Artist Quotes · Page 287

“Personality begins where comparison leaves off. Be unique. Be memorable. Be confident. Be proud.”

— Shannon L. Alder

The further art advances the closer it approaches science, the further science advances the closer it approaches art.

— R. Buckminster Fuller

“It is possible that the artists are sane and the world they are painting is crazy.”

— William Zinsser

The art market is global now, and theres becoming more of an international consensus about what constitutes good art.

— Larry Gagosian

I think art, if it's meaningful at all, is a conversation with other artists. You say something, they say something, you move…

— John Baldessari

When I paint green, it doesn't mean grass; when I paint blue, it doesn't mean sky.

— Henri Matisse

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

So, in other words, how you respond to a sculpture, how a viewer sees the sculpture, is vital.

— Anthony Caro

A work of art... is not a living thing... that walks or runs. But the making of a life. That which gives…

— Louis Kahn

Painting is a magical process that I like, where you conjure something out of nothing; you get a little idea that leads…

— Paul McCartney

I do not repudiate any of my paintings but there isn't one of them that I would not redo differently, if I…

— Henri Matisse

Arts is like the power of now. When you're performing, when you're playing, when you're sculpting, painting, it's that moment. I'm in…

— Herb Alpert

My painting teacher in high school used to say, 'I can't paint like I want to, but through practice I'll get better.'…

— Ellie Kemper

The usual criticism of a novel about an artist is that, no matter how real he is as a man, he is…

— Randall Jarrell

Cubism did not accept the logical consequences of its own discoveries; it was not developing abstraction towards its own goal, the expression…

— Piet Mondrian

We've always had a tradition in America of hounding our artists to death. Look at the list of our great artists, you…

— James Dickey

I was an artist - I fancied myself an artist - I sold paintings at bars to pay my rent.

— Jeffrey Dean Morgan

Before I got glasses, I thought Monet was the world's only realist landscape painter.

— Jo Walton

As an artist you have a choice. You can add more confusion and darkness to the world or you can shine a…

— David LaChapelle

This so-called contemporary art is not a form, but a philosophy of society,

— Ai Weiwei

Artists are valuable to public discussion: They show the correlation between doing and thinking.

— Olafur Eliasson

The flat sound of my wooden clogs on the cobblestones, deep, hollow and powerful, is the note I seek in my painting.

— Paul Gauguin

As in nature, as in art, so in grace; it is rough treatment that gives souls, as well as stones, their luster.

— Thomas Guthrie

I had gone to Europe . . . to reach for a place as a serious artist, but I never doubted that…

— Marian Anderson

Only pain, suffering and passing through the same doubts emerged clearly comes Amazing Creative Works

— Mak_786

Art is the unceasing effort to compete with the beauty of flowers - and never succeeding.

— Gian Carlo Menotti

There's this notion that artists are supposed to be dumb and frivolous. I completely disagree with that.

— Lauren Jauregui

If you ever have a kid who doesn't know what to do, stick him in art school. It's amazing what evolves.

— Ridley Scott

In my own work I am invested in art as a way to break through impasses, whether those impasses are personal, social,…

— Jill Soloway

Just as a picture is drawn by an artist, surroundings are created by the activities of the mind

— Gautama Buddha

Life is the art of drawing without any eraser. So b careful while taking any small decision about valuable page of Our…

— Melchor Lim

Artists paint not for their own enjoyment but to share their vision with others.

— John Kurtz

Just as the bird sings or the butterfly soars, because it is his natural characteristic, so the artist works.

— Alma Gluck

When I was really young, I was convinced I wanted to be a visual artist. I would paint and draw and make…

— Alessia Cara

I have many musical inspirations, but I would really love to just be me. My very own artist.

— Thia Megia

You don't have to be a renowned artist like Q-Tip to try your hand at poetry. You don't need any special equipment…

— Michelle Obama

I don't know if I should say this, but I feel more like a singer than an artist.

— Jessie Ware

Speaking out and creating art that truly reflects the world we live in goes part of the way towards doing that. At…

— Justine Larbalestier

I've tried to decentralize and interpenetrate so that all parts of a painting are of related value.

— Mark Tobey

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