I've always been drawn to artists who paint for the…

I guess I'm drawn to artists and literary people and want to learn about them.

— Nancy Horan

Lots of artists who paint have the experience to one degree or another... where their thinking doesn't precede their doing... It's a funny thing,…

— Philip Guston

I would advise young artists to paint as they can, as long as they can, without being afraid of painting badly.

— Claude Monet

Artists paint pictures. The best artists paint pictures for children's books.

— Richard Scarry

Artists paint not for their own enjoyment but to share their vision with others.

— John Kurtz

“But nobody listens to artists any more. Paint cannot stop progress, only color it.”

— Michael Walterich

I want the unobtainable. Other artists paint a bridge, a house, a boat, and that's the end. They are finished. I want to paint…

— Claude Monet

I love Inuit art, and most anything you would find in a folk art museum, as well as children's art or children's book illustrators…

— Neil Farber

Some people come into our lives and quickly go. Some people stay for awhile, and move our souls to dance. They awaken us to…

— Flavia Weedn

Creating is about sharing ideas, sharing aesthetics, sharing what you believe in with other people.

— Shepard Fairey

“Before the motorcar replaced the horse, and for some years after there were many illustrators who drew horses with the same authority with which…

— Russell Hoban

Artists are not helper monkeys; they’re not in it to visualize 'your' story, because it stopped being 'your' story the moment you engaged in…

— Mark Waid

I don't relax. My main relaxation is meeting illustrators and publishers in restaurants and bars.

— Tony Ross

Illustrations have as much to say as the text. The trick is to say the same thing, but in a different way. It's no…

— Maurice Sendak

Silently, like thoughts that come and go, the snowflakes fall, each one a gem.

— William Hamilton Gibson