“Congratulations. You should paint those visions of paradise rather than just talking about them. I'll begin with you.” — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Does madness bring creativity? Or does creativity cause madness? Can an artist create without the ups so high and the downs so… — Megan Hart Copy Share Image
“By stripping down an image to its essential "meaning", an artist can amplify that meaning in a way that realistic art can't.” — Scott McCloud Copy Share Image
I stick to what I do best, and I think what makes an artist an artist is when they know who they… — Jay Sean Copy Share Image
To wish for the crazy times one last time and freeze it in the memory of a camera is the least a… — Lou Reed Copy Share Image
I paint for the sheer joy of painting. I have never sold any of my paintings. I'd rather give them to people… — Takeshi Kitano Copy Share Image
The artist's business is to feel, although he may think a little sometimes... when he has nothing better to do. — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
Well, I'm an artist to the core. And my objective has always been to use my talents and my skills to elevate… — Wesley Snipes Copy Share Image
“No respect for beauty – that was characteristic of today’s society. The works of the great masters were at most employed as… — John Ajvide Lindqvist Copy Share Image
The creative act is not performed by the artist alone; the spectator brings the work in contact with the external world by… — Marcel Duchamp Copy Share Image
To all viewers but yourself, what matters is the product: the finished artwork. To you, and you alone, what matters is the… — David Bayles Copy Share Image
It's interesting how people who were once fairly radical can become, later in life, kind of conservative and not just in terms… — Richard Prince Copy Share Image
For me getting paid for art is a class issue. I don't have the luxury not to care. It's great if your… — Nicole Georges Copy Share Image
Any work of art represents a series of conscious choices on the part of the artist - what color to paint, what… — Leonard Pitts Copy Share Image
Acting is just another way to express myself as an artist. I realized if you're an artist, you're an artist and you… — Common Copy Share Image
Maybe if you're Kanye West, or Lil' Wayne or Issa Rae, having songs, scripts and art leaked won't really put you out,… — Jason Johnson Copy Share Image
Because when you love something, you want to do it all the time, even if no one is paying you for it.… — Meg Cabot Copy Share Image
A work should contain its total meaning within itself and should impress it on the spectator before he even knows the subject. — Henri Matisse Copy Share Image
Limitations force you to find the essence of what you want to say, which is one of the most important things to… — Julie Taymor Copy Share Image
Technology's always changing. There was a time where oil painting was a new technology. That changed painting. — Joe Bradley Copy Share Image
For me, one of the jobs of an artist is to try to see changes taking place. — Trevor Paglen Copy Share Image
I think that you can absolutely enjoy your artistic passion without seeking for the cult of celebrity. — Richard Clayderman Copy Share Image
We do things the way we do them and we do them unashamedly. It's our art. If you don't like it, that's… — Jim Root Copy Share Image
Richard Avedon is a true genius of photography and one of the greatest artists of our time. — Donatella Versace Copy Share Image
Sometimes as an artist you don't want to be an entertainer. You want to offend people and inspire them and that's not… — Lacey Sturm Copy Share Image
They are more beautiful than anything in the world, kinetic sculptures, perfect form in motion. — Kate Millett Copy Share Image
During every really creative act, the artist finds himself homeless. To overcome this state he has to call up his last reserves… — Asger Jorn Copy Share Image
When you start a painting, it is somewhat outside you. At the conclusion, you seem to move inside the painting. — Fernando Botero Copy Share Image
“Everything we do, in art or in life, is the imperfect copy of what we thought of doing.” — Fernando Pessoa Copy Share Image
“This is the only real concern of the artist, to recreate out of the disorder of life that order which is art.” — James Baldwin Copy Share Image
I started as a visual artist and I've always dealt with music in that same sort of way. — Black Thought Copy Share Image
I'm glad I made a piece of art that can be interpreted so widely. Art is always interpreted subjectively — Paula Cole Copy Share Image
I think it's important that your work is in conversation with artists in your community. — Daveed Diggs Copy Share Image
Drawing is like making an expressive gesture with the advantage of permanence. — Henri Matisse Copy Share Image
When I went to college, and I went to art school, I started to realize that Warhol was cool and that pop… — John Currin Copy Share Image
“We always hide our souls whenever we create something that praises the heart.” — Laura Chouette Copy Share Image
We speak of profane arts; but there are none properly such; every art is holy in itself; it is the son of… — Esaias Tegner Copy Share Image
I think of myself as a performance artist. I hate being called a pop star. I hate that. — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
To be a friend of the weak-that is the artist's point of departure as well as his ultimate goal. — Osamu Dazai Copy Share Image
I'm a bounce artist, straight born and raised from New Orleans, Louisiana, and I love what I do. — Big Freedia Copy Share Image
