aesthetic forms has been the most fundamentally productive of all forms… — John Zachary Young Copy Share Image
I studied all about Gauguin. He was a banker. He was a banker who - he used to paint on Sundays. And… — Anthony Quinn Copy Share Image
I'm the Latin artist who has been the most successful in history at representing the Latin culture. The stylings of my words… — Julio Iglesias Copy Share Image
The drawings that interest me most are made with closed eyes. With eyes closed, I feel my hand slide down on the… — Willem de Kooning Copy Share Image
“What are you doing here?” All right, he was standing in front of an easel, holding a paint palette and brush. “Taxidermy?”… — Robyn Carr Copy Share Image
“The Wall as a piece represents large amount of material spread across a range of media: the record, the concerts – enhanced… — Nick Mason Copy Share Image
Picasso had nicknamed Georges Braque "Wilbur," thereby becoming "Orville" in their Wright Brothers-like ambition to get painting off the ground of conventional… — Peter Schjeldahl Copy Share Image
It's funny, but no matter how good an artist is, it's not until he stands on his own two feet and sticks… — Keith Whitley Copy Share Image
I don't think money can help you become a better painter, for sure. You can have all the studios you want; it… — Peter Doig Copy Share Image
The thing I'm going through is probably like the same thing that Little Richard and all these other artists go through, that… — Jermaine Dupri Copy Share Image
But all art is sensual and poetry particularly so. It is directly, that is, of the senses, and since the senses do… — William Carlos Williams Copy Share Image
You learn really quickly how not only to be an artist, but you also become all of a sudden the CEO and… — Jay DeMarcus Copy Share Image
I have always found that if, while creating an artwork, the artist constantly feels that some accident would occur if he is… — Cai Guo-Qiang Copy Share Image
People who look at art don't really - don't go with the artist. They don't sort of accept what he or she… — Robert Barry Copy Share Image
Listen to the advice of others, but follow only what you understand and can unite in your own feeling. Be firm, be… — Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot Copy Share Image
You have, let us say, a promising politician, a rising artist that you wish to destroy. Dagger or bomb are archaic, clumsy… — H. G. Wells Copy Share Image
“Although any collective answer to my question remains to be seen, personally I feel quite certain of it. Because if there’s one… — Jessie Burton Copy Share Image
I'm just more attracted to actors. I like their choice to be artists - that's ballsy. And a guy who has such… — Amanda Seyfried Copy Share Image
History may clarify our understanding of the supreme work of art, but can never account for it completely; for the Time of… — Andre Malraux Copy Share Image
An artist who lacks the power of self-criticism accomplishes but little. It is good if your work stands higher than your own… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
What we hope for from the artist is help in discovering the significance of a place. In this sense we would choose… — Robert Adams Copy Share Image
In order to work and to become an artist one needs love. At least, one who wants sentiment in his work must… — Vincent Van Gogh Copy Share Image
If one artist sells five million albums, the tendency is for other artists to say, 'Maybe I should do a little of… — Joe Nichols Copy Share Image
My father kind of had hopes that I was going to become an artist like him - the typical thing. Of course… — David Russell Copy Share Image
“Perfectly written isn't human, exact replicas aren't flawless and thinking you have to achieve them all is futile. Seek to write and… — Anastasia Bolinder Copy Share Image
One does not set out with the idea that I've just had a great idea and now I'm going to go and… — Anish Kapoor Copy Share Image
