There can be no good art that is international. Art to be vigorous and gesund must use the material at hand. — Stevie Smith Copy Share Image
The transposition that a painter makes with an original vision gives to the representation of nature a new interest. — Paul Cezanne Copy Share Image
The artist can be above political parties, he can belong in a political party, he can act in politics. — Eugene Ionesco Copy Share Image
I think of myself as the little girl Renoir painted with the watering can. I loved the garden colors. — Alexandra Stoddard Copy Share Image
Man can find no better retreat from the world than art, and man can find no stronger link with the world than… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Women are not in love with me but with the picture of me on the screen. I am merely the canvas upon… — Rudolph Valentino Copy Share Image
It's rare for artists to really stare deeply at themselves in the mirror, literally, because there's constantly a mirror on you. — Omari Hardwick Copy Share Image
My dads great. Hes an amazing artist. A sculptor. Hes wonderful and supportive. I love going to museums with him - we… — Grace Gummer Copy Share Image
There was a review by Fairfield Porter from the 1950s about Mark Rothko, one of the more hallowed names in American art.… — David Salle Copy Share Image
“I am not a finished poem, and I am not the song you’ve turned me into. I am a detached human being,… — Charlotte Eriksson Copy Share Image
The music industry itself is changing so quickly, that everything new, like Spotify, all feels to me a bit like a grand… — Taylor Swift Copy Share Image
“To draw something is to try to capture it FOREVER, if you really love something, you never try to keep it the… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
Many poets are not poets for the same reason that many religious men are not saints: they never succeed in being themselves.… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
“Before you either turn away in disgust or wink knowingly at one another, you should know that the artist insists that this… — Debra Dean Copy Share Image
Some like to think that a keen appreciation of art can actually make us better people - more just, more moral, more… — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
I think it's important to keep things private, and there are certain boundaries I feel very particular about drawing. It may seem… — Jodhi May Copy Share Image
The final test of a painting, theirs, mine, any other, is: does the painter's emotions come across? — Franz Kline Copy Share Image
I think it's very hard to go into the same business as your family when you're an artist. — Aya Cash Copy Share Image
I'm just open to new experiences. I've never really settled down into one art. I like to be nomadic with my art. — Moises Arias Copy Share Image
“The art of the saints is the ability to draw good out of every situation, no matter how bitter or painful.” — Marc Foley Copy Share Image
Listen! There was never an artistic period. There was never an art-loving nation. — James Whistler Copy Share Image
“Every artist thus keeps within himself a single source which nourishes during his lifetime what he is and what he says.” — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
“Dance as the narration of a magical story; that recites on lips, illuminates imaginations and embraces the most sacred depths of souls.” — Shah Asad Rizvi Copy Share Image
The artist is the creator of beautiful things. To reveal art and conceal the artist is art's aim. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
The locus of the human mystery is perception of this world. From it proceeds every thought, every art. — Marilynne Robinson Copy Share Image
I must have the personal dialogue, the private time, with each painting in progress. I can't share it with anyone until it's… — Ken Danby Copy Share Image
A great painter can paint something really complex, but they can crystallize it into something really simple. — Jenova Chen Copy Share Image
I think every person is so unique. I think every woman is so unique, every man is so unique, every artist is… — Banks Copy Share Image
I wish I could paint that picture. As a 20-year-old kid, that was a big thrill. — Joe Torre Copy Share Image
...sometimes we enter art to hide within it. It is where we can go to save ourselves, where a third-person voice protects… — Michael Ondaatje Copy Share Image
All graffiti is low-level dissent, but stencils have an extra history. They've been used to start revolutions and to stop wars — Banksy Copy Share Image
I never really wanted to be an artist. I just really wanted to write songs. But, of course, I can't get placement… — Bryson Tiller Copy Share Image
Art doesn't alter things. It points things out, but it doesn't alter them. It can't, no matter what a painter wants to… — Arthur Boyd Copy Share Image
I love when an artist can stand by themselves and play their guitar and hold a crowd, but I also love bells… — Kelsea Ballerini Copy Share Image
When you are able to make a living with your job as an artist, that means you have an audience and you… — Rokia Traore Copy Share Image
Artists know failure. It is not tragic that they know failure; it is only tragic if they know failure and little else... — Eric Maisel Copy Share Image
I believe a person who designs for the sheer passion of creativity can do so across media - it is like any… — Gauri Khan Copy Share Image
I don't in any way disparage any time I've had in the trenches because it really has made me the artist I… — Billy Porter Copy Share Image
Asking an artist to talk about his work is like asking a plant to discuss horticulture. — Jean Cocteau Copy Share Image
Although my everyday artwork is tattoo oriented, I definitely do not try to limit my art or art mediums. — William Webb Copy Share Image
