You’re supposed to expand your mind to fit the art, you’re not supposed to chop the art down to fit your mind. — Steven Soderbergh Copy Share Image
Pollock really invented something. No one painted like him - or de Kooning or Still. — Roy Lichtenstein Copy Share Image
The transition from painter to artist comes when you cross the line of painting what you see to painting what you feel… — T. Allen Lawson Copy Share Image
There is no abstract art. You must always start with something. Afterward you can remove all traces of reality. — Pablo Picasso Copy Share Image
“All great art is almost never received well initially; don't quit before the world opens its eyes.” — Gregor Collins Copy Share Image
As an artist myself I don't like to be preached. I want to enjoy myself, so I kind of use that perspective… — Ziggy Marley Copy Share Image
Sometimes I sketch and then scan my sketch directly to make the curves more freehand. I don't want to make perfect industrial… — Ma Yansong Copy Share Image
When people tell me I'm an artist, I say, 'What?' It's impossible for me to take the idea seriously. — Takeshi Kitano Copy Share Image
A lot of my work has been about stuff I've been frightened of: cliffs, explosions, meteorites, that kind of stuff. I would… — Cornelia Parker Copy Share Image
When you paint, you forget everything except your object. When you are too much engrossed in it, you are lost in it.… — Meher Baba Copy Share Image
I'm interested in pressure, I'm interested in duress. All the great works of art, or film or literature, in my opinion, have… — Cillian Murphy Copy Share Image
Remember always, in painting as in eloquence, the greater your strength, the quieter will be your manner, and the fewer your words;… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
They shaved my head, eyebrows. This is not a sci-fi picture. It's not a fantasy picture. You're dealing with something that's supposed… — Rick Yune Copy Share Image
I've never been that person to fake it, and say what everyone else wants you to say. Then you never have anything… — Miley Cyrus Copy Share Image
Perhaps it's the artist in me, but most days, I try to reflect the atmosphere my spirit is breathing in and let… — Amanda Warren Copy Share Image
“If he is going into management, he writes. If he is an engineer or architect why he paints or sculpts. He will… — Thomas Pynchon Copy Share Image
