When we speak of the perfection of art, we must recollect what the materials are with which a painter contends with nature.… — John Constable Copy Share Image
Painting (like poetry) chooses from universals what is most apposite. It brings together, in a single imaginary being, circumstances and characteristics which… — Francisco Goya Copy Share Image
I know some people are like "I'm depressed and I'm a struggling artist" and that really works for some people, but that… — Charli XCX Copy Share Image
When I am in a painting, I'm not aware of what I'm doing. It is only after a sort of 'get acquainted'… — Jackson Pollock Copy Share Image
The purpose of art is not the release of a momentary ejection of adrenaline but rather the gradual, lifelong construction of a… — Glenn Gould Copy Share Image
Art could be said to be a symbol of the universe, being linked with that absolute spiritual truth which is hidden from… — Andrei Tarkovsky Copy Share Image
“Cooper looked at the house and tried to fix it in his mind like a painting that would never leave him. But… — Gary D. Schmidt Copy Share Image
“I make art for one person and one person only. And as soon as I find that one person, I sure hope… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
The music industry has changed drastically and that damages young artists. They don't have the same support system that we had. They… — Cliff Richard Copy Share Image
Since the tubes of paint used by the artist are manufactured and ready-made products, we must conclude that all the paintings in… — Marcel Duchamp Copy Share Image
I think, as an artist, whether you're making people laugh or cry or be frustrated or excited - the fact that you're… — Elisha Cuthbert Copy Share Image
As artists, we can help, visually and intellectually, to make people understand that, at some point, we have to accept that it… — Edward Burtynsky Copy Share Image
Sometimes you learn about the personality of your favorite artist, and you like their art a little less, because it doesn't jibe… — Paul Banks Copy Share Image
To me, success is making a positive difference through art - making art that affects the world and that changes the way… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Every artist has the song where they say, 'I wish I could have written a song as good as this,' but they… — Laura Jane Grace Copy Share Image
“The false democracy that places art and random uploads side by side has, I believe, led too many to believe that art… — Jonathan Taplin Copy Share Image
For me, art really starts with acceptance, self trust. Wherever you come to with art, its perfect. You dont have to come… — Jeff Koons Copy Share Image
Barriers have been broken: rappers are singing, and singers are rapping. You might catch a rapper on a rock song, a pop… — Trey Songz Copy Share Image
The artist's alertness to the coloristic demands of each picture, the ability to respond to the picture's needs, to feed the color… — Wolf Kahn Copy Share Image
I kind of roll my eyes when people say they make music for themselves or they make art just for themselves, because,… — Arca Copy Share Image
I try not to force my sound on everybody. I try to yield unto each artist and... I try to just support… — Greg Kurstin Copy Share Image
If he [the Artist] were to take up the pen it would be...to better express his individuality and explain it to others;… — Witold Gombrowicz Copy Share Image
“An English visitor to Amsterdam in 1640 could not hide how impressed he was by what he saw. In the Low Countries,… — Peter Frankopan Copy Share Image
[I've gone to big stadium rock concerts at some artist's invitation], and eventually you find yourself in the room with the Radiant… — William Gibson Copy Share Image
Artist Allen Crawford brings Whitman's undying text to new life in gorgeous hand-lettering and illustrations, transforming the 60-page poem originally published in… — Maria Popova Copy Share Image
The kind of influence you want is a much deeper influence. It's like empowerment. Things are like this, but what if they… — Vito Acconci Copy Share Image
The artist is not a 'Sunday child' for whom everything immediately succeeds. He does not have the right to live without duty.… — Wassily Kandinsky Copy Share Image
I paint, and painting gives me my much needed break from my routine. Painting was a subject in my school, and I… — Hansika Motwani Copy Share Image
That's the thing that has suffered, because I got used to putting so much of my energy into the show and my… — Kandi Burruss Copy Share Image
I imagine explaining a work of art to my grandmother in five minutes, and if I can't explain it in five minutes,… — Shea Hembrey Copy Share Image
“Art is a site of wonder and discovery—or rediscovery. Art is a place where we might learn what we think, not a… — Maggie Smith Copy Share Image
When you set down the path to create art, whatever sort of art it is, understand that the path is neither short… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Being creative and emotional, artistes sometimes go through difficult phases in life, but one has to look at life as a bigger… — Saswata Chatterjee Copy Share Image
That very concentration of vision and intensity of purpose which is the characteristic of the artistic temperament is in itself a mode… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
I hate it when people say, I'm an artist. I think, well, I'll be the judge of that. And I don't think… — John Waters Copy Share Image
The beauty of reality-based art - art underwritten by reality hunger - is that it's perfectly situated between life itself and (unattainable)… — David Shields Copy Share Image
Technique is really personality. That is the reason why the artist cannot teach it, why the pupil cannot learn it, and why… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
I did not always trust my teachers, because I found them too weak. I was looking for something that could take me… — Georg Baselitz Copy Share Image
I just think that you have to approach anything you do with a huge amount of integrity - I don't really care… — Marianne Elliott Copy Share Image
Sometimes, in a portrait, I go straight in with paint onto canvas... Other than riding my bike up and down the hills… — David Cobley Copy Share Image
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