The only reward one should offer an artist is to buy his work. — Pierre-Auguste Renoir Copy Share Image
If I'm going to be anything more than average, if anyone is going to remember me, then I need to go further,… — Salvador Dali Copy Share Image
Speaking out and creating art that truly reflects the world we live in goes part of the way towards doing that. At… — Justine Larbalestier Copy Share Image
This so-called contemporary art is not a form, but a philosophy of society, — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
Before I got glasses, I thought Monet was the world's only realist landscape painter. — Jo Walton Copy Share Image
As an artist you have a choice. You can add more confusion and darkness to the world or you can shine a… — David LaChapelle Copy Share Image
I'm not a natural comedian, as an artist. I studied comedy growing up. I would watch Richard Pryor, Eddie Murphy and Martin… — Brandon T. Jackson Copy Share Image
So, in other words, how you respond to a sculpture, how a viewer sees the sculpture, is vital. — Anthony Caro Copy Share Image
I was an artist - I fancied myself an artist - I sold paintings at bars to pay my rent. — Jeffrey Dean Morgan Copy Share Image
There are only two kinds of freedom in the world; the freedom of the rich and powerful, and the freedom of the… — Anais Nin Copy Share Image
There was a school in Chicago called the School of Design. This was started by [Laszló] Moholy-Nagy, and it was a wonderful… — Warren MacKenzie Copy Share Image
“The object of art is not to make salable pictures. It is to save yourself. The fools who write articles about me… — Sherwood Anderson Copy Share Image
Perhaps it's good for one to suffer. Can an artist do anything if he's happy? Would he ever want to do anything?… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
Everyone will be compelled to see that which is optically true, is explicable in its own terms, is objective, before he can… — Laszlo Moholy-Nagy Copy Share Image
All good art is in the nature of a letter written to amuse a sick friend. Too much art, particularly in our… — W. H. Auden Copy Share Image
To conquer a piece of earth and make it as beautiful as one can dream of it being: That is art, too.… — Stanley Kunitz Copy Share Image
Please don't make me a joke. End the interview with what I believe. I don't mind making jokes, but I don't want… — Marilyn Monroe Copy Share Image
The purpose of art is to console and amuse—myself, and, I hope, others. — Ludwig Bemelmans Copy Share Image
When we look back at the Mayans or ancient Egypt, we look at their art. — Robert Wilson Copy Share Image
Drawings help people to work out intricate relationships between parts. — Christopher Alexander Copy Share Image