An art aims, above all, at producing something beautiful which affects not our feelings but the organ of pure contemplation, our imagination. — Eduard Hanslick Copy Share Image
Painting that does not radiate feeling is not worth looking at. The deepest-and rarest-of grown-up pleasures is true feeling. — Robert Motherwell Copy Share Image
If only life could be a little more tender and art a little more robust. — Alan Rickman Copy Share Image
The definition of art has changed almost every day since the first artist created the first work at least fifty thousand years… — Thomas Hoving Copy Share Image
Turner has outdone himself; he seems to paint with tinted steam, so evanescent and so airy. — John Constable Copy Share Image
For the painter, the system of painting in flat tints is superior to all others. — Michel Eugene Chevreul Copy Share Image
On painting and fighting looke aloofe. [On painting and fighting look aloof.] — George Herbert Copy Share Image
I've taken up sculpting. I thought it might help the nerves in my hands. — Bret Hart Copy Share Image
“Artists frequently hide the steps that lead to their masterpieces. They want their work and their career to be shrouded in the… — Matthew Weiner Copy Share Image
You have to have patience and confidence that your things will let you know where they need to go. Particularly artwork. Paintings… — Anjelica Huston Copy Share Image
There are obviously so many artists that are very inspiring, but I can't say that they like - that I have someone… — Melanie Martinez Copy Share Image
“Must I again demonstrate that while it is permissible to request the scientist to lead you back over his footprints, a similar… — Rex Stout Copy Share Image
There's lots of things that can't make it in the world that are worth making. There are lots of great artists who… — Dana Spiotta Copy Share Image
“Art has to ask questions and make you care. Nothing I saw elicited even the slightest emotional response. But maybe that was… — Kate Klise Copy Share Image
Perspective is a law of optics... The Chinese did not have a system like it. Indeed, it is said they rejected the… — David Hockney Copy Share Image
There's a notion of art in this country that you have to be nutty or special or "called" in order to be… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image