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Art Quotes by Neil Gaiman

46 Art quotes by Neil Gaiman

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A mirror reflects the world, saying an artist’s job is to hold it up. Other lines talk about the relationship between creator, fans, and the need to make good art when things get tough. They also compare woodcuts to radio, showing how different media can echo each other.

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Make good art.

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When things get tough, make good art.

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Where does contagion end and art begin?

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Parameters are the things you bounce off to create art.

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I am fascinated a) by transgressive art and b) what happens beyond the boundaries.

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“If I could talk about it, I would not have to do it. I make art.”

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“Life imitates art, but clumsily, copying its movements when it thinks it isn’t looking.”

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It’s an artist’s job to show people the world they live in. We hold up mirrors.

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I think the short story is a very underrated art form. We know that novels deserve respect.

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When things go wrong, this is what you should do. Make good art.

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The boy had the towering arrogance only seen in the greatest of artists and all nine-year-old boys.

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“Somebody on the Internet thinks what you do is stupid or evil, or it's all been done before? Make good art.”

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If I were only allowed to read or enjoy art or listen to music made by people whose opinions and beliefs were…

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There's not much high and low culture any more: there's just mingling streams of art and what matters is whether it's good…

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“We are,” said Mr. Croup, “after all, famed across the entirety of creation for our skill in the excruciatory arts.”

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“I hope you read some fine books and kiss someone who thinks you're wonderful, and don't forget to make some art -…

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In comics, collaboration saves your life. How well you can work with an artist, a colorist, a letterer, is how good your…

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“The rules on what is possible and impossible in the arts were made by people who had not tested the bounds of…

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I don't think it would be fun to write after inhaling art fumes. (What are art fumes?) No, I just make stuff…

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“If I could talk about it, I would not have to do it. I make art, sometimes I make true art, and…

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“And remember whatever discipline you're in, whether you're a musician or a photographer, fine artist or a cartoonist, writer, a dancer, a…

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I was always aware, reading Chesterton, that there was someone writing this who rejoiced in words, who deployed them on the page…

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I was always aware, reading Chesterton, that there was someone writing this who rejoiced in words, who deployed them on the page…

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So that's my wish for you, and all of us, and my wish for myself. Make New Mistakes. Make glorious, amazing mistakes.…

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There are lots of artists in the world. But there's only one you. And the only person who has your point of…

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When you start out on a career in the arts you have no idea what you are doing. This is great. People…

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Doing fine, thank you, I would say, never knowing how to talk about what I do. If I could talk about it,…

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When things get tough, this is what you should do: Make good art. I'm serious. Husband runs off with a politician --…

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I make art, sometimes I make true art, and sometimes it fills the empty places in my life. Some of them. Not…

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There may be a parallel between woodcuts and radio; radio plays are a living art form everywhere except the USA.

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“Always good to remember when you're making art. You don't have to like it, just be ready to do the next thing.”

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If I could talk about it, I would not have to do it. I make art, sometimes I make true art, and…

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There are a lot of artists who've said they'd like to work with me. To be honest, I'm not sure there is…

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“Husband runs off with a politician? Make good art. Leg crushed and then eaten by mutated boa constrictor? Make good art. IRS…

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“If I were only allowed to read or enjoy art or listen to music made by people whose opinions and beliefs were…

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“The one thing you have that nobody else has is you. Your voice, your mind, your story, your vision. So write and…

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Sometimes life is hard. Things go wrong—in life and in love and in business and in friendship and in health and in…

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I think you have to accept that an artist also has a relationship with his or her art and his or her…

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“If you make art, people will talk about it. Some of the things they say will be nice, some won’t. You’ll already…

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Life is sometimes hard. Things go wrong, in life and in love and in business and in friendship and in health and…

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Finish what you're writing. Whatever you have to do to finish it, finish it.

What do stars do? They shine.

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You get on with your own life. Lettie gave it to you. You just have to grow up and try and be worth it.

“Eyes will not see you. Minds will not hold you. Where you are is nothing and nobody”