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 Copy Share Image
The landscape painter must walk in the fields with a humble mind. No arrogant man was ever permitted to see Nature in… — John Constable Copy Share Image
I am an artist who works very well under pressure, in fact. I like to have deadlines. — Robert Barry Copy Share Image
I love my artwork, I love it on my wrist. I love having a personality, with a terrifying twist. -drucilla baron (me) — Anonymous Copy Share Image
You know creators, composers, need a palette for life, a color for life. — Mstislav Rostropovich Copy Share Image
Draw, draw, hundreds of drawings. Try to remain humble. Smartness kills everything. — Sherwood Anderson Copy Share Image
“ Art is an act of love in likeness of itself Spirit moulding matter into lovely form ” — Francis Brabazon Copy Share Image
The value of art lies in its power to increase our moral force or establish its heightening influence. — Odilon Redon Copy Share Image
Great art is always a way of concentrating, reinventing what is called fact, what we know of our existence- a reconcentration… tearing… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
I work on stretched linen canvas, sized so that the surface already has a sense of tension when I begin. It is… — Sean Scully Copy Share Image
I'm not saying the 1970s was a golden age - I don't believe such a thing exists in art . . .… — Maurizio Cattelan Copy Share Image
“Composer, sculptor, painter, poet, prophet, sage, these are the makers of the after-world, the architects of heaven. The world is beautiful because… — James Allen Copy Share Image
I have a feeling that art is something you do for yourself, and that any time you turn your decisions over to… — William Stafford Copy Share Image
I always said God was against art and I still believe it. Anything obscene or trivial is blessed in this world and… — Edward Elgar Copy Share Image
If a work of art is placed before me, I believe I can enjoy it; but I do not overlook the fact,… — George Henry Lewes Copy Share Image
The 'polymath' had already died out by the close of the eighteenth century, and in the following century intensive education replaced extensive,… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
All good and genuine draftsmen draw according to the picture inscribed in their minds, and not according to nature. — Charles Baudelaire Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
As an artist, you're never happy with anything you do. It's part of the process. — Kate Bush Copy Share Image
Art is like a lover whom you run away from but who comes back and picks you up. — Tracey Emin Copy Share Image
“There are few better ways to get to know how a species thinks than to learn their art.” — Becky Chambers Copy Share Image
Lots of people say it's the song. For me, it's not always the song - there's something bigger: the spirit of an… — Steve Lillywhite Copy Share Image
In an artwork you're always looking for artistic decisions, so an ashtray is perfect. An ashtray has got life and death. — Damien Hirst Copy Share Image
My dark little secret is that I don't actually believe many people in the art world have much feeling for art. — Charles Saatchi Copy Share Image
Clever people can copy the handwriting of an artist - it's like forging a person's signature. — Henry Moore Copy Share Image
My favorite artists have always been Elvis and The Beatles and they still are! — Johnny Ramone Copy Share Image
I think you should never be forced to be nice as an artist. An artist has to be uncomfortable in a way.… — Luca Guadagnino Copy Share Image
Mime is in our daily life and with little effort, we can all perfect the art form. — Tanikella Bharani Copy Share Image
Painting, n.: The art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather, and exposing them to the critic. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
In peace, continue your art; in war, continue your art; in freedom, continue your art; in captivity, continue your art! — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
The artist Nature often achieves greatest effect when not working with a full palette. — Jim Perrin Copy Share Image
Music tells you about the artist and what they were thinking about at the time, because the person has to think about… — Sean Paul Copy Share Image
“The intention (of an artist) is (the same as a scientist)...to discover and reveal what is unsuspected but significant in life.” — H W Leggett Copy Share Image
You go to Florence and all the paintings you've seen in books are there. To see them in real life, it just… — Anh Do Copy Share Image
Artists and art institutions have to learn how to play hardball. A democratic society needs a democratic art and we have a… — Hans Haacke Copy Share Image
Then I decided to draw from and on my own imagination, and everything came out perfect. — Jack Prelutsky Copy Share Image
