A really well-made buttonhole is the only link between Art and Nature. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
In painting, you don't have to go through a process of opinion; it speaks directly, and either it works, or it doesn't. — Derek Walcott Copy Share Image
Why should I copy this owl, this sea urchin? Why should I try to imitate nature? I might just as well try… — Pablo Picasso Copy Share Image
Studying the model and realizing it is sometimes very slow in coming for the artist. — Paul Cezanne Copy Share Image
In the hands of a master, light and shade is one of the great qualities of art. — John French Sloan Copy Share Image
I have been taking every step toward the future every day through making many paintings and sculptures with my deep emotion hidden… — Yayoi Kusama Copy Share Image
Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Art means nothing if it simply decorates the dinner table of power which holds it hostage. — Adrienne Rich Copy Share Image
An artist may have burdens the ordinary citizen doesn't know, but the ordinary citizen has burdens that many artists never even touch. — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
“I asked Bill what career path he thought I should take, and he replied, “Live the artist’s life.” For years I pondered… — Mallory M. O'Connor Copy Share Image
I said to Mr. Pavarotti once ... a marvelous man and a great artist ... I said to him ... "Maestro, I'm… — Frank Sinatra Copy Share Image
Each has his own happiness in his hands, as the artist handles the rude clay he seeks to reshape it into a… — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Copy Share Image
I wear myself out trying to render the orange trees so that they're not stiff but like those I saw by Botticelli… — Berthe Morisot Copy Share Image
There are, of course, always painters whom I admire and find fascinating. I've often thought, 'Goodness, if I could paint like the… — Margrethe II of Denmark Copy Share Image
I was an only child. I lost both my parents. By the time I was twenty I was bald. I'm homosexual. In… — Alan Bennett Copy Share Image
Years ago, when I was in Siena for the first time, I saw the works of Duccio, whose deeply emotional painting from… — Siri Hustvedt Copy Share Image
“Given the final futility of our struggle, is the fleeting jolt of meaning that art gives us valuable? Or is the only… — John Green Copy Share Image
