Artist Quotes · Page 432

I think the key is basically just your determination. As far an artist is concerned, it's just about your drive and your…

— Chris Brown

Art is one of the means whereby man seeks to redeem a life which is experienced as chaotic, senseless, and largely evil.

— Aldous Huxley

To be an artist of my generation willing to be unhip -artists were supposed to be like cowboys.

— Deborah Kass

It is not strength, but art, obtains the prize, And to be swift is less than to be wise.

— Homer

CrossFit is how I found the artist who tattooed my chest, how I was able to travel across the world, and how…

— Mat Fraser

I love the idea of bringing my work to the general public, not just people who go to gallery openings.

— Marco Brambilla

Picasso was hugely innovative, and, wow, did he have facility, amazing ability, but I don't think he painted a masterpiece.

— John Hurt

I can't speak for what other artists should do. I can only tell you how I live.

— Octavia Spencer

What the work of art looks like isn't too important. It has to look like something if it has a physical form.…

— Sol LeWitt

I can't tell you what art does and how it does it, but I know that often art has judged the judges,…

— John Berger

People sometimes inquire what form of government is most suitable for an artist to live under. To this question there is only…

— Oscar Wilde

For me, the music of the Beatles then was serious and very, very serious art. So I couldn't take a picture of…

— Astrid Kirchherr

My app is the same juicy paint used by Vincent Van Gogh; my screen is the woven canvas of Titian. Painting by…

— Robert Genn

Art is a path on which we honour our world. Art may not be the only path, but it is a good…

— Robert Genn

In university courses we do exercises. Term papers, quizzes, final examinations are not meant for publication. We move through a course on…

— Anonymous

the 'total overpaintings' developed... through incessant reworking. The original motif peeped through the edges. Gradually it vanished completely.

— Arnulf Rainer

If I don't have an erection when I'm doing a drawing, I know it's no good.

— Tom of Finland

In many ways my paintings are about energy — both in how they are created and the image itself.

— James Rosenquist

I think any artist that's going to become anything in this world faces humility: with great humility comes great success.

— Yelawolf

I don't own any of my own paintings because a Picasso original costs several thousand dollars and that's a luxury I cannot…

— Pablo Picasso

We love going to museums. We are so into history and into art. We find it a great way to decompress.

— Brie Bella

“It’s a shame how much artists have to bleed for people to enjoy their work.”

— Solange nicole

For most people, art is only valuable if other people say it is; and artists are only worthwhile if they are either…

— Wayne Gerard Trotman

I think that most people think painters are kind of ridiculous, you know?

— Roy Lichtenstein

I am an artist who works very well under pressure, in fact. I like to have deadlines.

— Robert Barry

The landscape painter must walk in the fields with a humble mind. No arrogant man was ever permitted to see Nature in…

— John Constable

One thing I don't do anymore as I've gotten older is that I don't make big blanket statements about whether or not…

— Karyn Kusama

Learning in the arts requires the ability and a willingness to surrender to the unanticipated possibilities of the work as it unfolds.

— Elliot W. Eisner

In an age of computer manipulation, surrealism has become banal, a shadow of its former self.

— Milton Glaser

I think that the mythology of Van Gogh's life, and the beauty of his paintings, is unstoppable.

— Billy Childish

“If you’re to choose to paint your life today... What will it be? Remember, you’re the artist, not the canvas.”

— Val Uchendu

I like when people have opinions - especially about art. You can hate my art. I made my art to be hated.…

— Josh Smith

That is, an artist who creates lots of work probably experiences prolific days and slower days.

— Buffy Sainte-Marie

Not to be boxed in, to be able to transcend boundaries: for an artist, it's essential.

— Shahzia Sikander

The artist is the hand that, by touching this or that key, sets the soul vibrating automatically.

— Wassily Kandinsky

Every one who has a heart, however ignorant of architecture he may be, feels the transcendent beauty and poetry of the mediaeval…

— Goldwin Smith

I prefer to see a good exhibit sponsored by a brand than a bad exhibit due to lack of funds.

— Dries van Noten

I am a comedian. I do feel I have to put my experience on a public stage. As an artist, that's what…

— David Baddiel

That's how I started. I moved to New York City, and I was a makeup artist.

— Christian Siriano

The point of art is that it always has the necessity to expand because people are inherently expanding.

— Kiki Smith