Artist Quotes · Page 434

“it was in that uncertain state of mind that he began to sketch her face (12)”

— Émile Zola

...combining the concrete and the universal is at the center of what makes art important.

— Robert Adams

“Even the beauty of the landscape was an abstraction, like the beauty of a man in an advertisement for a cologne you…

— Garth Risk Hallberg

Then I decided to draw from and on my own imagination, and everything came out perfect.

— Jack Prelutsky

All inspired painters are impressionists, even though it be true that some impressionists are not inspired.

— Joaquin Sorolla

I think, as an artist, I wear a lot of different hats, and people have to join all of the dots.

— Labrinth

My work ethic is crazy. I'm a producer, an artist, and a video director.

— Travis Scott

And it's possible to monetize your art without compromising the integrity of it for commerce.

— Nipsey Hussle

I think that some of the writing, directing, and the content is better than a lot of movies sometimes. Actors, well artists…

— Denise Di Novi

Somebody comes to my house and admires what I've done, sometimes I just give it to them. Because I don't want to…

— Ted Kooser

Psychoanalysis comes down to the process itself - the self, and life. I think I can say that I'm friends with the…

— Malcolm Morley

It's what great artists do. They suffer and feel more within the human condition than others. They're not better for that, just…

— Mandy Patinkin

“What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything? If you hear a voice within saying ‘You are not…

— Vincent van Gogh

“Madame de Pompadour excelled at an art which the majority of human beings thoroughly despise because it is unprofitable and ephemeral: the…

— Nancy Mitford

Kanye West - he's all over the place, and I think he defines what an artist is because none of his work…

— Chris Bosh

As a society in turmoil, we are going to see more, and more various, attempts to simulate order through repression; and art…

— Adrienne Rich

As an artist, my concern is toward the synthesizing of all the visual elements at my disposal - at the exclusion of…

— Ken Danby

Every masterpiece is just dirt and ash put together in some perfect way.

— Chuck Palahniuk

You can't be both a painter and a musician and master anything. You can't. And live a life.

— Brian Chippendale

Clever people can copy the handwriting of an artist - it's like forging a person's signature.

— Henry Moore

My favorite artists have always been Elvis and The Beatles and they still are!

— Johnny Ramone

I think you should never be forced to be nice as an artist. An artist has to be uncomfortable in a way.…

— Luca Guadagnino

Painting, n.: The art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather, and exposing them to the critic.

— Ambrose Bierce

Mime is in our daily life and with little effort, we can all perfect the art form.

— Tanikella Bharani

In peace, continue your art; in war, continue your art; in freedom, continue your art; in captivity, continue your art!

— Mehmet Murat Ildan

Good art has everything you need to know about it in the work, not on a wall label. Art is here to…

— Walter Darby Bannard

I do not claim to have perfected an art but to have commenced one, the limits of which it is not possible…

— Henry Fox Talbot

Music tells you about the artist and what they were thinking about at the time, because the person has to think about…

— Sean Paul

The artist Nature often achieves greatest effect when not working with a full palette.

— Jim Perrin

I love my artwork, I love it on my wrist. I love having a personality, with a terrifying twist. -drucilla baron (me)

— Anonymous

The value of art lies in its power to increase our moral force or establish its heightening influence.

— Odilon Redon

“ Art is an act of love in likeness of itself Spirit moulding matter into lovely form ”

— Francis Brabazon

All good and genuine draftsmen draw according to the picture inscribed in their minds, and not according to nature.

— Charles Baudelaire

The first things to study are form and values. For me, these are the things that are the basics of what is…

— Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot

You know creators, composers, need a palette for life, a color for life.

— Mstislav Rostropovich

Draw, draw, hundreds of drawings. Try to remain humble. Smartness kills everything.

— Sherwood Anderson

Be your own artist, and always be confident in what you're doing. If you're not going to be confident, you might as…

— Aretha Franklin

“Growing up, the only class I didn’t doodle in was Art class, because there I’d get to spend the whole time drawing.”

— Jarod Kintz

Art is like a lover whom you run away from but who comes back and picks you up.

— Tracey Emin

In an artwork you're always looking for artistic decisions, so an ashtray is perfect. An ashtray has got life and death.

— Damien Hirst