The religions never wanted an art where you paint only what you see. — Milton Resnick Copy Share Image
A work of art doesn't exist outside the perception of the audience. — Abbas Kiarostami Copy Share Image
I look at a nude. There are myriads of tiny tints. I must find the ones that will make the flesh on… — Pierre-Auguste Renoir Copy Share Image
“...I've marked our sacred place not with stones - I've put it my art to keep it safe...” — John Geddes Copy Share Image
I figure I can be artistic, but I work like a blue-collar person, too, and I'm serious about that. — Joe R. Lansdale Copy Share Image
Every artist has his or her struggle to work out in their work. The more powerful the struggle, the more persuasive the… — Philip Schultz Copy Share Image
I subscribe to the myth that an artist's creativity comes from torment. Once that's fixed, what do you draw on? — David Byrne Copy Share Image
It's not about battling the original artists when I record these songs, it's about paying tribute to them. — Etta James Copy Share Image
Painting pictures in our mind of what we want serves as the foundation for greater living and greater relationships. — Mary Morrissey Copy Share Image
I'm not an abstractionist... I'm not interested in relationships of colour or form or anything else. — Mark Rothko Copy Share Image
A painter will paint a cobbler, carpenter, or any other artist, though he knows nothing of their arts; and, if he is… — Socrates Copy Share Image
Today is such a time, when the project of interpretation is largely reactionary, stifling. Like the fumes of the automobile and of… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
“As an artist the nuance is your task . Your task is not to simplify. Even should you choose to write in… — Philip Roth Copy Share Image
“Recognizing Pablo Picasso in a train compartment, a man inquired of the artist why he did not paint people “the way they… — Rosamund Stone Zander Copy Share Image
“Artists make art not because they have knowledge they want to "express" but because they want to discover or learn something through… — Daniel A. Siedell Copy Share Image
The artist is the opposite of the politically minded individual, the opposite of the reformer, the opposite of the idealist. The artist… — Henry Miller Copy Share Image
I do feel that there are things you can learn from an artist, but I think you need to be very close… — Mamoru Oshii Copy Share Image
I was never exposed to art school. I grew up in an artist's studio. I was exposed a lot of studio time… — Caio Fonseca Copy Share Image
