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title: "8 Art inspiration Quotes by 8 authors"
description: "Browse 8 Art inspiration quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Art inspiration sayings and thoughts."
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> [The seed of your next artwork lies embedded in the imperfections of your current piece.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bayles/the-seed-of-your-next-artwork-lies-embedded-in-the-imperfections-of/)

[David Bayles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bayles/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e0/david-bayles-13995_art-inspiration_the-seed-of-your-next-artwork-lies-embed_7157.jpg)

> [To be the agent whose touch changes nature from a wild force to a work of art is inspiration of the highest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-rodale/to-be-the-agent-whose-touch-changes-nature-from-a-wild-force-to-a/)

[Robert Rodale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-rodale/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/75a/robert-rodale-80771_agent_to-be-the-agent-whose-touch-changes-natu_61297.png)

> [Being willing is not enough. We must do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonardo-da-vinci/being-willing-is-not-enough-we-must-do/)

[Leonardo da Vinci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonardo-da-vinci/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c81/leonardo-da-vinci-330_action_being-willing-is-not-enough-we-must-do-1_169375.jpg)

> [Good new art may not look like art. Inspiration doesn't follow style, it creates it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-darby-bannard/good-new-art-may-not-look-like-art-inspiration-doesn-t-follow-style/)

[Walter Darby Bannard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-darby-bannard/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/79d/walter-darby-bannard-6715_art_good-new-art-may-not-look-like-art-inspi_224992.png)

> [“Art, inspiration, love, they're all so easy to dissect. To explain away.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/art-inspiration-love-they-re-all-so-easy-to-dissect-to-explain-away/)

[Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0cc/chuck-palahniuk-37_art_art-inspiration-love-they-re-all-so-easy_284548.jpg)

> [“Solitary walks are great for getting new ideas. It's like you're in a video game and you pick up idea coins on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joyce-rachelle/solitary-walks-are-great-for-getting-new-ideas-it-s-like-you-re-in-a/)

[Joyce Rachelle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joyce-rachelle/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/026/joyce-rachelle-8812_art_solitary-walks-are-great-for-getting-new_425122.jpg)

> [For great things do not done just happen by impulse but are a succession of small things linked together.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vincent-van-gogh/for-great-things-do-not-done-just-happen-by-impulse-but-are-a/)

[Vincent Van Gogh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vincent-van-gogh/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef6/vincent-van-gogh-486_achieve-greatness_for-great-things-do-not-done-just-happen_1776884.jpg)

> [Drawing is not what you see but what you must make others see.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edgar-degas/drawing-is-not-what-you-see-but-what-you-must-make-others-see/)

[Edgar Degas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edgar-degas/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/584/edgar-degas-4615_art_drawing-is-not-what-you-see-but-what-you_2940787.png)

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